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The history of electoralism (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] narwhal@mander.xyz 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think your capacity to think is irrelevant or even played against you when the elites pour obscene amounts of money to change your perception of reality. Even the greatest minds can't escape this.

[โ€“] turdcollector69@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I feel like the belief that intelligence somehow grants immunity to propaganda has utterly devastated media literacy and subsequently our political landscape.

When people started taking memes and blogs as legitimate sources of information we were cooked.