Re:‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
by mcv on Thursday June 27, 2019 @09:22AM
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The Republicans did not shift leftward, they shifted far to the right. In the 1980s, the Dems and Reps overlapped quite a lot. If you go back far enough, they even switched position (Eisenhower was effectively a social democrat, for example, while pre-WW2 Dems were racists). The US didn't even have a meaningful left in the 1980s, and has recently been developing one because people were horrified by how far the country had moved to the right.
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Re:‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
by jlawson on Thursday June 27, 2019 @12:13PM
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You can flatly assert that, but it'd be more interesting if you made an argument or cited some evidence.
On what issues have the Republicans shifted to the right since, say, 1985?
Re:‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
by mcv on Thursday June 27, 2019 @08:01PM
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Taxes. Since 1980, they have lowered taxes to ridiculous extremes. Deregulation of businesses. Doing everything to give large businesses, CEOs and large shareholders free reign, while undermining the middle class. Income of the middle class has been pretty much stagnant since about 1980, while incomes of the top 1% has gone through the roof since then. Wealth inequality has gone way up.
I recently read that in 1970, Republicans still supported Basic Income.
Re:‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
by jkoudys on Saturday June 29, 2019 @11:46AM
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This is a comments section. If you want citations, read articles. It's impolite to demand someone here be held to that standard. We know from context that these are opinions, and everyone has the opportunity to provide citations if they want to, but don't demand them.