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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Extremely well said, and a good point. I’m not sure it explains everything, but it’s something I should definitely consider.

Keep it in mind and I think you'll find it does a pretty good job explaining everything. Think about it like this: I have never seen a single person who is openly pro-MAGA, I don't know if I've even seen someone who's pro-GOP. On the other end, we've been in this Trump dominated political purgatory for almost a decade. What's the point then, of reiterating criticisms that have been repeated ad-nausea, to a community that universally has already heard them a thousand times and already agrees.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To people who view politics as a spectator sport rather than a power structure for changing the material world, you gotta keep cheering for the home team and booing for the away team, until the end of time.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The treatment of western politics as a spectator sport is so deeply engrained in the culture that it's really hard to even get people to recognize they're doing it.

And it's ironic because I think it's become that way because the political system seems so unresponsive to actual efforts to change the material world, so people need to find a different reason to engage with it.