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Are you serious? The entire nation was fully captivated this election cycle.
by aydyn 2y ago
Are you serious? The entire nation was fully captivated this election cycle.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoCaptivated is not captive, and even if it is etymologically adjacent, most of the electorate did not expect to have to learn about stuff like econometrics ...
- aydyn 2y agoThen I meant captivated AND captive. Why are you being pedantic?
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoHow was anybody captive? I didn't see a single campaign ad or watch a single rally, except for a couple of brief excerpts that I chose to. You're missing the critical point: it's not about captive, it's just that this helps with the critical point, which is an expectation of learning taking place, rather than worldviews/prejudices confirmed.
- aydyn 2y agoI see, I missed that nuance in your point.