chefpyro:

chefpyro:

Americans react so violently to the concept of socialism that you’d almost think they don’t know there are countries out there where it works.

moriahari said: Its almost like the average american has been fed propaganda to make them think any other form of economy/government is the devil and anyone who supports them are evil people trying to cause the downfall of america

Jeez, and I thought I was being blunt.

To be fair, propaganda is pretty much a constant in all modern cultures.

Of course I think America is weird for still finding things like gay marriage and the existence of climate change or evolution worthy of argument: I’ve been raised to accept those things as normal and true and think I’m in the right for doing so. Even knowing that, I still can’t bring myself to really see and accept the faults in those viewpoints.

Us Dutchies are raised to be as forward-thinking and analytical as possible. Personally, I do think that’s the way to go, but then again, of course I do. Once you realize the gravity of propaganda, forming coherent arguments without bias is near-impossible.

The people who own a the most major news media tell people that socialism is the same as communism. They tell people that gay marriage will make the government force to men to get married. These are what we call republicans.they are saveges who only feel greed. THey are the people who lower taxes for the rich and raise them for those who can’t afford them. They are the ones who refuse to let minimum wage be a livable wage. they are the ones who cherry pick the bible. THey are the ones who know they will be dead by teh time any major environmental change happens so the don’t care. Republicans are the cause of most of our problems.