I nominate this NYT opinion piece for shittiest take of 2024!

  • queermunist she/her
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    3 hours ago

    Don’t talk down to me. Sure, I remember, partly why I’m a communist today. But! Normal people don’t care about that nerd shit. What people care about is blood on the streets, that’s what grabs their attention.

    • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Grabs their attention is right, until next Thursday when something else does and we’re back to business as usual. I wouldn’t call it “having a direct effect” I would call it a very temporary delusion of one.