• HomoScotian@lemmy.ml
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        2 years ago

        It’s so exhausting, they treat it like a sport, it’s not about making anyone’s lives better it’s all just about their team winning

        • LlamaSutra@sh.itjust.works
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          2 years ago

          It’s people creating their own victories because they’re lacking their own.

          Love your username, btw!

    • caribou@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Politics used to be something people engaged in. Now politics is the core to a lot of people’s identities, which means disagreement or debate is perceived as a personal attack and people will embrace a tremendous amount of cognitive dissonance to avoid being wrong.

    • Drew Got No Clue@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I despite this “trend” of considering just simple opinions and basic statements as “political”. It’s been watered down and turned into a meaningless tag.

        • tubbytoad@lemmy.ml
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          2 years ago

          All of human civilizations outside this recent small blip in history in the developed western world.