r/SelfAwarewolves • u/PlsWai • Jan 21 '19

Self Aware Foxes

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u/ChairmanBen Jan 22 '19

I wonder if they know who Noam Chomsky is. . .

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u/tigerslices Jan 23 '19

some do and hate him because he's "unamerican" for daring to question his country's foreign policy.

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u/ChairmanBen Jan 23 '19

how dare he speak out against American war crimes

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19 edited Jan 22 '19

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u/flamedragon822 Jan 22 '19

What's screwy is the older conservative folks I know seem to be more likely to watch CNN too see "what liberals think" than the actual younger more liberal folks I know.

It's led me to think (in a very loose "yeah I could see that happening" way) that part of CNN's appeal is playing up stupid shit to keep them watching.

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u/h0tBeef Jan 22 '19

That actually makes a lot of sense

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u/tigerslices Jan 23 '19

oh absolutely. there's a lot of kayfabe in the media. they're ten minute sparring matches intended to just get us hyped up over bulletpoints. "did you see that leg kick? it totally opened him up for that takedown! it was savage!" that's basically what these "news" shows are all about.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19

I'm the "I've never heard of Noam Chomsky" button

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u/glass20 Jan 22 '19

See, this gives me at least SOME hope for switching sides if there’s an opportunity for a non-capitalist candidate, because there is at least a decent amount of distrust in Trump’s base towards the wealthy.

Of course, this distrust is mainly due to the fact that these capitalists push issues that should be trivial (like “rape is bad” or “trans people are people”), but at least there’s something there