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markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
5. The US public has been propagandized
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:23 PM
Sep 2025

into seeing only a left vs. right dichotomy. It is part of what forms the zeitgeist bubble that most people, even the one third who can't be bothered to vote, live in.

Any facts that contradict the bubble, like the two right-wingers who tried to assassinate Trump or the fact that unemployment and recessions are worse under Republicans, just bounce off the bubble.

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