I feel like politicians are taking advantage of how short the average U.S. personās attention span is. (Mine included)
āLOOK OVER HEREā politician says, as they do a bad thing in the opposite direction
āHey, wait a minuteā¦ā Some people
āHEY LOOK AT THAT GUYā politician to one of the people noticing
And the heads just keep turning, the pitchforks keep coming out, and soon itās a jumbled mess of misinformation, distraction, confusion and in-fighting.
You can start by paying attention to who the bad guys are and remembering their names, or at least their party affiliation. The same ones turn up over and under most of the time, so itās not as big a task as you would think.
As for fixing the attention span of people who just canāt be bothered, I have no idea.
I feel like politicians are taking advantage of how short the average U.S. personās attention span is. (Mine included)
āLOOK OVER HEREā politician says, as they do a bad thing in the opposite direction
āHey, wait a minuteā¦ā Some people
āHEY LOOK AT THAT GUYā politician to one of the people noticing
And the heads just keep turning, the pitchforks keep coming out, and soon itās a jumbled mess of misinformation, distraction, confusion and in-fighting.
How do we even begin to fix it?
You can start by paying attention to who the bad guys are and remembering their names, or at least their party affiliation. The same ones turn up over and under most of the time, so itās not as big a task as you would think.
As for fixing the attention span of people who just canāt be bothered, I have no idea.
Its not even about short attention span. Its a trick as old as time and right out of the fascist playbook.
Gish gallop
Nobody can keep up with all the bs