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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·14 days agoWould he? I’m not convinced that this is anything less than a manifestation of the total rot of our society. Our civic institutions are not designed to deal with the level of dis and misinformation flooding us.
minus-squareconfluence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·14 days agoThis. People have been given an alternate reality to live in, so complex and all-encompassing that—unless they’ve grown up to have an appreciation for critical thinking—all the thinking’s been done for them.
minus-squaresloppysol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·14 days agoHard to make people care for more than the immediate here and now, Trump’s WWE wrestling persona does that
Would he? I’m not convinced that this is anything less than a manifestation of the total rot of our society.
Our civic institutions are not designed to deal with the level of dis and misinformation flooding us.
This. People have been given an alternate reality to live in, so complex and all-encompassing that—unless they’ve grown up to have an appreciation for critical thinking—all the thinking’s been done for them.
Hard to make people care for more than the immediate here and now, Trump’s WWE wrestling persona does that