After being at a family gathering and feeling like I've aged by about 10 years having to listen to the utter crap they were going on about I just thought I'd warn yet again to not let Americans especially underestimate how retarded a lot of the population still is.
. They still believe the media propaganda that anybody far right is a racist and don't understand that it's propaganda
. They only just found out that Biden is that bad with the dementia because of his fuck up at the NATO summit
. They don't understand why zoomers won't open up to them about politics when they're belligerent as fuck towards anybody who has a different opinion to them this is hilariously causing their control of the generation to slip and it's not as in the bag as they thought that they'd vote left wing
. They're claiming they're into gaming related shows like the last of us and fallout now which I absolutely despise
. Trump is still hitler and literally the worse person on earth
. They don't understand why Kamala Harris would be a really bad fucking idea and how african-americans despise her and think that Biden has the african-american community completely on side - This one floored me as somebody who actually understands American politics
. ID checks are bad because it inconveniences them
For fuck's sake Americans, do not underestimate how retarded normies still are, there's a very good reason that I'm making the decision to run for the hills. I do believe in some parts of the world it's going to have to be when the migrants are running around setting shit on fire and stabbing people openly in the streets is when the pendulum will finally swing but even then it won't be enough for some people.
Edit: By the way, it was remarkable listening to them try and explain away their personal relationship issues because they've even admitted there are people who simply won't bother with them and they really can't put two and two together that yeah, nobody wants to fucking hang out with you anymore because you're cloistering yourself in a bubble and being intolerant as fuck. These of course are inevitably the ones who think they're tolerant and the other guys are the big bad evils.
Minor correction:
They only just found out that Biden is that bad with the dementia because [the legacy media finally reported on] his fuck up at the NATO summit. [And they've now been given orders to think this.]
That's the most absurd part. This could have continued, if the machine hadn't thrown ol' Joe under the bus.
Even with all his recent fuckups, those same normies would still be saying how great he is, if the media hadn't told them it's no longer Biden O'Clock.
Yes that's exactly right, it's amazing how unthinking the average normie really is
I wouldn't say unthinking, more like not paying attention. normies care about living their lives by and large, as they should. however this means thinking about politics is not the path of least resistance, so politics often goes ignored. that's why so many people just believe whatever the TV man says, they never think to put the time in to investigate these things.
This is why manufacturing consent is critical in a Democracy™.
I consider attention a key component of thought. If you aren't attentive you aren't actually thinking, just stumbling from one reaction to the next like an animal.
but attention to what? There's a billion things we can pay attention to. Our friends, families, health, favorite games or shows, the micro-economics of dirt oval racing, etc etc etc. My point is that they choose to pay attention to things other than politics.
Soon.
yup
It's a little of both. I know very smart people with highly technical jobs who are political ignoramuses simply because they don't want to spend brain cycles on political topics. The smarter ones at least do not express strong opinions either way. They might fit into your definition, but far more people are either low IQ or criminally ignorant. Political philosophy is not so difficult that "living your life" gives you an excuse not to be aware. I must assume people like that are largely unthinking until something pokes at them. That something usually being an emotionally manipulative news report.
Media manipulation is very much real. And absolutely terrifying when you start to think how long it's been going on.
The really crazy part is, putting aside our feelings of Biden and his dementia, uh...we're seeing a coup against the "duly elected" (hahaha) President of the United States, in real time, on TV.
I wish our system had any sort of validity. But we just keep couping ourselves. We do not have a legitimate government, and haven't for over a century, probably. Our shadow leaders just don't generally physically kill the couped leaders. But we keep having bloodless coups that no one even sees.
You two hit the nail on the head. It's been fun poking fun at Biden's dementia gaffs more openly than we were allowed for the past four years, but I hope the normiecons and grillers can see how we're all being manipulated by the media that runs the country. That's the real story here.
Hahahahaha.
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Yup. I've been shouting it from the rooftops since this all started. Some people get it, but a lot don't. And, I understand why they don't, and can't even blame them, really. I said it in another thread: This is utter propaganda...but it's true propaganda, it conforms to reality, and it conforms to rightwing biases. Unless you're really paying attention, or have a finally tuned bullshit radar - both things normies by definition generally lack - you're totally primed to believe this.