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A few weeks ago, they all seemed to be operating from the same exact talking points and it seemed to be “yeah, it’s regrettable what is happening, but we are dealing with this terrible economy that Biden handed us…”
Which is weird, because the economy was doing just fucking fine before donvict started working to break government, threaten our allies and go into a stupid trade war with everyone.
It wasn’t doing fine; these towns were already dying. Trump told them a bunch of lies about how he would fix the economy. They tried putting out the fire with gasoline.
Checking my local newspaper, turning on the TV, and logging into my favorite social media. Everywhere I go it’s the same message - liberals are to blame.
Critical thinking without useful information is just teleology. You’re stuck doing Thomas Acquinus shit or Aristotilianisn when you have an abundance of analytical skill but you’re working from fundamentally biased or outright manufactured sources.
I used to think that too until I grasped how much intellectual labor goes into the process.
I’m educated properly and it takes me a very long time to sift through the mud to stay informed. Some of my friends are educated properly as well and they fall behind / fall for some bullshit because they don’t have the time to do the work. If they spend the time, they figure it out. And that’s the trick, education gives the capability, but one still needs to do the work in order to stay informed. Doing this work requires time available, and a steady mental health. Both of those are actively taken away by the ever increasing cost of living (demands of the system). And most have to do the same work to stay informed.
I’m educated properly and it takes me a very long time to sift through the mud to stay informed.
I really don’t have this issue…?
I don’t go on facebook or other social media so I don’t see that bullshit. And I don’t watch news on the TV, be it 24 hour news or any other.
I get most of my news from news.google.com, and then clicking on “full coverage” (or whatever that button says now they’re constantly changing it) so I can get an overview of several sources reporting on the same topic.
I will sometimes learn about news on lemmy, but I will always independently confirm it (takes 15 seconds) before considering it fact.
It’s so fucking easy, I’m sorry. There is no excuse.
And they’ll blame The Libs like always
A few weeks ago, they all seemed to be operating from the same exact talking points and it seemed to be “yeah, it’s regrettable what is happening, but we are dealing with this terrible economy that Biden handed us…”
Which is weird, because the economy was doing just fucking fine before donvict started working to break government, threaten our allies and go into a stupid trade war with everyone.
It wasn’t doing fine; these towns were already dying. Trump told them a bunch of lies about how he would fix the economy. They tried putting out the fire with gasoline.
Fox News will and they will repeat it.
Checking my local newspaper, turning on the TV, and logging into my favorite social media. Everywhere I go it’s the same message - liberals are to blame.
What other conclusion am I supposed to draw?
Have you heard of critical thinking?
Critical thinking without useful information is just teleology. You’re stuck doing Thomas Acquinus shit or Aristotilianisn when you have an abundance of analytical skill but you’re working from fundamentally biased or outright manufactured sources.
The information is there. I’ve had no problem keeping informed. It has been a drain on my mental health, but it’s very doable.
Just stay away from bullshit social media, first and foremost.
Plenty of conservatives will tell you the same shit
Ok… And? I can demonstrate it, they cannot.
You can site your sources. They can site theirs.
Yeah, that’s not a sustainable way to keep the majority informed. Most don’t have the availability to do this extra work between jobs and family.
It is if you educate them properly.
I used to think that too until I grasped how much intellectual labor goes into the process.
I’m educated properly and it takes me a very long time to sift through the mud to stay informed. Some of my friends are educated properly as well and they fall behind / fall for some bullshit because they don’t have the time to do the work. If they spend the time, they figure it out. And that’s the trick, education gives the capability, but one still needs to do the work in order to stay informed. Doing this work requires time available, and a steady mental health. Both of those are actively taken away by the ever increasing cost of living (demands of the system). And most have to do the same work to stay informed.
I really don’t have this issue…?
I don’t go on facebook or other social media so I don’t see that bullshit. And I don’t watch news on the TV, be it 24 hour news or any other.
I get most of my news from news.google.com, and then clicking on “full coverage” (or whatever that button says now they’re constantly changing it) so I can get an overview of several sources reporting on the same topic.
I will sometimes learn about news on lemmy, but I will always independently confirm it (takes 15 seconds) before considering it fact.
It’s so fucking easy, I’m sorry. There is no excuse.
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Yea, if those libs didn’t skip out on voting Kamala cause she’s pro genocide, this never would have happened!
I’d add /s, but somehow I see maga fucks being okay with this excuse.
I can’t tell what’s happening here, are you being sassy because people aren’t pro genocide?
Idk I was drunk.
Understandable
Hey look, the perennial straw man machines are here.