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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 156 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Who are these people? They don’t read the bills they sign, no rudimentary understanding of music, and they talk about it as such like it’s normal.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 104 points 1 week ago

The answer is they don't care. Facts are a plaything for conservatives.

What matters to them is power - and for that you don't need to be right, you just need to be convincing. That's why they engage so much in misinformation, blatant ragebait, etc..

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[–] poopsmith@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The kids from your high school who weren’t popular, but were obsessed with popularity.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's 85% of the teen movies ever made.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like their bible, it says whatever they want it to say even if it says the opposite of what they say it says.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago

Honestly, though, that's really fun to do in any argument.

Somebody else: "No, ChatGPT is really helpful and useful."

Me: "You can't trust a dang word from those chatbots. They're liars, all of 'em. Says so in the Bible!"

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're the salt of the earth, you know, morons

They are rewarded for pretending to know what they are talking about, and they are chosen for their loyalty. Zero awareness or intelligence.

[–] NoTagBacks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Many of the people that make it into politics are there for the sake of power. Governance and whatever political sports team they wear a jersey for is secondary. That's how you get varying levels of knowledge about what a government is/does, none of the application for it, and lots of political theater. There are a few that actually care and legitimately try, but they're so booooooring and lame and no one actually wants to hear news coverage over legislation. Media and politicians care about actually cool things like that one outrageous thing some other politician said or some vague inactionable speech about why you should elect them.

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Make Politics Boring Again!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Empty husks of human beings, willing to say whatever the people with the money want them to say

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably the same idiots that believe rage against the machine went woke at some point in their career.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago

Like Star Trek. As opposed to growing up in the woke Petri dish and living there until woke turned into a political word.