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  • pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe
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    4 minutes ago

    Most of the rest of the world will also be impressed by the top pic more than the bottom pic.

    You won’t believe how many people want good health care over spiritual catharsis.

    It’s just a people thing.

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    Can an American explain to me why having random guns strewn around is a flex? What concept is being flexed? Do y’all fancy yourself local warlords?

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      I think it’s a pretty specific (and stupid) sub-culture.

      Most Americans I know see being careless with guns as “Darwin award” kind of flex.

      I know some gun collectors with valuable collections. Typically a decent portion of the value of the whole collection is tied up in clean secure safe storage: gun locks, gun safes, dehumidifiers, separate amo storage, locking display cases, etc.

      As one told me “I still treat guns like toys - I just treat them like really fucking dangerous life threatening toys.”

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      A high end custom gun is pretty expensive. So it’s the same kind of flex as showing off an expensive car.

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    The biggest problem is not exactly him … it’s the same problem with Trump … it’s the legions of mindless stupid people that follow them.

    Kings aren’t kings because of their intelligence, strength, ability or even the power or will of God.

    Kings are kings because of the stupidity of a community of people

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      I’m sure you mean “there isn’t an ability threshold where you deserve to be a monarch”.

      But it does sorta read like “no one ever won a race by being the fastest, they win the race because everyone else is slower”. There are qualities that predispose people to leadership.

      [I do realize I’m being a bit pedantic]

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        It’s the same as religions … and it all boils down to sales and salesmanship and marketing.

        I know lots of charismatic people who could talk to you endlessly about bullshit and get you buy a used car and make you believe that it’s the best purchase for your situation … and they’ll make you believe that they are your best friend in the world.

        Those same people are the same individuals that can make you believe all sorts of things … things like you should give them money in order to make the world a better place. Then they go on to convince other people to do the same.

        You could say that their biggest skill is that they are salesmen but that’s only half the problem. The other half of the problem is that these sales people also attract the dumbest people. The combination of moderately capable salespeople and an extremely dumb community of people creates a group of individuals that can give one person a lot of power … then it creates a snowball effect where the small community attracts more dumb people and the community grows giving the one dumb idiot that started the whole thing more and more power.

        The dumb idiot leader built their power and prestige on the stupidity of a mass of people. The more dumb illiterate and ignorant people you have in the world … the more likely this scenario will occur.

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          You’re talking about the people who scheme their way to power.

          I’m just saying there are definitive qualities that good leaders need. The correct mixture of self-assurance, insight, and humility to ask for guidance on the best way forward and stick to it without crumbling. A “leader” is an organizational role and their proper skillset is in setting the course and ironing put inter-departmental communications so everyone can do what they need to.

          But I realize we are straying further and further from your initial comment about populist leaders, like those currently in power.

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    Is that the guy who recently got annihilated in a boxing ring in full view of the world? I’m not jealous but I did enjoy his broken jaw photo.

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      Yeah, he’s posting this cause his ego is bruised so he wants to remind everyone that he’s cool and rich. He swears. He’s cool and rich everyone, right? Cool and rich…

  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world
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    I had a bit of heartburn from too much Christmas turkey and went to see 3 different doctors, got prescribed some medication and spent the night at the hospital.

    The money in this picture wouldn’t cover that in the US, I paid like 20 euros for the pills and that’s it.

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      I’m the US, you wouldn’t need to see three different doctors to get some heartburn medication.