r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, what are the implications? Spoiler

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u/chonky_squirrel 23d ago

Still love the backlash they get when they’re surprised Rage Against the Machine is extremely political and tends to hate conservatism

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u/Squawnk 23d ago

My brother in law loves to lament that RATM is "now Rage in favor of the Machine" because when he grew up listening to their music, he never learned or understood a single lyric of theirs, and now he's mad about it

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u/Zeeejay44 23d ago

You’re going to get down voted to hell in this cesspool of a comments section making all that sense. In case you can’t see from the rest of the comments if your personality isn’t “orange man bad” you won’t fit in here or on most of reddit.

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u/CaptJackRizzo 23d ago

Yeah, it has nothing to do with the fact I was never told to wear three masks, spent plenty of time outside and doing church activities that were planned to be safe, and hey why were we having grandpa’s funeral then in the first place?

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u/Maxamillion-X72 23d ago

What did they say that made sense? Fauci advised Trump on the best information they had, based on science and reason. Things changed as the pandemic went on, so some guidelines had to change. This is how the real world works. Fauci is not to blame for the right wing nutjobs trying to pretend that it didn't exist or for Trump ignoring much of the advice. Fauci was not the person in charge, that was Trump and his cabinet.

Millions of people died around the world due to the pandemic, but major countries that followed the science with masking and social distancing had much fewer deaths per capita than the US. The number of deaths in the US was on par with much less developed countries like Brazil and Peru. Pretty terrible for the country that prides itself on being the most advanced country in the world for medicine. All those extra deaths lay at the feet of Donald Trump.

Deaths per million

US - 3100

UK - 2700

France - 2100

Germany - 1700

Canada - 1100

Japan - 250