distantsounds@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe best people...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up1857arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squarestopdropandprole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agoa large portion of the electorate doesn’t choose anything. they do what their televisions command them. who controls the targeted messaging platforms which have been poisoning people’s minds? they are the real enemies of The People.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months agoNevermind the consequences of gerrymandering, targeted disenfranchisement, and winner take all electioneering. Trump won the GOP primary in 2016 in no small part because our electoral system rewards name recognition over policy or popular support. You either submit to media manipulation or you are statistically removed from the voting rolls.
a large portion of the electorate doesn’t choose anything. they do what their televisions command them. who controls the targeted messaging platforms which have been poisoning people’s minds? they are the real enemies of The People.
Nevermind the consequences of gerrymandering, targeted disenfranchisement, and winner take all electioneering.
Trump won the GOP primary in 2016 in no small part because our electoral system rewards name recognition over policy or popular support.
You either submit to media manipulation or you are statistically removed from the voting rolls.