Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy

Re:Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy by Aeglaecia on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @10:54PM (#47069708)

im not entirely sure that i parsed your smileys/double negations/insinuations as intended ... the irrational aspect was agreeing with psychopaths , those psychopaths will always exist and will not be kept in check by anything except for community enforced morality. the west honed a beautiful set of morals for thousands of years , then proceeded to throw those morals in the bin because tv said so. id feel bad for the west , however this does bring up the conundrum - is a propagandized (or otherwise hypnotized) populace liable for their own actions ?

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Re:Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy by fuzzfactor on Thursday February 19, 2026 @12:16AM (#47070190)

Toxic materials can make you real wacky, but that has nothing to do with anything psychopathic.

Unless somebody puts some effort into combining the two, which does happen.

Psychopaths would have done damage whether they were affected by chemicals or not.

Now you do bring up a major conundrum which many people may not want to face at all, and would not know what to think no matter if it was true or false.

You make a legitimate observation whether that is coming from outside the USA or from freedom-loving Americans.

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Re:Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy by Aeglaecia on Thursday February 19, 2026 @12:27AM (#47070257)

our viewpoints make a good discussion but our communication protocols arent properly matching up. i was trying to make the point that you just did - being fried in the head would increase the likelihood of silly decisions in all types of humans. one such example of a silly decision was collectively deleting rules designed to keep psychopaths in check, at the behest of psychopaths. thanks for chatting man, all the best

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Re:Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy by fuzzfactor on Thursday February 19, 2026 @12:34AM (#47070296)

Now it's very clear.

I new you were very sensible the whole time :)

peyton is right, and it's worth it to put in the effort to improve communication

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Re:Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy by peyton on Thursday February 19, 2026 @12:28AM (#47070264)

You completely missed GP’s point. It is very difficult to talk to many people of your generation. Flat art and flat people. Tetraethyllead may be a culprit.

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