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• Greg@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s scary that some people’s first instinct to get reliable information is to ask Facebook. But to be fair, government websites are usually difficult to get navigate and Google search is useless nowadays.

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  • mandarins@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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    • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s just it. Facebook = the internet for so many people still.

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• Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I don’t care if I’ll get hate for this but I don’t support universal voting, if you don’t know the most basic of facts, you should have no say in national decisions - end of the story.

  Not having universal voting may be a bit extreme, but the sort of ignorance on display in the photo is precisely why I don’t support compulsory voting. A lower turnout with a more engaged electorate is preferable to people just putting an X next to something when they don’t really care or have very little information on what they’re doing.

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  • mandarins@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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    • Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You’re advocating for a technocracy then, basically.

      A system that sounds nice in theory (experts decide everything, surely that’s good, right?) but there would be decision makers with no accountability to the people they’re serving, lies and propaganda would potentially be more common and marginalised groups could end up even more marginalised, because the “experts” think it’s okay and there’s nothing you can do about it.

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• Steve@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Google trends shows that a search for “did Joe Biden drop out?” Spiked on election day.

  Yes he did, months ago. American dont even know who they are voting for.

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  • perishthethought@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    *some Americans

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• IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “Can we still save the people on the Titanic?”

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  • mandarins@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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    • SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      People are stupid. I see so many “is <school> non uniform on <date>” or “is <shop> open at <time>”.

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• TomSelleck@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I have a local group that’s constantly filled with questions like this and I swear it’s just people wanting attention. Most of them know how to use a search engine.

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