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[–] Devmapall@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it because there's a whole ton of people who are simply selfish?

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No?

It's basically just anti-academic.

If you can just invent arcane knowledge that only you know then you're smarter than everyone and can do anything you like.

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[–] Devmapall@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

That makes more sense than what I was thinking before

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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

So selfish.

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Basically the whole contingent is anti-authority, and con's were able to capitalize on that by feeding the pushback against vaccines and masks.

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