UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoAntiwoke Straight of Hormwinlemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down12
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minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoI’ve stopped asking if people are this stupid, because yes, they are. But, I think this is more about sowing fear, than a serious suggestion. I keep trying to persuade myself, in spite of clear evidence to the contrary, that people are not this stupid. But, it doesn’t work.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoOh man… I hate to blow your bubble, but that guy is just repeating something that was under serious consideration about 50 years ago. He probably just remembers the proposals, and not the problems people found in it.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 minutes ago He probably just remembers the proposals, and not the problems people found in it. ding ding ding And he’s not a responsible social media user. Especially as a public political figure, he should be checking that he’s not spreading misinformation. (yes I know the opposite is in vogue with post-truth politics)
I’ve stopped asking if people are this stupid, because yes, they are.
But, I think this is more about sowing fear, than a serious suggestion.
I keep trying to persuade myself, in spite of clear evidence to the contrary, that people are not this stupid. But, it doesn’t work.
Oh man… I hate to blow your bubble, but that guy is just repeating something that was under serious consideration about 50 years ago.
He probably just remembers the proposals, and not the problems people found in it.
ding ding ding
And he’s not a responsible social media user. Especially as a public political figure, he should be checking that he’s not spreading misinformation.
(yes I know the opposite is in vogue with post-truth politics)