• Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    So if all these intelligent people know better, then why do they still participate in the same nonsense system as everyone else?

    • Soup@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      First off, that response looks like you did not read or understand my comment at all.

      Secondly, to be charitable and respond anyway, there just aren’t that many intelligent people in the world. They vote and participate in the system because it’s the right thing to do. What the fuck else are they supposed to, bud? They can’t just separate from the system.

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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        1 month ago

        Should we go back and argue on who counts as intelligent? Is that the part I missed?

        I said: “A lot of MAGA are intelligent.”

        You said: “Nuh-uh.”

        Which part did I miss?

        • Soup@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Exactly. I said they weren’t intelligent, and then you said “so if there are all these intelligent people…”

          Like, which intelligent people? Who are you talking about?

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            1 month ago

            Reading comprehension seems to be a problem for both of you.

            I mean, I can understand each of you pretty easily here, but neither one of you seems to be able to do that.

            It’s probably just emotions getting in the way, though, I suppose. Sometimes Reddit arguments happen on Lemmy… wel, more often lately

            • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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              1 month ago

              Seriously, you’ve read this exchange and believe Soup has a reading comprehension issue?

              Yeah, ok — you’re right that Lemmy definitely has a lot of reddit-brained people.

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          1 month ago

          It does seem reasonable to define an intelligent person as someone who can see that “the line goes up” ideology is bullshit.

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            1 month ago

            If they personally are benefitting, and they don’t care if others do well, then they are achieving exactly what they want. Surely telling them they are stupid will be the solution we need.