We need an immediate ban on normies consuming political content. These people have the most warped understanding of events, as well as the most dumb and conspiratorial. If this is who gains the franchise in Liberal Democracy, then the system is of no use, least of all to them.
Useless, I know, but just imagine a Dem President being like "Everything about these red necks in WV and Kentucky is gross. Smells like disgusting coal. They're all cracked out on fentanyl and are missing teeth. Everything about those places is dirty. It's really all of them."
I will believe in mass public housing the day the city can develop a single unit for less than $500,000, which they have been utterly unable to prove to me
@hecubian_devil I think the fundamental disconnect here is that you wants politics to solve man's search for meaning and I want politics to deliver a prosperous, safe, free society in which everyone can go find meaning in something other than politics.
It does not escape my notice that a significant portion of what the "new media" does is nothing more than reacting to information the "old media" uncovers.
There's still not actually anyone taking the place of e.g. NYT investigative reporters!
Pro Waymo, pro data center, pro nuclear, pro solar, pro train, anti zoning, pro housing has to be one of the most correct and unelectable combinations in America
People who have panic attacks when they have to make a phone call sure are looking forward to the collapse of society and think they can win a civil war.