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Johnny2X2X

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9. They don't want critical thinkers.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 01:05 PM

20 hrs ago

They see how easy it it to control MAGA blue collar workers who are just begging to be told what to think and what to do and think that they can end the opposition by ending educated workers.

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"The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent [View all] highplainsdem Saturday OP

Some more Bluesky comments on Tante's post, these taken from the Quotes section: highplainsdem Saturday #1

"You want to know your name? Pay me." dalton99a Saturday #2

Pay you???? dickthegrouch Sunday #3

*USELESS EATER NOTED FOR DELETION* durablend Sunday #5

Yarvin's neo feudalism Blue Full Moon Sunday #4

Not sure about CIA involvement, but they definitely want to disrupt society in favor of something highplainsdem Sunday #6

In-Q-Tel Blue Full Moon Sunday #7

The tech bros want us out of the way. Blue Full Moon 21 hrs ago #8

They don't want critical thinkers. Johnny2X2X 20 hrs ago #9

It's already happening... Happy Hoosier 20 hrs ago #10