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>This is on us. We have the responsibility to look at the advertising and make a choice. It's not on "us" -- many people have long argued against the current s

by tomrod 2y ago

>This is on us. We have the responsibility to look at the advertising and make a choice. It's not on "us" -- many people have long argued against the current state of legal bribery and corruption in the US, both advocating against and voting against this outcome. It's very much on the owners and workers of media channels, traditional (television, newspaper) and modern (adtech).

krapp 2y ago
>many people have long argued against the current state of legal bribery and corruption in the US, both advocating against and voting against this outcome. Do they, or do they mostly argue that one party is the corrupt one and vote for the other party?
- tomrod 2y ago
  I'm am sure some would, why not. Do you normally question whether people deviate from behaving as stereotypes and are generally incapable of individual behavior, or just when corruption and bribery in the US is discussed?
  - krapp 2y ago
    People do tend to normally behave as stereotypes where American politics is concerned, and the essentially two party dynamic of the American political system encourages that. I don't know what you're trying to accuse me of, but the near absolute fixation on partisanship and identity politics in the US is well known.
    - tomrod 2y ago
      > I don't know what you're trying to accuse me of Apologies, I could have been clearer in my last comment. I found that your reductive approach to assumed polarization is a thought terminating cliche, which signals an end to any interest in conversation by the invoker of the cliche. > the near absolute fixation on partisanship and identity politics in the US is well known. It really isn't, unless, I would argue, we believe cable news or propaganda sources are a good source of daily information and infotainment. I think they do a poor job communicating complex nuance and people not being solely engaged in wedge issues, forcing a narrative of existential danger in exchange for more clicks and views. > People do tend to normally behave as stereotypes where American politics is concerned Again, I think this is reductive.
    - relaxing 2y ago
      Instead of posing a rhetorical question, just come out and say your point.
EasyMark 2y ago
only a vocal minority. The vastly larger silent majority only care about the economy (or how they perceive it) and their favorite celebrities (sports or political) and not much else. All you have to do is look at the number of women who voted for Trump to confirm

by tomrod 2y ago

krapp 2y ago

>many people have long argued against the current state of legal bribery and corruption in the US, both advocating against and voting against this outcome. Do they, or do they mostly argue that one party is the corrupt one and vote for the other party?

tomrod 2y ago
I'm am sure some would, why not. Do you normally question whether people deviate from behaving as stereotypes and are generally incapable of individual behavior, or just when corruption and bribery in the US is discussed?
- krapp 2y ago
  People do tend to normally behave as stereotypes where American politics is concerned, and the essentially two party dynamic of the American political system encourages that. I don't know what you're trying to accuse me of, but the near absolute fixation on partisanship and identity politics in the US is well known.
  - tomrod 2y ago
    > I don't know what you're trying to accuse me of Apologies, I could have been clearer in my last comment. I found that your reductive approach to assumed polarization is a thought terminating cliche, which signals an end to any interest in conversation by the invoker of the cliche. > the near absolute fixation on partisanship and identity politics in the US is well known. It really isn't, unless, I would argue, we believe cable news or propaganda sources are a good source of daily information and infotainment. I think they do a poor job communicating complex nuance and people not being solely engaged in wedge issues, forcing a narrative of existential danger in exchange for more clicks and views. > People do tend to normally behave as stereotypes where American politics is concerned Again, I think this is reductive.
  - relaxing 2y ago
    Instead of posing a rhetorical question, just come out and say your point.

EasyMark 2y ago

only a vocal minority. The vastly larger silent majority only care about the economy (or how they perceive it) and their favorite celebrities (sports or political) and not much else. All you have to do is look at the number of women who voted for Trump to confirm