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  • ralakus@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldGuns
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    15 days ago

    I don’t think it’s the fact that they’re armed that makes them not feel safe. It’s the constant fear propaganda they’re fed via Fox News, Facebook, Twitter, and other right wing “news” sources. The alt right propaganda machines scare these people into thinking that everyone and everything is out to get them so they go out and buy a gun. In more civilized progressive areas, people aren’t exposed to alt right fear mongering as much and if they are, their community disproves and supports them so they don’t fall down the “I must arm myself to kill anyone who might harm me” rabbit hole.













  • I’m pretty sure it’s because the use of absurd amounts of high fructose corn syrup. There’s 39g (can’t confirm, I got it from Google) of sugar in a 12oz (340ml) can. US soda is pretty much just carbonated high fructose corn syrup water with a bit of flavoring. There’s probably other significant differences too since the US has barely the minimum food safety laws.



  • ralakus@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    2 months ago

    For anyone curious, I couldn’t find an exact statistics but hearing aids in the US cost between $2000 to $8000 per pair with the average costs sitting around $5000-$6000 per pair.

    Insurance coverage varies per insurance provider and per state. It looks like many people will end up paying the maximum required by law before insurance takes over which is roughly between $1000-$3000 depending on state.

    Not only is a single purchase expensive, you usually have to replace them every 3 to 5 years.



  • Thing is, the more articles about Trump lying, no matter how normal it is, would bring it to the attention of more people. The more people the message reaches that convicted felon and rapist Trump is a pathological liar as well, the more likely the uneducated mass of swing state voters will not vote for Trump.

    Social media is not a reliable way to spread news since the algorithms tailor content for each individual person so the average swing state voter may not ever see posts about Trump being quite possibly one of the worst pieces of shit to exist.





  • In my view, it’s mostly because the Democrats are a lot more diverse than most people think. They range from traditional conservatives to (relatively in America at least) stout progressives. The Republicans have the power of religion and a very uneducated voter base. People expect more from the Democrats since the Democrats represent a wider range of overall people and higher educated people than what the Republicans represent.

    People want to be represented but the Democrats have too wide of a policy window to truly represent everyone so people complain that the Democrats aren’t doing what they want because they realistically can’t due to how wide they are on the political spectrum. The first past the post system only allows two parties to have a chance of winning. The Republicans represent the right wing extreme which are (usually, maybe not anymore after Trump) unified in what they want and will do.

    It doesn’t help that the Republicans constantly do their best to block whatever the Democrats do and then have the media pin the lack of getting shit done on the Democrats rather than the Republicans constantly fighting back everything the Democrats do. It also doesn’t help that since the education system in America is barely the bare minimum, so many people are uneducated and unwilling or unable to learn what’s really happening in the political space so they believe what their told from the people around them like their family, neighbors, or friends.

    America is very polarized and all forms of media are just pouring gasoline on the fire. It’ll be a hard issue to fix but what we need to do is get rid of the first past the post voting system and the electoral college and then the issues will slowly resolve themselves over the years.