• DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone
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    17 days ago

    Whilst I sympathise with you and the millions that didn’t vote for him, you can’t blame him for the millions that decided that vaccinations are a dumb thing that shouldn’t be accepted.

    This is feeling like “Covid 2” all of a sudden. Good luck over there, your country is going through a massive change, and it doesn’t feel like a good one. Peace and love from Australia.

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      17 days ago

      Actually you can, Trump went hard on antivax conspiracy in his first term and planted the seeds for what we have today. Remember, his brilliant solution was to instead drink bleach. And sunbathe your taint or whatever.

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      17 days ago

      You can to an extent. Misinformation (e.g. the shit antivaxxers believe) can be prevented by providing quality education to the masses, but that has been diminished by the right for years now, and recently by Trump in particular with his drive to eliminate the Department of Education.

      It could also be addressed by restricting the spread of misinformation through broadcast and social media, but surprise, those platforms are all controlled by the right as well—even directly tied to the current admin like Xitter or Trump’s own Truth Social.