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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How I feel when I talk to libs and right wingers who think listening to podcasts and watching corporate news makes them informed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They are... but the info is wrong unfortunatelly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So where do you get your news?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And see this is the point right here. Current events without any knowledge of history of political science breeds idiocy.

If you want an informed opinion, read books about it.

Then maybe I’ll respect your opinion on current events.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can read books all you want, but a book written last year won’t tell you anything about, say, a shoddily built recreational submersible that just imploded near the Titanic. But you wouldn’t know since you only use books for getting your opinions on current events. Nothing against books at all, they’re good stuff. But they lag behind current events due to very obvious reasons.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spoken like someone who only reads books with wizards in them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I like those, too, but that’s besides the point.