Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
by foldr on Thursday February 06, 2025 @05:07AM
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It’s not a Reddit thing. I also remember the days when everyone online was a libertarian. But Conservatives then turned to nationalist ideologies that don’t emphasize the free market, that are anti-immigration, and that take a dim view of personal sexual freedom. There are fewer people expressing libertarian points of view all over the shop. There’s a good article about it here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/the-individual...
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Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
by Dalewyn on Thursday February 06, 2025 @06:26AM
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Sounds like you're the victim of the astroturfing I mentioned.
Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
by foldr on Thursday February 06, 2025 @08:27AM
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Nope. I’ve just been around long enough to observe the overall shifts in political discourse that have occurred since the early 2000s.
Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
by fwip on Thursday February 06, 2025 @12:12PM
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I used to be a libertarian too, when I was 17 years old and I thought I was the smartest person in the room.
Then I realized that my kindergarten teacher was onto something when she told us we should be nice and share our toys, and I grew up.