People fall for this shit because they want to, not because the state department has magical brainwashing powers. Propaganda doesn't mean people don't have fucking agency.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of them don't even have a mild interest in politics. They have an interest in The News and in voteball, but that's it. So they put in zero effort or critical thought in to whatever The News says or what their voteball team says.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

voteball

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[–] Graphite22@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

oh god it is voteball

supreme court justices are just refs

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

voteball

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