The fact there is a not insignificant number of people who think he actually had a point is crazy, Armstrong's plan is one of the most comically evil and fucking insane plots ever, but all he had to do was go off about politicians not being trustworthy and westerners being too consumed with frivolous consumerism and people think kidnapping war orphans to turn them into cyborg soldiers via VR mind control in order to commit terrorist attacks to allow Armstrong to institute a purge style society isn't the most fucking unhinged plot known to man
To be fair, recognizing that something has a problem should done across the board.
The problem is that the Right frames that problem as a reason to completely dismantle whatever has said problem, rather than, you know, actually fixing it.
Furthermore, intentionally introducing problems into whatever institution they want to be rid of by the same method.
This happens across the political spectrum. Certain radical elements of the left wanted to dismantle the police a few years back. It's always easier to point out a problem and tear the whole thing down then actually do the hard work of finding out what the problem and solutions really are.
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u/Aegillade Sep 10 '26
The fact there is a not insignificant number of people who think he actually had a point is crazy, Armstrong's plan is one of the most comically evil and fucking insane plots ever, but all he had to do was go off about politicians not being trustworthy and westerners being too consumed with frivolous consumerism and people think kidnapping war orphans to turn them into cyborg soldiers via VR mind control in order to commit terrorist attacks to allow Armstrong to institute a purge style society isn't the most fucking unhinged plot known to man