I see this become apparent on social media every so often and it’s really just depressing how widespread the misunderstanding is.
51% of Americans who were polled in a 2021 survey agreed with the statement that “You pay your marginal tax rate on all of your income”.
Deliberately miseducated because the Hungry Ghosts needed factory workers and soldiers, not people who could ask questions. The tax code in particular is kept Byzantine on purpose.
I sometimes wonder how much we can blame people; we’re here because the programming didn’t work on us, but probably for a bunch of different reasons, many of which are also outside of our control.
If i hadn’t got mad at the price of cable 20 years ago and pulled the plug i might be doing cold calls for kamala rn for all i know. I try not to look down on the folks still deep in prop cuz it really wasnt long enough ago i too was in platos cave
“I can the better understand the inert blindness and defiant ignorance of the reactionaries from having been one of them. I know how smugly ignorant I was”. - H. P. Lovecraft.
I’m so using that quote.
yeah, same, i used to think yellow vests were stupid morons for breaking billboards and shop windows…