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appalachiablue

(41,131 posts)
6. Points directly to why so many Americans can't think,
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 03:40 PM
Sep 2020

reason, or read well anymore. Add in monopolized, entertainment- saturated media, structural racism, enormous inequality and no wonder people are so apathetic they don't follow issues or vote, or they're uninformed and hateful and vote for cons and abusers.
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