Comment on US will allow truckers to drive 16 hours per day instead of the previous limit of 14 hours

• FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Propagandized == Dumb. No one is immune to propaganda, but propaganda can be overcome.

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  • mrmisses@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The dimmer the better propaganda works. And Americans are dumb as shit. Don’t believe me, look who is president for the second time

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    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Americans are no dumber than any other demographic. They have, however, been subject to a century-long propaganda campaign to instill subservience to capitalist ideology while those same capitalists have been dismantling any educational system or media outlet that might break that subservience.

      Beware of the “Americans dumb” rhetoric, because a false sense of superiority is the exact thing that led Americans to accept the propaganda. It can happen to your country, too (and probably is happening, to be real).

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      • DillDough@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        50% of US citizens read at 5th grade level or lower. This doesn’t sound too terrible until you remember that those tests are actually comprehension tests. Majority of us have less comprehensive abilities than we expect out of children, and this was before the “ai” boom, you know it’s gotten exponentially worse already and will continue to decline at an ever accelerating pace. We genuinely are some of the dumbest motherfuckers our species has to offer.

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    • Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Look around the world. Many corrupt and evil people are taking hold of power.

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• Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just like the Japanese and Chinese right?

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  • CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Chinese have legally defined retirement ages close to Europe, so even if they have high working hours comparable to the US at least they don’t have to work until death.

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    • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The US has legally defined retirement ages too. And if you plan, I know malice afore thought isn’t your strong suit, you can have a decent retirement also.

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