• Zorque@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          The thing is, they don’t truly understand the consequences. Otherwise c/leopardsatemyface wouldn’t be a thing.

          They believe that they are free from consequence because they keep being told that, and by the odds they’re unlikely to face major direct consequences of their choices. And when they do, often it gets blamed on “the other side” instead of the people they choose to represent them.

          It’s not about them being too stupid to understand, or too evil to want better, it’s about an unwillingness to think about the consequences of their actions.

  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The US is going to take gold in every event. Mostly because other countries won’t be allowed to compete or won’t want to.

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      I’ve always believed that all Olympic countries take part in some kind of enhanced performance drug program.

      The poor countries try it and they are easily identified and disqualified

      The mid tier countries do it cautiously and sometimes get away with it

      The rich countries like the US do it all the time but they are so sophisticated that they can’t be caught.

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    European grown up with that.

    Don’t buy american wine for example (not only cause is unbearably sweet), cause of pesticides allowed.

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      They use fungicides on vineyards in Europe though. In France there are more people diagnosed with Parkinson’s around vineyards than anywhere else in the country

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      1 year ago

      I think Europe had their time. They are nodding knowingly and pitifully at America at how hard it will be to climb out of it.