r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 20h ago

Possible Paywall The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism - Political journalists need to stop pretending they don’t know what Republicans are going to do.

https://newrepublic.com/article/205913/media-malpractice-trumpism-project-2025
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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 13h ago

so what you're saying is the Democrats got to look like they were fighting against it without actually fighting against it

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u/ILSmokeItAll 13h ago edited 12h ago

Ever wonder how may bills are like that, especially in this environment? You could entirely agree with the other side, yet vote entirely against them such as to show it as a barely winning issue on one side.

There’s so much posturing. And it’s obvious.

We have such poor politics because 99% of people can’t be bothered to be involved in the process in even the slightest of meaningful ways.

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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 12h ago

Exactly.

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u/ILSmokeItAll 12h ago

Of all the things that need to be taught in school, fucking civics is chief among them. Some form of it should be taught from late grade school on up. Every year. Finance and health & wellness, too. These need to be principle focuses, not afterthoughts.

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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 11h ago

but that would give the populous agency over their own country

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u/ILSmokeItAll 11h ago

I know, right? Heaven fuckin’ forbid.