• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’d argue that anyone arguing politics online for either side probably has more knowledge about politics than 99% of the population, even if they are arguing with bad arguments and have bad information they’ve got SOMETHING

    Most people we are talking about don’t even know the candidates, don’t know shit about shit and get their opinion from the last Facebook ad they saw.

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      3 months ago

      anyone arguing politics online for either side probably has more knowledge about politics than 99% of the population

      That’s a very self-aggrandizing theory of politics.

      Most people we are talking about don’t even know the candidates

      State and federal candidates routinely have very high name recognition. Lower level candidates tend to be invisible by design, and largely creatures of the party apparatus.

      It hardly matters who your state house representative or city council member is when anyone running is just aspiring to become the crony of the mayor or governor.