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0 pointscraftyguy8y ago0 comments

Oh for fuck's sake. It's not like the candidates' rhetoric towards each other is any more accurate. Since most people seem to be incapable of scrutinizing information they receive, I guess we need politicians to save us by legislating away the problem!

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sp3328y ago· 2 in thread

It's not about accuracy. It's about whose interests are being served. At least if the R/D's lie to you it's still some kind of American.

craftyguyOP8y ago

So it's about being lied to to support someone gaining power vs being lied to to fuck with the political system in the US?

How about the root of the actual problem: that the voting populous is trained to absorb information without questioning its authenticity or accuracy. It's more convenient to hear something you agree with and believe it is true, so this is the general way that folks "become informed." Now this strategy of "becoming informed" is biting us in the ass, and the plan is to play this cat/mouse game with questionable sources of information rather than try to tackle the actual problem?

sp3328y ago

No, it's really a separate issue. It's possible to influence an election even without lying. It's just undemocratic and illegal for someone outside the country to try to persuade people in the country to vote a certain way.

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