Comments by "LS O\x27Brien" (@lsobrien) on "Why the Internet Hasn't Fixed Democracy" video.

  1. A very nuanced and interesting video - typical for this channel, but unusual for discussions like this. "The Drama", as you call it, was pretty well captured by Don't Look Up recently. These social media platforms and MSM has us all bickering about the drapery as an iceberg tears through the hull.
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  2.  @EF-wy3di  This is bizarre. You claimed previously that I didn't read what you wrote, and then sum my position up as, "People actually want different stuff secretly and I know this because... I just know." Are you having an argument with someone else in your head, a rebellious teenage son or something? You wrote, "For every revolutionary progressive there are 100 average Joe's that just want to pay their bills and watch some TV with their families." Forget that all this is incredibly patronizing, all I did was quibble with "just want to pay their bills". I reiterate: that's not something people actually want to do - they do it to prevent having their water turned off, or evicted, or thrown in jail. You haven't earned your right to talk down to "average Joes," you're just not all that.
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  3.  @shawnruby7011  Yeah, a naive belief that the "Truth" will always win out (and that it is automatically always good), is a recipe for disaster.
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  4. Very good point. I hope crypto-bros will read this.
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  5.  @EF-wy3di  I don't think people hold up "paying their bills" as some ideal. I, and everyone I know, treats it as a dreaded necessity - we would much rather have no bills. Perhaps you're a bit detached from the "average Joe"?
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  6.  @EF-wy3di   Sure, people would like to maintain (or improve) their lifestyle. That's hardly worth saying. But you're mistaking means and ends. And most people would prefer a different means. That's where leftism comes in. You haven't provided some knockout point. Only revealed yourself as someone out of touch.
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  7.  @EF-wy3di  Okay, yeah, you're just having an argument with someone in your head. What an old fart.
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  8.  @shawnruby7011  Dem reps?
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  9.  @shawnruby7011  Oh yeah, I agree that those people were malicious shits.
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