• maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Okay, but how do you get those apathetic people to the polls? You can either yell at the clouds as this guy, or put the onus where it belongs and get politicians to cater to people’s needs.

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        1 year ago

        But how? Democrats have been trying to get the media to discuss what they want when they want for like 4 decades now. Mainstream media has decided it’s on the side of business and Dems are bad for that (I disagree, but then I’m not a CEO, just someone who can read a chart), so how do you get them talking about the benefits of (D) actions instead of just the drawbacks they want to highllight in the 3 minute segment they only agreed to just to show how unrealistic or expensive or whatever they think those actions are?

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          1 year ago

          It’s pretty easy. Add a rider to your bill to provide free American flags for orphans. Or a cookie for every child. Something dumb to grab attention.

          Then talk about the actual bill when people ask you about it.

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            But Biden has done a bunch of shit worth talking about - the media just doesn’t care because it isn’t controversial. A good example is the lead pipe refurbishing fund - it’ll be in the news cycle for an hour or two and then all the focus will shift back to the Trump trial.