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[–] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If only politics were about policy and not popularity.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. But they’re not. Usually.

Interestingly that’s more a function of media more than politics. Political movement “in a vacuum” doesn’t require popularity. But since we have put political power in the hands of everyone vs a king or whatever, the media is the ocean in which politics “swims”.

[–] pablosornl@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago