• LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      18 hours ago

      I don’t think things like the antivax anti public healthcare push by people like RFK could be possibly motivated by anything other than stupidity and a hubris that has them believe they’re immune to disease. Rich people and their kids will die of measles just the same as poor people.

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        During the pandemic, bolsonaro was catering to antivax and his whole family was pretending they werent getting vaccinated. But a leaked facebook post by his sons wife showed her mocking antivaxers, saying she was vaccinating her daughter… Theyre just playing the roles they were assigned to in public.

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        18 hours ago

        You mean the guy that which is super against processed foods and definitely wouldn’t sell out all his “ideals” for power…

        This one?

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          yes so explain how causing the worst public health disasters in modern history bringing back nearly eradicated illnesses which WILL harm rich people is something that benefits RFK and how, even if he were being directly paid for this, it isn’t “stupid” for its lack of foresight regarding repercussions

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            Kennedy received millions from the same big donors as Trump. Mostly law firms Big pharma slid into his DM’s after the elections with a few million and he already walked back many of his promises of deleting all vaccines so it kind of goes both ways.

            Let’s not forget that Kennedy very shamelessly joined Trump after his own campaign failed.

            Their malice doesn’t care about what the majority of people are going to suffer from. It’s about what they can gain from it themselves. If these lobbies were rationally trying maximize wealth then oil lobbies wouldn’t be trying to destroy the entire planet to keep everyone using oil.

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            It is stupid, but they wanna harm and control others more than they wanna benefit themselves, and they won’t live forever anyway, so they don’t care.

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      Thesis: They’re either evil or stupid

      Antithesis: They’re evil AND stupid

      Synthesis, proposed: Malice is the difference between conscientious stupidity and predatory cultivation of ignorance.