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Trump, Under Oath, Says He Averted ‘Nuclear Holocaust’ (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you know how to tell when politicians are being hypocritical? When they open thier mouth. You could do literally nothing but point out hypocrisys of poloticians all day for your entire adult life and never run out. It is the equivalent of saying "bruh".

[-] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 73 points 1 year ago

The both-sides-narrative only helps the far-right.

[-] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

(serious) could you expound on what you mean by this?

[-] Erk@cdda.social 28 points 1 year ago

The far right is seriously outnumbered. Encouraging people to apathy helps them, because most people who get involved are their enemies.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Personally, I think both sides have their issues, but the issues the right has are waaaay worse than the issues the left has.

So just saying “both sides have issues” makes it a binary argument when the degrees of how negative their issues are really matters.

[-] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Two possibilities:

Apathy - people stop voting for parties that can be a counterweight to the far right.
Abbreviated analysis/Feelings over facts - people are more likely to fall for politicians presenting themselves as underdogs who are going to revolutionise the political landscape, which is a strategy fascists like to use. "Drain the swamp" is a perfect example for that, and if I remember correctly, there were a lot of potential Sanders supporters who voted for Trump. I know both are more or less opposites, but both provided a canvas for people's feelings that "politicians are all the same" and that fundamental change needs to happen. The latter is true, but with proper analysis shouldn't lead to voting for the far right.

[-] double_oh_walter@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

bruh

[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

Time for your meds

[-] Brainded@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Don't see why this is down voted so much. People spend way too much time focusing on hypocrisy. It's freaking boring and it sways absolutely no one's opinion

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Because the political parties andvthe media want them to focus on how the other side is bad. For tge poloticians it means they don't have to do much good. For the media it sells. And by the vote differences you can tell how few people realky get that. But in all honesty, it is human nature to have such a tribe mentality.

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