• d00ery@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    A country with no department of education … I realise they’re devolving some of it to state level, but wow.

      • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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        I don’t know; during the Bush Jr. Era, I would have agreed with you, but I think the powers that be have figured out that religion is more useful for creating wedge issues than actually governing.

        If the goal is simply controlling the population, then oligarch-controlled media and social media seems to be perfectly adequate with just a little bit of religion to give the conservatives bad-faith plausible deniability when it comes to the racism, misogyny, and homophobia (both the politicians and the voters).

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    After Kennedy’s and Gifford’s confirmations it’s clear there’s no sleazeball they would ever vote against. Question only becomes when, not if, so they need to string these out as long as possible.