what's the highest-status myth/conspiracy theory? only accepting answers that are flat-earth levels of absurd
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Replying to @selentelechia
The idea that lower class people deserve it on account of their low morals. (A clue to how old this is: the word villain has the same root as the word village.) The highest status one about, I should imagine. It's woven into the justification of almost every elite there is.
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Replying to @temujin9 @selentelechia
Is this more problematic than the flip side, that people have no agency, and no responsibility, over their lives? Both are myths, but both are held to extremely strongly by people who thereby create enormous social damage.
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Replying to @handleym99 @selentelechia
The inverse of "poor people are inherently villains" is "poor people aren't inherently villains", not "nobody bears responsibility".
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Replying to @temujin9 @selentelechia
And saying that “stupid behavior will have likely consequences” is not saying those consequences are “deserved”. but it is saying that they are LIKELY.
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Why does this matter? Because most of the reason that half of America doesn’t want to increase the social safety net is because the other half keeps insisting that consequences don’t exist. Not even that they shouldn’t, but that they DON’T.
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Replying to @handleym99 @selentelechia
Thanks for all that. Bye now. (Sorry I had to block your friend,
@selentelechia, but hint-taking really isn't his forte, and like I said, I'm done playing.)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @temujin9 @handleym99
lol don't apologize for blocking someone do whatever you must to keep enjoying your time on the website
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Replying to @selentelechia @handleym99
Usually, I'll use "apologize" if I meant to apologize. Sorry is an expression of sympathy for you.
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STOP IT no more apologies yuo are jeapordizing months of careful work!!!!!!!!!
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. . . sorrynotsorry?
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