• samus12345@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Bullshit. It’s easier than ever to know what’s going on in the world. There is absolutely no excuse for not knowing how bad things are.

    Not being able to do much of anything about it due to having to deal with day to day concerns, I get. But as an excuse for being ignorant? Absolutely not. That’s a deliberate choice.

    • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      I know people, who should know better, that don’t know who to believe. This is when faced with both a verifiable source with a track record of accuracy, and an obviously cunning lone wolf with no substance to their argument.

      For every genuine source, there is a dishonest one churning out disinformation faster than the genuine sources can because quality takes longer.

    • pebbles@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      I think you’re projecting the deliberate choice part. It think a lot of folks can get reasonably caught up in their own lives and not look into things too deep. It’s effort to overhaul your information intake. Lots of folks have very little effort left over after work, and Its is reasonable to assume nothing has convinced them that their news is bad.

      I think its easier than ever to get the info, but that still doesn’t mean its easy enough that everyone and their mom automatically knows what they should be paying attention to.

      Making these things about personal failings feels very unproductive. There is a lot to focus on in life. It seems better to try and make the subject approachable and comfortable.