I have a friend like that. He didn’t vote for Harris because she “has an annoying voice.” When I remark how trump is turning this country into a fascist nightmare, he say “I don’t care about that political shit.” …and then he bitches about how hard is to get an appointment at the VA, how little his tax return is, and how much gas costs suddenly.
To be clear, Harris would not have stopped fascism, fascism is rising because imperialism is decaying and forcing austerity inward to compensate.
To be fair she would not have assasinated the leader of Iran or invaded Venezuela.
Why do you believe that? Just like how Obama didn’t “intervene” in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan? Or Clinton didn’t “intervene” in Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo?
Amerikkkan imperialism is bi-partisan.
Why wouldn’t she? Imperialism is a bipartisan project.
Voting for Harris would have fixed nothing you mentioned.
“Both sides” is valid until it isn’t.
Gas prices and federal employment layoffs are direct results of Trump actions that Harris would not have done.
Harris said she would invade Iran as well.
If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.
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“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.”
-Perineum
Perineum
Preach! Wise words from the ancient philosopher space between the anus and the genitals.
That is where all the best ancient philosophy comes from!
It’s not even being apolitical. Some people are naturally sensitive and easily feel depressed with negativity, so they avoid the news. Or that they are too preoccupied with their personal lives that they don’t have time to tune in to the news. I’m sure many of you know someone who are out of the loop with even just the most basic current events. I know someone who only heard about the invasion of Ukraine only two days later after it happened.
Your country going to war, as the belligerent, should be more than just “news.”
We are in a hot war with Iran.
I get it, I can see how it’s missed, but I think that shows just how screwed up the system is here.
Kind of the same thing. Tapping out of world events is easy for people especially pertaining events which don’t directly affect them. But in the long term it only leads to ignorance.
Not disagreeing at all, but I think it’s important to note how effective wage slavery is in keeping people too exhausted to stay informed. I’m in California, where a studio apartment goes for about $1k/mo, landlords generally require you to earn 3x rent after taxes to qualify, and minimum wage is $17/hr. So, working 60 hours a week at minimum wage, you might just barely qualify, and that’s without even taking into account all other living expenses.
I agree that ignorance can be a byproduct of privilege, but it can also be a byproduct of poverty.
For me, being apolitical implies someone is full aware of the political developments, but chooses not to take sides or form well thought views. The people I mentioned are more apathetic, as in they don’t bother at all being updated even with the slightest news.
I think many people call themselves apolitical that more accurately should fall into the apathetic/ignorant category.
Truly apolitical people are pretty uncommon - although you may not side with a particular party consistently, it’s hard to keep informed of facts and events without forming any opinion
Because a pedophile needed a distraction.
distraction like you were going to prosocute him
Want gas to be cheaper? Get more people to buy electric cars!
Scratch that, get people to demand and vote for public transit and cycling infrastructure. It’s much cheaper per person than building&recycling batteries for all the EVs, and beefing up the power grid to support the exploding demand. Much better for the environment and society in general too.
that just makes electricity more expensive
Ah but we’ll never run out of electricity. We will run out of oil.
Furthermore, adding new electric capacity is easy in comparison to adding more oil infrastructure.
Lemmy is the “i don’t do politics”
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Lemmy likes to make noise about Trump but would rather not discuss the politics or do anything about it.
