• Harvey656@lemmy.world
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    8 天前

    I mean, I live here sadly. But I honestly never saw much of this coming. Maybe I was just blind or used to these things, I can’t quite remember exactly how I felt when many of these changes started getting real traction, but it hit me like a bus in 2016 with trump and his first term. It was a whole world of idiots that just suddenly existed, ruining the country. It was probably already ruined, and I just didn’t see it. :(

    • EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml
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      8 天前

      Yeah you weren’t paying attention or ur still a young buck. It became clear as day when Bush Jr stole the election from Al Gore over hanging chads in 2000.

      That set the stage for this millennia and it’s been increasingly more blatant and apparent every year.

    • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth
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      7 天前

      Here’s a sort open-faced compliment sandwich.

      You were smart enough to avoid shitty media like cable news, FM talk radio, manosphere podcasts, so you avoided the propaganda that those channels were spewing.

      But this left you blind to how many people either a) don’t have access to better forms of media and education, or b) actively seeked out the propaganda.

      I don’t really have a top bun for this sandwich.

      • Harvey656@lemmy.world
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        7 天前

        Lol thanks. Its distressing how many seem to seek out hatred. I wonder how far back this issue really goes.