• Letsdothis@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Yeah, it’s a terrible mentality.

    “If you aren’t completely on my side, you’re on the other side.”

    It is possible to be on neither side…

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      10 hours ago

      It’s almost as if being so single-minded makes them incredibly manipulable.

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      11 hours ago

      It’s the kind of thinking that turned Anakin into Darth Vader

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        10 hours ago

        Yeah. Stories exist for a reason, but people can be like “this is my favorite story!” while straight up missing the cues.

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          9 hours ago

          I wouldn’t be surprised if one day democracy actually dies with the thunderous applause of those who enjoyed those amazing prequels