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diego_moita on Aug 14, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: US Wholesale Inflation Rises by Most in 3 Years

Yes, it *would be* nice to have well-informed voters and intelligent and well-argued discussions.

But we'll never live in a place like that. We're stuck in the Facebook/Twitter/WhatsApp world.

Democracy is a circus managed by the monkey cage.

throw0101a on Aug 14, 2025 [–]

> Yes, it would be nice to have well-informed voters and intelligent and well-argued discussions.

"Feelings don't care about (your) facts." — not Ben Shapiro, https://www.amazon.com/Facts-Dont-Care-about-Feelings/dp/194...

"You don’t bring facts to a feelings fight." — Cole Christie, https://www.in8create.com/blog/herding-squirrels-ep-03-w-col...

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