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minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 day agoYeah, it’s not great. More people didn’t vote than those who voted for either candidate. All the dumbass “both sides” propaganda.
minus-squareCheerfulPassionFruit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours agoHonestly it’s the media’s fault. It’s extremely favourable to hatred and simple explanations. They lap up and spread everything he spews plus all the hate against him.
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 hours agoThe media plays a big role but a lot of people choose to only listen to the media outlets that tell them what they want to hear. There are a lot of things to blame but I think it’s time we put some of the blame back on the voters themselves.
Yeah, it’s not great. More people didn’t vote than those who voted for either candidate. All the dumbass “both sides” propaganda.
Honestly it’s the media’s fault. It’s extremely favourable to hatred and simple explanations. They lap up and spread everything he spews plus all the hate against him.
The media plays a big role but a lot of people choose to only listen to the media outlets that tell them what they want to hear.
There are a lot of things to blame but I think it’s time we put some of the blame back on the voters themselves.