• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    I can be moderately entertaining, so I make sure my friends are informed as well. But yeah, it’s a pretty small percentage of us who give a damn about foreign affairs. The number of people I’ve met who don’t even know the difference between Iran and Iraq is… astounding.

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      To be fair, when the media refuses to cover something how does a normal person even know what to search for?

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        5 months ago

        Iran and Iraq are constantly in the news, though. At least the Houthis were somewhat obscure until recently.

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      5 months ago

      It’s a given. And the fact of it itself is somehow sobering. In a way you stop giving a fuck that much about what ill-informed actors tell. Many of them didn’t even read wikipedia, but spread their influencer’s pov to others.