Crazy old people, possibly weren't? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 days ago by Biffsbraincell@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When I was a kid I remember my elders telling me advice and conspiracy theories, just stuff about how the world works, and I, mostly internally, would roll my eyes or laugh. Now decades later many of those things seem to have been the truth ( obviously some couldn't be further from it but that's a different post)

but what sticks out to you as the thing that you just knew was such rubbish nonsense, and now years later you understand to be true.

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[-] daannii@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Well there was still anti jew and anti commies around when I was a kid.

They were actually all just racist or fell for the red scare.

[-] Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 6 points 3 days ago

Probably told you how great america was and capitalism is super cool and chill.

[-] daannii@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Oh definitely that too. And pushed the bootstrap thing. And blacks are poor cause everyone has the same chance to prosper and it's their fault if they don't ,

-being told this by welfare white trash , uneducated people with drug and alcohol problems.
Literally zero self awareness.

this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2026

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