Political Bullshit Receptivity and its Correlates: A Cross-Country Validation of the Concept

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  1. yardmeat

    yardmeat Well-Known Member

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    Hitler fought against socialism and communism. You need to do more homework.

    The homework you need to do is in understanding that it isn't ONLY communist states that are like this. That ANTI-COMMUNIST groups, such as the Nazis, fall into the same camp of brutal dictatorship, and that just labelling anything you don't like as communist/socialist/etc. is not only lazy and intellectually dishonest, but LITERALLY copying Nazi propaganda techniques . . . they did the same thing.
     
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    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Stop with the chicken dance. You had your chance to prove your BS, and you were not able to do it. Move on already.

    Pseudo-con populists will believe anything and everything as long as it comes from their favorite politician of favorite media outlet.
     
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    Since you quoted it before I edited it:

    By the way I’ve read the communist manifesto. I’ve also read Lenin where he argues that socialism is nothing more than a transitional phase into communism because you can’t move people from an individualized system like capitalism directly into communism. They have to be eased into it first with socialism. Then when enough time has passes and you’ve brainwashed them sufficiently to where they believe the collective is more important than the individual then you can move them to communism. And even then you have to murder millions of people to do it.
     
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    The fundamental problem with your position is that both socialism and communism are predicated upon the same ideal. That the collective is more important than the individual.
     
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    This "research" ITSELF is political bullshit, and it appears that you have fallen for it. Are you a "right-wing individual" by any chance?
     
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    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Devout partisans on both sides consume BS without question. This poll is BS. This thread is another example of the pot calling the kettle gullible.
     
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    You haven't actually addressed what I said. And if you had read the works that you claim to have read, you'd know that socialism, according to the communists, was a transitional phase into ANARCHY, not a totalitarian state. This is literally spelled out in Marx's works. Literally. Also, Marx was perfectly fine with individualism and thought that communism suited it better than capitalism did. See his correspondences with Stirner.

    But here's your daily reminder that you are running as fast as you can from the topic of Hitler and the Nazis in order to change the subject because you know you can't defend your actual previous claims.
     
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    yardmeat Well-Known Member

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    And the problem with your statement is that it is false. Stirner. Marx. Try reading.
     
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    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I can't think of any country which was "eased" into it. All of them jumped into it through a violent takeover, - Russia, Cuba, North Korea, Cambodia, East European Block during USSR rule etc None of the so-called socialist Western European countries have become communist after decades of being what they are, but of course they are not really socialist since they have free market capitalism.

    Not that it has anything to do with the topic.....
     
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    I don't get down with some of those, but you fail to see red flags everywhere, too.

    Obama held off on releasing his BC for almost 4 years - red flag
    Don't know who Jade Helm is
    Way too many red flags from the last election
    DOJ has absolutely been weaponized, not just against Trump, but all "MAGA extremists"
    School shooters are always on the FBI's watchlist, then taken off, then commit the shootings - red flag
    January 6th was a far more peaceful protest than any single left-wing protest in the past 6 years
    Leftists call everything right-wing terrorism
    I don't know if Barr is part of a Cabal trying to bring down Trump, but the leftists in Congress have done everything they can to impeach him, even after he was gone from office.
    Nobody ever said coronavirus was fake, the left-wing overreaction was fake, and the vaccines have proven useless along with the boosters.

    We don't have to see eye to eye, that would be impossible, but you should recognize a red flag when you see one.
     
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    Cute. Pathetic, but cute.

    Then look it up if you want.

    And no evidence it was "stolen," despite the raging from the wingnut conspiracy theorists.

    Again, cute.

    Thank you for confirming your support for these wingnut conspiracy theories.

    Both false and cute.

    And?

    Feel free to provide a real response after you actually read what I said and can address it.

    [quote[Nobody ever said coronavirus was fake, the left-wing overreaction was fake, and the vaccines have proven useless along with the boosters.[/quote]Both claims here are objectively false.

    The familiar conspiracy theorist mantra. "I can't actually demonstrate anything I'm saying, but it sure SEEMS sus!"
     
