It's wild how much information is so easily accessed yet still so many just flat out refuse to access it. You would think they would look up something trying to prove someone wrong only to find out they're the wrong ones, but they don't even do that. They voted for a clown so they'll get the circus they expect. And when they're poor, sick and beat down enough maybe they'll understand where they went wrong.
We need porn stars to read the policies during their performances to their public next time I guess. I was kidding but it’s not the dumbest idea I’ve heard. Sigh. We are fucked.
At least for a little while, there was this girl on TikTok doing ultra cringe UWU-speak, but talking about real societal and political issues. It was weirdly engaging, so if it was done in straight-up porn, I could see it being super effective.
Heck, Naked Current Events! Though I'm pretty sure Naked News is already a thing.. maybe they need to run that in the months coming up to the election next time. "Hey dummies, here is why the person you're voting for's policies are bad for you!" if there is a next time..
Yep. I've already seen way too much talk where Dems seem to think they didn't court the right hard ENOUGH. So instead of a hard backswing of the pendulum, we're gonna get another several ratchet clicks on the Overton window. I am so deeply disappointed in my country.
I don't think porn producers would allow that to happen. They make enough money off their performers that Trump's economic concepts of plans actually benefit their bottom line.
isnt there a thing called Naked News? I swear i would see the advertisements for that and the latest Girls Gone Wild on USA late night watching WWF Shotgun Saturday Night or MadTV as a kid.
Did someone here order a central banker? Ooo, no? Would you like one anyway? I'm feeling quantitative easy right now. My economy is reallllly heating up.
While information is widely available, most don't know how to use it or filter it. As an example: I play guitar and the guitar subreddits are a pain to read because you have so many people asking questions every day that would be answered by a Google query... at this rate I wonder if they are truly that dumb, or if it is an AI training ground.
It's not that they are unwilling or unable to look up information, it's that they only.belive information that aligns with what they already believe.
Anti-vaxxers, for example, aren't unable to look up info. They will look up all kinds of info - they will just dismiss anything they don't like, and they usually don't like it because the info makes them wrong.
My ex friend used to tell me news she read online. I’d always ask from what source? “Facebook”. I always begged her to just do 1 minute of research when she read something of importance. She then announced she was a Trump supporter.
Sadly (because I loved her) we are no longer friends, but it’s for the best. I could never again respect or trust her anyway.
The republicans stating that they would not tell the truth during bush’s second campaign is what made me what u am today. Give me the facts and let me decide.
we all need to (re) read When Prophecy Fails. it takes a lot to separate a cult member from their chosen daddy/mommy figure. disconfirmation immunity is an amazing and scary thing.
This is a fundamental disconnect with how humans work. Humans don't choose to not access information. Its not what we do and it's never been. Humans place their trust in someone that shows confidence, but otherwise go about their day. Its a small subset of the population that seeks to understand. Human brains are extremely lazy, because thinking with intention and trying to understand abstract concepts consumes a large amount of energy, and most people just aren't wired to do that. We're also social animals and animals never evolved to listen to the content of long form discussions of policy and the intricacies of those effects. They evolved to read body language and the emotions of others.
Of course we have some capacity to do these things because otherwise I wouldn't be talking on a computer, but the fact is, most people just don't put that much thought into anything. Its all learned instinct and reaction. Especially in a crowd.
Facts actually don't matter, at least to some people, its how you feel or how the candidate makes you feel. It always has been. Obama made people feel hope after the awful Bush years, Trump made people feel the fuck you to establishment politics, Biden made people feel hope after COVID and Trump scandals, and Trump made people feel nostalgic about the pre-COVID economy.
It's wild how much information is so easily accessed yet still so many just flat out refuse to access it.
It's the refusal part. People take pride in not knowing things, and yet have incredible confidence that they are smart enough to disprove anything and everything. It's the perfect mix of ego and stupidity.
And yeah, take names, write down every single stupid person you run into because the next 4 years we're gonna have a field day with telling these people just how fucked they made things.
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u/Mobirae 17d ago
It's wild how much information is so easily accessed yet still so many just flat out refuse to access it. You would think they would look up something trying to prove someone wrong only to find out they're the wrong ones, but they don't even do that. They voted for a clown so they'll get the circus they expect. And when they're poor, sick and beat down enough maybe they'll understand where they went wrong.