r/dankmemes ☣️ 1d ago

How the US System really works

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u/ScurvyDog509 22h ago

The only people who don't want to hear that both sides are cults are the people who are currently in one of the cults.

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u/ShittyLanding 20h ago

“Both sides” is just intellectually lazy. It allows you to be cynical and bitch and moan without ever actually examining the issue. You aren’t above it, you’re just not paying attention.

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u/ScurvyDog509 18h ago

Why is it intellectually lazy when a real problem affects each side equally?

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u/ShittyLanding 18h ago

Which real problem, exactly, are we talking about?

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u/ScurvyDog509 18h ago

The political apparatus that is intentionally polarizing it's base with algorithms and bot farms while corruption rots the foundations of western societies.

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u/ShittyLanding 18h ago

Yeah man, I don’t think that’s a both sides thing.

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u/ScurvyDog509 18h ago

Why not?