• banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    This article and every one like it have been on repeat since 2016, I dunno how people still have the attention span for “today’s Trump insanity” after 8 years. It should be obvious to anyone this has no effect on politics and only makes news orgs money.

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      9 months ago

      Seriously. “Latest rally consistent with dementia,” great, so were all of the others.

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      9 months ago

      Word, I’m burned the fuck out on these articles almost as much as the ones that say that Trump is just steps away from prison (tangentially related: fuck MeidasTouch and their ilk)

      Wake me up when something actually matters again

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        9 months ago

        I think it’s the news media exploiting people’s desire for something cathartic in lieu of having any meaningful politics to change anything. US politics right now is like a show/spectacle that people react to from opposite sides. Posting the same fucking articles and memes is like a way to manufacture and participate in a simulation of your individual political views having some significance, outside of any popular politics where they could actually change something. This is clearly the case with Trump too, for all the insane shit he governed like a milquetoast Republican.