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As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them,unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward. -Mao Zedong (lemmygrad.ml)

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As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them,unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward. -Mao Zedong

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[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I hear you. FWIW I don't subscribe to the "helpless lemming" idea either. To me the "evil" I see in the average burgerlander (I'm from the US) is an apathetic one. Not ignorant, just uncaring. I talked about this in an a post I made about messaging:

It's hard to imagine a revolution in the belly of this beast. This place is depressing in a way that is hard to explain to folks who don't live here. What I can say is that seeing Teslas and $70k pickup trucks zoom past homeless tents day in and day out, and no one around me really cares... it sucks.