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(DIR) Post #ARfmFx6LS2fQhvbrH6 by therobburgessshow@newsie.social
2023-01-14T18:26:24Z
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Modern “conservatism” consists of finding the dumbest possible things to get mad about and turning them into life-or-death culture war flashpoints. In this case, gas stoves.#gasstoves #republicans #politics
(DIR) Post #ARfmFxpijKxmyeq608 by ericjwrites@writing.exchange
2023-01-14T19:04:55Z
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@therobburgessshow Didn't Biden nix that idea? If so then they're just wasting energy. But it's who they are I suppose
(DIR) Post #ARfmFyKYsfdKWJGj4a by GreenFire@climatejustice.social
2023-01-14T19:19:08Z
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@ericjwrites @therobburgessshow The right is much better at creating and coming together to help spread damaging conspiracy theories than is the left. It's a good thing that we don't fall for nor promote conspiracy theories nearly as much, but it sure helps them win more elections than they otherwise would so it's something we should learn to treat differently than we have been somehow though.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a federal agency, is not currently considering a ban on gas stoves, though a commissioner said "anything is on the table" if they can't be made safer, due to concerns over harmful indoor pollutants that cause health and respiratory problems. Numerous cities and counties have already enforced policies requiring a shift from fossil fuel-powered buildings. The CPSC also said that no regulatory guidelines are currently in place and adding any would “involve a lengthy process." https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-ban-gas-stoves-climate-change/
(DIR) Post #ARfmFyu0krzQIFr2KO by pguen@universeodon.com
2023-01-14T19:35:01Z
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@GreenFire @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow It's more fun to believe in Ancient Astronauts than in Ancient Ingenuity. ie. It's more fun to believe fake conspiracies than real ones. eg. Exxon
(DIR) Post #ARfmFzMj26xTjJHy5I by ChristianGraus@mastodon.au
2023-01-14T19:36:46Z
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@pguen @GreenFire @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow just because the people who made it were not white, doesn't prove it was aliens
(DIR) Post #ARfmFzwAuJJZVFsHL6 by Carl_Ingalls@mindly.social
2023-01-14T19:40:01Z
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@ChristianGraus @pguen @GreenFire @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow We like to pretend we are superior to our ancestors. Believing we have been making progress over the centuries in everything.
(DIR) Post #ARfmG0fYBbbvlz6W48 by GreenFire@climatejustice.social
2023-01-14T19:41:12Z
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@Carl_Ingalls @ChristianGraus @pguen @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow There is also a strong propensity to believe fairy tales that things were better in the past than they are now too.
(DIR) Post #ARfmG1L1hOmtqcVdiK by pguen@universeodon.com
2023-01-14T19:57:30Z
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@GreenFire @Carl_Ingalls @ChristianGraus @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow We definitely live a lot longer. Life is generally less brutal. And now for something completely different (a la Monty Python) - I'm wondering if there's a connection between Nostalgia and Nationalist Mythology?
(DIR) Post #ARfmG1y1MPynnYkmUi by ChristianGraus@mastodon.au
2023-01-14T19:58:08Z
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@pguen @GreenFire @Carl_Ingalls @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow yes, fascism is built on fake nostalgia
(DIR) Post #ARfmG2X7Fw3JYPAoCG by pguen@universeodon.com
2023-01-14T20:09:36Z
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@ChristianGraus @GreenFire @Carl_Ingalls @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow Does nostalgia for the seventies fall into that category? Most of my old hippy friends have turned into reactionaries longing for the "good old days." Meanwhile I'm thinking - "I was a total mess at the time and am lucky to have come out of it alive."
(DIR) Post #ARfmG30BVrIx0Ym1VQ by GreenFire@climatejustice.social
2023-01-14T20:12:53Z
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@pguen @ChristianGraus @Carl_Ingalls @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow Yes, the last word in MAGA is that natural nostalgic impulse that draws people into deluding themselves that things were better in the past than they are now. Putin's propaganda over the last decade provides a case study in how to use it to fool the masses into being murderers and such.
(DIR) Post #ARfzALeAZrR6V75ZXE by Cassandra@artisan.chat
2023-01-14T22:23:24Z
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@pguen @ChristianGraus @GreenFire @Carl_Ingalls @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow It depends on what aspect of the 70s they miss. We had a robust middle class then, so that was better. We were expanding rights, and we had more of a community culture and less of a predatory culture, also good.
(DIR) Post #ARfzAMB8bHo89MVtvE by ChristianGraus@mastodon.au
2023-01-14T22:31:55Z
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@Cassandra @pguen @GreenFire @Carl_Ingalls @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow exactly. It depends if you liked better social services, or being allowed to bash gay people
(DIR) Post #ARfzAMeYptLLccHOme by jaramsli@mastodon.social
2023-01-15T11:07:55Z
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@ChristianGraus @Cassandra @pguen @GreenFire @Carl_Ingalls @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow We have progressed in some social areas but regressed in financial areas.
(DIR) Post #ARfzAN2fOGcqpNYeMC by Cassandra@artisan.chat
2023-01-15T17:41:24Z
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@jaramsli @ChristianGraus @pguen @GreenFire @Carl_Ingalls @ericjwrites @therobburgessshow I certainly wouldn't want to relive the marginalization of anyone not cis white hetero.