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Bluetus

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10. Modern life (and modern corporations and modern politicians) encourage the masses to tune out

Reply to Mosby (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:33 PM

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I can't say that is what has happened to Israel, but I see it in the US continuously. People are far more interested in which quarterback is getting a big contract than whether we are turning into an authoritarian state. The "opiates of the masses" are hard at work, and sadly this LITERALLY includes opiates.

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Does the Netanyahu government want Iran to be a failed state? [View all] SamuelTheThird Tuesday OP

They want Iran bombed to the Stone Age nt Bookreadingliberal53 Tuesday #1

It's terrible that Netanyahu IS Isreal... lame54 Tuesday #2

Well, the Israeli people have had 20 years to get rid of him and have chosen otherwise. Bluetus Tuesday #5

Netanyahu's party, Likud has never received more than 29% of the vote Mosby Tuesday #9

Modern life (and modern corporations and modern politicians) encourage the masses to tune out Bluetus Tuesday #10

Rubble Whip-poor-will Tuesday #3

Wouldn't it be terrible if an enraged Iranian took flying_wahini Tuesday #4

But of course. The last obstacle to hegemony of the region. AloeVera Tuesday #6

Honestly, I think Israel reached a new level of paranoia after 10/07 fujiyamasan Tuesday #7

More territory to be "settled"? 3_Limes Tuesday #8

What incredible Hubris and arrogance by both Israel and the US to think that they can bomb a 4000 Pachamama Tuesday #11