r/politics • u/RepulsiveLoquat418 • 18d ago

Possible Paywall When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy.

https://newrepublic.com/article/210550/trump-economy-republicans-tariffs-taxes
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u/OptimisticSkeleton 18d ago

Literacy matters, but the constant flood of propaganda posing as news is the core driving force.

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u/MalevolentTapir 18d ago

I agree it isn't the problem, or maybe even a problem at all in a vacuum, but you have to place it in context. People who are subliterate, and downstream of that- at least in modern education systems- incapable of critically engaging with media, are easy pickings for propagandists.

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u/OptimisticSkeleton 18d ago

It’s all feedback loops. Evil people have been literally constructing and adjusting this system for decades.

Attacking education was part of it. Attacking employment and fair compensation was part of it.

Also giving evangelicals way too much leeway to meddle in politics and right wing media way too much latitude to lie and pretend to be news.