They suck at campaigning, but they aren't the worst at governing. An informed voter doesn't require razzle dazzle, but alas we are in short supply of informed voters. I don't see that turning around anytime soon, so buckle up buttercup!
DontRedditMyLemmy
joined 2 years ago
Three big things:
- Compartmentalization of media (echo chambers)
- Tribalism (thanks Russia!)
- Macho culture (treating politics like a college football game except being LESS informed)
We'll never recover from this. This is the United States of Ignorance now. I'm deeply sorry to those who did their part and will be victims in the future, but it HAS to get worse before it can get better. We need a great reset in some form. Revolution, world war, alien invasion...
What is left to do? The majority of the American electorate is hopelessly uninformed, selfish, or lazy. The slugs have voted for salt!
As long as we never stop, I think this might work!
Yes, are you interested?
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How often?
Right, everyone could use a healthy dose of NPR right now. Russia absolutely beat the USA in the Misinformation War.
The cure is an informed and active electorate, and we're headed in the wrong direction. (Except that WW3, now more likely, could bolster education in the following decades.)
Do you want President Vance? This is how you get President Vance!
Any chance McConnell will fall out a window in the near future?
I would gladly contribute to launching him off Earth