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The Ratchet Effect (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Thank you for a long post that I'm too lazy to write.

As for the voting base you have trouble describing: I think of it as a spectrum from misinformed/disinformed to unhinged.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I think of it as a spectrum from misinformed/disinformed to unhinged.

    You are too kind, mssr. I would have to say there's also a large, intentionally-ignorant, entitled, hateful, toxic component of the base as well. At this point kind of a grand ol' tradition that dates back... *phew*

    It's actually not hard to see how it developed over the decades (and more), for a specific set of reasons, but over time it's become so normalised that we all have to kind of pretend it's okay when it's really nawt. The whole situation's bloody well terrible IMO, altho of course every region and nation has their share of somewhat similar deplorables, I reckon.

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