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In reply to the discussion: Yes DU trends to an older audience. [View all]PatrickforB
(14,961 posts)Ageism is just another wedge and if we are not careful as a group, the Libertarian billionaires, their 'think-tanks,' superPacs and their well funded propaganda organs (right-wing talk radio, Fox, and indirectly the biased corporate-owned media) will try and pound them in hard to confuse us. See, if I as a white guy can be propagandized into blaming migrants for my problems, or people of color, or women, or LGBTQ+ people, then they hope I won't notice them a) systematically stealing money from our treasury and padding their own pockets, and b) trying to end the republic and replace it with a fascist oligarchy.
Want some fun definitions?
Capitalism - a system where a few wealthy people create masses who no longer have access to land and are forced to sell their labor to be able to live.
Fascism - a system created by capitalists to give the masses a list of grievances so they can have the illusion of a better life without ever getting that better life.
Don't fall prey to wedges. Our species has survived as long as it has because we cooperate and collaborate, NOT because we all compete against each other like they want us to believe.