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Words matter.
You aren't writing an academic paper. Always use simple direct language.
Don't use complex words.
Americans are one of the most gullible populations on Earth. Russians are worse...but Americans are not far behind.
Nah the usa is worse. Russia is a dictatorship, it is risky for your life and family to oppose putin
Yes, we should all be highly critical of our governments, especially our politicians and the military (paid puppets of the oligarchy).
Building up an independent working-class movement should be our priority.
You should check out Kshama Sawant and Workers Strike Back.
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Meanwhile EU saying fuck all the disabled to appease a convicted rapist/felon. Sickening.
“Death tax” energy.
If it's the particular words that are the issue you have a bigger problem than just helping the poor, which is a laudable goal. Hups, I just used an obscure word and alienated the dummies.
A favourite cognitive bias is the role of emotions in persuasion and decision making. Arguments are much more persuasive if they make us feel good, regardless of the evidence.
It's interesting to watch an AI reason these issues because we're reasonably sure it doesn't have feelings and should be immune to the pitfalls of having an ego.
I’m not voting for no “laudable” BS. Let’s just talk about goals that are worthy
I'm a little bit concerned about the colors of each line on this graph.
I would hope this kind of study would be apolitical attempt to discover where we have agreement as opposed to disagreement. And if vernacular is the core difference let's not use color choices that could be interpreted as means something else.