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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago (5 children)

So how do you justify this villainy? Just revoking anything that helps

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Their justification is almost certainly as simple as "only gays and addicts get this, let it kill them"

[–] labbbb2@thelemmy.club 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Conservatism is sick, but elites like it.

They will become even richer due to the fact that they will reduce expenses on social development, will steal resources. But 'regular people' will not revolt against them, because "yes, they are right, fuck minorities, science and liberalism is bad", i.e. they already are ignorant (and they embrace it!) and uneducated.

It's like in any other authoritarian LMIC country, just fucking Middle Ages.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Capitalists see almost everyone, ie poors, the same way conservatives see their out groups: less than human.

[–] labbbb2@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Capitalism is good if there are regulations in place and rule of law is strong.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump has literally believed his whole life (and he was taught to fervently believe this by his own father) that any sort of illness is a sign of weakness.

So, in his eyes, better to let these weak people die than waste resources on them.

But I mean what you expect from this freaks syphilis addled brain.

[–] labbbb2@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

any sort of illness is a sign of weakness

They think in poor countries exactly like that

[–] TTH4P@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True, but didn't both of his parent die from pneumonia?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...and Donald used his fathers "weakness" to swindle him.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you want to eradicate an illness, the best way, according to fascists ,is simply act as if it didn't exist.

[–] labbbb2@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 day ago

It's easy to rule uneducated people

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago

They're freezing 99.9% of domestic and foreign assistance. This is only one specific part of what had been halted.

The idea is to strangle the government and end anything that might keep a single dollar out of the hands of the wealthy.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

You don't. There is no justification.