• Cruxifux@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How I feel when I talk to libs and right wingers who think listening to podcasts and watching corporate news makes them informed.

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        1 year ago

        And see this is the point right here. Current events without any knowledge of history of political science breeds idiocy.

        If you want an informed opinion, read books about it.

        Then maybe I’ll respect your opinion on current events.

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          You can read books all you want, but a book written last year won’t tell you anything about, say, a shoddily built recreational submersible that just imploded near the Titanic. But you wouldn’t know since you only use books for getting your opinions on current events. Nothing against books at all, they’re good stuff. But they lag behind current events due to very obvious reasons.