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> This "engagement" is largely by people who don't know anything about politics and have their emotions manipulated by unscrupulous politicians and biased repor
by hunglee2 4y ago
> This "engagement" is largely by people who don't know anything about politics and have their emotions manipulated by unscrupulous politicians and biased reporting.
surely not unique to the social media age
- surement 4y agoIn terms of correlation at least, yes. Between the fall and the USSR and when social media presence became the norm, people were largely apolitical. Now it's all about owning the libs/cons.
- drewcoo 4y agoThink bigger. Longer times. It's not unique. It is human. And Americans are human: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism_in_the_United_States