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disappearingboy

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4. Most undecided voters don't even really care about "the issues."

Reply to Peregrine Took (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 2, 2024, 01:43 PM

Oct 2024

They just want to be left alone and have someone else sort everything out. You know, the folks who "can't stand politics." In some ways I feel like they would be just fine with fascism, because it doesn't require them to think or get engaged. In fact, it requires them not to.

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Rick Perlstein: Who Are the 'Undecided'? On the infantilization of voters [View all] muriel_volestrangler Oct 2024 OP

Thanks so much for this excellent, informative aticle, Peregrine Took Oct 2024 #1

Most undecided voters don't even really care about "the issues." disappearingboy Oct 2024 #4

Rick Perlstein is one of the voices of sanity I always turn to. disappearingboy Oct 2024 #2

*That* Rick Perlstein ! I knew that name from somewhere, couldn't remember where. eppur_se_muova Oct 2024 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author disappearingboy Oct 2024 #3