• Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz
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    10 hours ago

    I must say that this looks like some conspiracy theory, but at the same time it looks like very plausible scenarios. I hate it when you can’t tell if someone is cheating on you or not.

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      4 hours ago

      From what people say in red counties, I completely believe this theory. Culture supercedes logic and there are very few that can think critically and be socially included in those places. Silent ridicule for getting a vaccine is not uncommon because it’s seen as weak or letting the government do what it wants to you.

      It’s just very ironic and sad.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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      9 hours ago

      I agree that, stated outright, it can sound paranoid and conspiratorial. But think of it as a mindset: “if the poors die that’s because they deserve it, for not being as smart/tough/clever/strong as us”, along with background assumptions about white racial superiority and needing to counter a “great replacement” of whites. Looked at that way, as implicit at least in their outlook if not consciously held, it doesn’t seem so implausible that this is influencing their policy decisions.