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'Voter fraud' in the US is a perfect example of 2 different worlds. Those on the right are seeing report after report of claims & examples. They're seeing them in places the left don't look at. Breitbart is a mild example. https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/11/10/charles-hurt-stop-the-pearl-clutching-election-suspicions-are-legit/
The opinions & 'reports' are feeding & fuelling their convictions about the way the world really is.
A progressive agenda that hates them, hates their religion, hates their choices, calls right wrong & vice versa is trying to take those things away.
That's the mild version.
A progressive agenda that hates them, hates their religion, hates their choices, calls right wrong & vice versa is trying to take those things away.
That's the mild version.
They don't look at the mainstream media, don't trust it, don't listen to it, don't believe it.
And they no longer really understand why you would or know anyone who does.
When it comes to down to the internal politics they're living in alternate universe.
And they no longer really understand why you would or know anyone who does.
When it comes to down to the internal politics they're living in alternate universe.
The delays are effective irrespective of evidence & court outcomes. They're feeding suspicion & fear. They're undermining everything the Democrats say.
"Not my President" which the left proudly shouted for the last 4 years is going to be turned on them pretty soon.
"Not my President" which the left proudly shouted for the last 4 years is going to be turned on them pretty soon.
The exact reverse of this is happening on the other side. And with the legitimacy of the major broadcasters & news organisations those who watch & trust them believe what they're seeing is the 'real' truth.
Truth however died a while back. And both 'sides' are in different ways complicit.
And if you watch & trust BBC etc... You'll be mystified by what you're seeing. Bemused & bewildered by these people.
But they are by you. They share that bewilderment.
And if you watch & trust BBC etc... You'll be mystified by what you're seeing. Bemused & bewildered by these people.
But they are by you. They share that bewilderment.
My biggest concern is that there's no real pathway back. The centre is lost because both sides see the centre as really being the 'other' side.
Increasingly all that's left is the extremes.
How can you get back from that?
Increasingly all that's left is the extremes.
How can you get back from that?
I would say the chances that the US will be more united after four Biden years is roughly zero.
And because no one sees what the other side sees you can't understand how that can be happening.
And because no one sees what the other side sees you can't understand how that can be happening.
You can blame Trump if you like but the problems already existed. And it's not even 'social media' though they haven't helped.
It's simply a consequence of the Internet. The medium is the message as Marshall McLuhan rightly said.
The medium (the internet) gives everyone a voice
It's simply a consequence of the Internet. The medium is the message as Marshall McLuhan rightly said.
The medium (the internet) gives everyone a voice
It levels the field. It removed gatekeepers. Sell what you want, write what you want, be what you want, believe what you want.
So we did.
The medium is the message. We made the tool & now the tool is shaping us.
That genie cannot be put back in the bottle.
So we did.
The medium is the message. We made the tool & now the tool is shaping us.
That genie cannot be put back in the bottle.
The Bible was on point on this.
"The time will come when people won't put up with true teaching. Instead, they will try to satisfy their own longings. They will gather a large number of teachers around them. The teachers will say what the people want to hear...
"The time will come when people won't put up with true teaching. Instead, they will try to satisfy their own longings. They will gather a large number of teachers around them. The teachers will say what the people want to hear...
The people will turn their ears away from the truth. They will turn to stories that aren't completely true."
2 Timothy 4:3-4 NIRV
https://bible.com/bible/110/2ti.4.3-4.NIRV
Just swap teaching for news.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 NIRV
https://bible.com/bible/110/2ti.4.3-4.NIRV
Just swap teaching for news.
You can control it to an extent as China, for example, does. But you can't control it if you accept freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of belief.
Basically, the west is stuffed in the long term.
Basically, the west is stuffed in the long term.
And a good morning to you, how are you on this fine day.
