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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by humanrebar on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:22AM (#13480229)
Are you saying poor black and white people are too naive to vote for themselves? Should they vote the way we tell them to? Is principled politics a luxury of the privileged?

I'm not a fan of this meme.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by flukus on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:43AM (#13480319)
I'm saying the political system is far to tribalistic. We all fall for tribalism but it seems to have become way to set in lately.
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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by humanrebar on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:46AM (#13480331)
I'll agree with that. We discuss membership in groups, not ideas. It's signalling and dog whistles all the way down.
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