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[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

he's 81 years old and thinks his opinion should still matter. it's distressingly common in the American gerontocracy and, well, we've all seen the results.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's actually an anthropological issue:
As elders survive longer and fit better than the minors they oppress, they use their survivorship bias to groom the next generation to fit their exact needs.

It's happening everywhere.
Where I live, it's hopeless.

[–] bjc@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

more than any other place i've been on the internet, lemmy really feels like the place to go for watching the first draft of a propaganda campaign

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 6 days ago

But, that's kinda blatant. Who goes to offshoot a decentralized reddit if not people that create a draft of something without having the time and patience to finish it?