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[–] SneakyLemming@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I recently saw someone in the comment section on another social media site (video of Jan 6th) legitimately have their mind blown that January 6th was not peaceful. They had multiple comments of them coming to the realization that it was anything other than peaceful. I think we often underestimate how uninformed (or willfully ignorant) the general public is.

[–] zante@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 month ago

It’s very difficult to view things from another perspective, although it’s phrase we throw around a lot .

I never imagined fast food delivery would take off, because restaurants have drive throughs. My bias is that of a car owner and I was wildly wrong.

As you point out, there is a ton of hard evidence about people’s limited political understanding.