• AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The level of hypocrisy is really astounding. I might be more centrist if conservatism really was about personal freedoms (though I still firmly believe that some things are better off handled by socialist programs, including health care). But Republicans don’t want small government except as applied to corporations - they don’t want federal regulations impinging on profits. As applied to individuals, they want to regulate everything you do.

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          It’s not really hypocrisy it’s just a bald-faced lie. They know if they use terms like “small government” they’ll distract rubes who don’t think past slogans.

          They know perfectly well what they’re doing and they just don’t care.

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      1 year ago

      I wonder if the removal is just Streisland effecting it? Cause certainly no way I would hear about an ad on Twitter otherwise.

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        Yeah, I had seen the ad because my wife saw it on YouTube and showed it to me, but it’s getting lots more coverage because Musk removed it, like you say.