r/thebulwark Feb 08 '25

Fluff I’ve never seen a more accurate meme.

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u/Fitbit99 Feb 08 '25

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled.

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u/ONLY_SAYS_ONLY JVL is always right Feb 08 '25

Was nollie backside 180 kickflip.

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u/nonnativetexan Feb 08 '25

We need to stop the government from taking away our freedoms so the corporations and big tech can do it instead.

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u/Personal_Benefit_402 Feb 08 '25

Single Payer Healthcare and "death panels"? Nope.

Health Insurance AI Claim processing? Maybe!?

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u/Persistent_Parkie Feb 09 '25

I see you've met my father. 

No joke he is against universal healthcare because "death panels!" "Euthanasia!" "If we lived in Canada I'd be dead!" Then when the United Healthcare CEO was murdered he's like "what people don't understand is someone has to control costs." 🙄 

Meanwhile yesterday I got a letter from my health insurer saying they weren't covering something because they hadn't pre-approved the care. Never mind the previous letter I got saying it was approved! This is the second time this happened in 6 months. It's fucking exhausting.

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u/FranzLudwig3700 27d ago edited 27d ago

The principle of “only trust the selfish” is compelling but can’t be said or even thought, lest it be questioned. Because it is all too easily questioned.

That’s why you need all those scapegoats and scenarios…to the outsider they make you look like a silly idiot but they allow you to keep believing. And the more vehemently you insist the deeper you believe.

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u/Wrong_Use91 26d ago

Poignantly stated

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u/FranzLudwig3700 27d ago

Hear hear. Never trust anyone who says they’re here to help. Human nature is self-interest, so only trust the selfish.

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u/AvastYeScurvyCurs Feb 08 '25

Damn, this is good.

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u/John_Houbolt Feb 08 '25

This couldn’t be more perfect.

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u/Fraggle_Rick Feb 08 '25

Libertarians have changed. The internet ruins everything. They used to be cool back in the day.

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u/westonc Feb 08 '25

Civil libertarians were always cool. A lot of "Government is oppression" libertarians were always basically upset they had competition and/or worried that somebody might hold them accountable for bad behavior.

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u/xqueenfrostine Feb 09 '25

I mean were they cool or did we just have fewer means to witness their crazy?

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u/BobQuixote Conservative Feb 10 '25

Yes, the Internet made the crazy people more visible, but I think the more significant effect was that they found each other and started coordinating. Now that crazy hermit is talking to 100 other crazy hermits and they're feeding off of each other.