• Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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    26 days ago

    This isn’t politics, it’s schadenfreude journalism. We shouldn’t get joy from the downfall of a couple who were manipulated by algorithms for profit.

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      26 days ago

      I don’t feel bad for morons who get duped. I gotta live in this shithole country, so when people get what they actually asked for, I fucking celebrate it.

      • Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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        26 days ago

        You have every right to be angry. Direct that anger at the folks doing the manipulation not the masses falling for it.

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          26 days ago

          I can be angry at Facebook, which I dumped in 2008, and still feel indifferent towards people who post pro-ICE memes and get deported. These aren’t mutually exclusive things.

          There’s no helping the majority of this country, if I can be blunt about it. I’ve been to 46/50 states, and the sheer volume of cognitive dissonance I’ve come across is just mind boggling. A solid voting half of this country believes that their hate for something is justified until it affects them or someone they personally care about.

          I don’t walk around carrying hate towards strangers, so I’ll just point and laugh when they get delivered the goods that they literally asked for.

    • stinky@redlemmy.com
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      26 days ago

      agreed. we’re supposed to be obsessed with other people getting what they deserve.