The average reactionary crank enabled Republicans to obstruct any real climate change action for the past 30 years. Imagine where we'd be on probably the most important issue in the world if H.W. Bush and the ~1990-vintage GOP didn't turn carbon emissions into a partisan issue. And don't get me wrong, Democrats are weak on climate change, too -- but part of the reason they can be weak and still get elected is because Republicans are so much fucking worse.
More immediately, the average reactionary crank is either cheering on or tacitly approving of the police state going full fascist.
We rip on libs plenty, and every bit of it is deserved, but don't forget how harmful right-wingers are.
Ah, I meant like post-revolution, which is when I assumed you get the power to force those people into reeducation. My point is that you don't nessesary need to put those kinds of people into camps or whatever. You just don't give them any power, tell them to shut up about their reactionary bullshit and wast majority of them would be too cowardly to cause any trouble.
Yeah, I know, I'm probably being idealistic and native...
I was going to say, if you control the media, the books, the schools, it only takes a decade to teach everyone to forget the stupid bullshit. the problem is actually getting control of those things while everyone screams about free speech.
Eh, I don't think that an average reactionary crank is nessesary something you'd have to worry about.
The average reactionary crank enabled Republicans to obstruct any real climate change action for the past 30 years. Imagine where we'd be on probably the most important issue in the world if H.W. Bush and the ~1990-vintage GOP didn't turn carbon emissions into a partisan issue. And don't get me wrong, Democrats are weak on climate change, too -- but part of the reason they can be weak and still get elected is because Republicans are so much fucking worse.
More immediately, the average reactionary crank is either cheering on or tacitly approving of the police state going full fascist.
We rip on libs plenty, and every bit of it is deserved, but don't forget how harmful right-wingers are.
Ah, I meant like post-revolution, which is when I assumed you get the power to force those people into reeducation. My point is that you don't nessesary need to put those kinds of people into camps or whatever. You just don't give them any power, tell them to shut up about their reactionary bullshit and wast majority of them would be too cowardly to cause any trouble.
Yeah, I know, I'm probably being idealistic and native...
There are probably better ways to re-educate people en masse, anyway.
I was going to say, if you control the media, the books, the schools, it only takes a decade to teach everyone to forget the stupid bullshit. the problem is actually getting control of those things while everyone screams about free speech.