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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

"Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas."- Oscar Wilde.

I think public opinion is overrated. Too many fools in the public. Just look at MAGA idiots in US.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

I believe public opinion is fairly left leaning. Just looks how popular Bernie and AOC are. It's just that corporate media discourse is very good at suppressing left wing views.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

You can describe socialist and communist policies and people generally love them. You just can't use those thought terminating trigger words.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

That comes from dishonest politicians and media, who twist things for their benefit. They frame certain acts like they are coming for your 2 chickens, when in reality, they are coming for a rich fucks' 100000 chickens. Such people have a vested interest in fooling the people with 2 chickens. Hence, they campaign by equating such measures with 'scary' words like 'communism'. Propaganda works. These kinds of tricks are bread and butter of advertising industry. So why not politicians and media?

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