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    To be fair (and your point still stands), the older Christian(?) (not Evangelical) population that practiced and lived the "honor system" are easy prey for the amount of con artists preying upon them today and for the last 20 years.
     
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    "Political Bullshit"? Is that a scientific term? Did they go to graduate school to learn that term? This study must be a joke.
     
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    While you were talking to your family, did you mention how the left believes:

    The election was stolen from Clinton
    White nationalists are the greatest threat to this country
    The borders are secure
    There is no recession
    Republicans are planning to steal the midterms
    White supremacists committed most of the violence during the Floyd riots
    German banks and Russian mafia
    Travel bans from China are racist
    Everything is racist
     
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    I've heard a few people say that Russia helped Trump . . . which Republicans in Congress have confirmed. But, no, it wasn't "stolen" from her. And they didn't go to the lengths to steal the election that Trump did.

    Biggest domestic terrorist threat? Most likely.

    Compared to what?

    I haven't heard anyone say that. Would you like to have a discussion about it?

    Well, they objectively tried to steal the last election, so it wouldn't exactly surprise me.

    Que?

    They were called racist because Trump was leaning on them instead of efforts that might have actually have been effective. He was looking for scapegoats instead of solutions.

    Sounds like you are channeling Tucker Carlson.
     
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    Interesting. Democrats are more likely to be anxious and/or depressed than Republicans.

    Biden Supporters and Registered Democrats Showed Elevated Levels of Depression, Stress and Anxiety Compared to Trump Supporters in Study by ADoH SCIENTIFIC

    • Biden-Harris supporters reported significantly higher scores than Trump-Pence supporters in categories that included stress, wellness (illness), energy (fatigue), anxiety and depression.

    • Democrats reported roughly 71% higher stress levels and nearly twice the anxiety levels (92% higher) of Republicans.

    • Democrats also reported roughly 35% higher measures of loneliness and nearly 69% higher irritability than Republicans.
     
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    The Leftists believe...

    1. In global warming.

    2. Russian collusion.

    3. Trump is a Russian spy.

    4. 9/11 was an inside job.

    5. All white folks are racists.

    6. Slavery began in The United States in 1619.

    7. Slavery only existed in The United States.

    8. Joe McCarthy was the chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

    9. The United States invaded Vietnam and, The United States armed forces were defeated by the North Vietnamese.

    10. Democrats aren't Communists.

    I could go on, but should keep y'all busy for now.
     
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    Which is objectively a thing.

    Even Republicans admit that Russia helped Trump, and the Trump Tower meeting alone justified an investigation, but no, in the end, there was no demonstrable AGREEMENT between Russia and Trump, despite attempts from the campaign to organize that.

    See above.

    An idiotic conspiracy parroted by BOTH the left and the right.

    All dozen or so people who say that should be ashamed of themselves.

    Quote anyone who says that. Fake argument.

    Quote anyone who says that. Fake argument.

    Meaningless semantics. McCarthy was the chairmen of the GOC.

    We did invade Vietnam.

    No one is actually dumb enough to believe that Dems are communists.

    Your track record so far is pathetic.
     
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    Gotcha. When the red flags hurt your democrat party, ignore them. Imagine my surprise.
     
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    Yeah, that's why inner city communities continue to vote for democrats.
     
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    Not my party. And if you were willing to discuss evidence and not just baseless paranoia, we'd be able to have a conversation. Come back when you have evidence. I'm not responsible for your failures. You, like the wannabe dictator that you support, expect to be treated like a special snowflake who doesn't have to provide evidence for your fringe conspiracy trash. Imagine my surprise.
     
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    PizzaGate is a good example
     
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    Yet you're responses to me were mostly "That's cute, but pathetic."

    I provided red flags, you refused to address them like an adult. That tells me all I need to know.
     
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    Which is all that was warranted.

    You provided no evidence at all, and you refuse to even speak in the language of evidence. While your white flag is appreciated, it tells me more than I need to know about your complete unwillingness to speak in the language of evidence and reason. I'm under no obligation to hold your (by your own admission) unsubstantiated conspiracy theories over the Constitution.
     
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