I (and others) have said it elsewhere, but a big problem right now is that today's right-wing elites' beliefs and desires are so deranged that trying to properly explain them to the average offline person makes *you* sound like the deranged conspiracy theorist. - ThreadSky

gengarro.bsky.social • 17 days ago

I (and others) have said it elsewhere, but a big problem right now is that today's right-wing elites' beliefs and desires are so deranged that trying to properly explain them to the average offline person makes *you* sound like the deranged conspiracy theorist.

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hrseldom.bsky.social•16 days ago

I feel like this too but I'm also seeing the normies are starting to pay more attention and the level of craziness is starting to seep through normal channels.

juliemontoya20.bsky.social•16 days ago

I'm convinced this is part of their effectiveness.

If someone said "I want to close down the NHS and make everyone pay for private healthcare or die", no reasonable person would think they really, literally meant it.

Right up until the moment they couldn't afford a hospital stay.

problemfellow.bsky.social•16 days ago

This was literally how Roe got done in too

tcbullfrog.bsky.social•16 days ago

TBF, this has been true for awhile. There's that bit of Democratic lore where they were unable took y convince a focus group of voters that Mitt Romney actually wanted to do the things that were in his campaign platform

gengarro.bsky.social•15 days ago

On the other hand, tell folks that Democrats want to personally withdraw half of your savings and give it to the Communist Party of China and a good 20-30% will believe it outright

thatguymike.bsky.social•15 days ago

Last week my MiL asked me what was happening in the US and I'm pretty sure she now thinks I've fallen down conspiracy rabbit holes on Youtube.

gengarro.bsky.social•15 days ago

And she's not entirely wrong! What's happening *is* a conspiracy, it just happens to be one conducted by some of the biggest dunces to ever gain government without inheriting it from their parents.

metaldad666.bsky.social•16 days ago

It’s actually exasperating.

southernredmenace.bsky.social•16 days ago

the people doing this shit have frail flesh vessels like the rest of us and it's time they got reminded

toneloaf.bsky.social•16 days ago

Look, Elon Musk wants to personally control which sperm fertilizes which egg.
For all society.

Yea I think i see your point....

orion-moonstone.bsky.social•16 days ago

Well that's easy, just show them a clip of Steven Miller from CNN. That'll prove you're not nuts.

andreakremer.bsky.social•16 days ago

why is this kid from Santa Monica such a rage monster?

gretared.bsky.social•17 days ago

I have also had this experience!

gengarro.bsky.social•17 days ago

I've had fairly well educated center-left/independent types tell me to my face that I need to stop believing everything I see on the internet when I tried to explain these things to them.

nirebryce.breadthcharge.net•16 days ago

it's also why they keep switching which microideology they spotlight every two weeks, so there's no through-line in any of the explainers

credenzamostro.bsky.social•16 days ago

is it really being Extremely Online when the Extremely Online rule the world's most influential country

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