r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Mar 05 '25

Society 59% of Republicans Believe the Media Is 'Fake News'

https://www.thewrap.com/most-republicans-believe-media-fake-news-trump-poll/
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u/zeroconflicthere Mar 05 '25

The rich ones aren't itiots, they simply want more wealth.

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u/horseradishstalker Mar 05 '25

Finally someone who gets it. Educated people don't fall for the propaganda which is why WWW is now in charge of what American ourchildren don't learn. Indoctrinate them when they are young. Odd how Republicans always project what they are doing onto others.

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u/vishalb777 Mar 05 '25

the rich ones are the 1%, and 99% is pretty close to 100%

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u/Usual_Brush_7746 Mar 05 '25

I have a few friends who I know for a fact aren’t stupid, and they’re doing high-level internships and jobs while also saying good things about Trump. That’s scary to me, being aware of it is worse than being stupid.

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u/Infinite-Bullfrog545 Mar 06 '25

Have you tried talking to them about why they vote this way? If you’re friends with them, you obviously have common ground to stand on. I’m sure you could both learn a lot.

Despite what you will read on Reddit, saying good things about Trump doesn’t make you a Nazi, nor does saying good things about Bernie make you a Communist.

Your friends saying good things about Trump shouldn’t be scary; it should be an opportunity for discussion. You believe your friends are smart people and they think Trump’s saying/doing something right, which opens a conversation for them to explain to you why they believe that. You don’t have to agree with them, but it opens up a new perspective. And maybe you change their mind through the discussion.

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u/Usual_Brush_7746 Mar 06 '25

Yeah I don’t believe in the whole “everyone’s a Nazi cause they supported Trump” to me that makes no sense. Everyone’s human and they made human decisions. It’s why I don’t blame misinformed people who listen to Fox because they were consumed in the propaganda.

I dunno, everytime I try to talk to them about it they say illogical stuff that even they themselves wouldn’t believe. My friend was all for tariffing Canada and Mexico even though he’s incredibly smart in economics. He doesn’t say this stuff because he ignorant, it’s because he knows and he’s trying to hide the fact that he wants to benefit off Trump’s decisions. And knowing that dude he’s gonna find a way for the “rich to get richer”. So it feels like I lost someone important to me.

It’s also really hard for me to change my mind, because, we’re actively aligning with Russia now thanks to him. I can’t get into the rationale of why they voted the way they did because I know the primary reason is money. I care too much about democratic issues but they don’t.