It’s a classic conservative propaganda technique to name things the opposite of what they actually mean. If it contains the word “freedom” it’s about tyranny. If it says “protect” it means persecution, and if it says “children” just mentally append “fuck” in front of it.
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wewbull@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoWhy do people in the US equate “choice” with destroying other people’s protections?
- “School choice” = removing teacher’s work protections.
- “Health care choice” = no healthcare unless you can pay through the nose.
- “Food choice” = some of the worst food standards in the hemisphere.
SarahValentine@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
moustachio@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We need to stop saying right vs left framing. It’s the wealthy class propaganda technique. Poor people that are “conservative” are in most cases just tricked by these parasitic ghouls that spend money to lie to people to work against their own self interests.
SarahValentine@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
The average maga voter isn’t the mind behind the propaganda they parrot.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
This is exactly the point.
They live in a controlled information environment; much like the Russian people who think Ukraine is full to the brim with Nazis.
They have been force fed hate and bigotry for decades at this point. They are not blameless, but also they don’t deserve all the hate that is projected at them.
As pointed out, the education system is gutted, thus they are not curious and checking their biases; it is normalized for them to be hateful toward “others”; their whole world is small and full of fear.
I pity them their small pathetic lives, and dislike them for their shitty views. The only thing I hate is that the stupid bigotry seems to be spreading around the world.
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Right, but I don’t think I even want “choice”. I just want the best. The best education, the best food, the best healthcare. If there isn’t any choice…that’s fine as long as it’s high quality.
SarahValentine@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
And what are you willing to give to the society around you? Your best? Is that what you’re doing right now? I sure hope so because otherwise you sound like a petulant child.
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Yes. The best should be for everyone.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Because of all this competition we have in the market! With many schools near your home, they compete for your conforming child’s business. What with the labor shortage, we have all these employers with that good health insurance competing for our time. And of course, small farmers are doing great and supply our many competing food markets.
Brimstone@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
It’s the I can afford it so screw your individual short term thinking.
It assumes they’ll never need help themselves especially as they get older.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Because they are idiots and evil politicians and news media spin it that way.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Almost all of it is, or at least originates, from racism, at least with schools.
When public schools allowed racial integration , school choice became a mechanism for racists to pull their kids from mixed schools.
It grew into things like charter schools that are private, often religious, schools that get public funding and maintain segregation.