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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I think POLITICO Pro’s target demographic is gormless middle management & turbolib political wonks, not us.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 23 hours ago
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 21 hours ago

To be fair, a lot of "us" are profoundly stupid.

[–] lemmyseikai@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And when you can find photos of people wearing masks like that I begin to question if they are wrong ...

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

manipulating semiotics like this can be pretty powerful in manipulating how we perceive something.