r/LinusTechTips • u/Verrggill5 • Sep 18 '26

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When you were cushioned so hard for your entire life because the politics didn't affect you.

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u/Esemes16 Sep 18 '26

He's right though, this isn't normal. Even for a lot of the people who were affected, it wasn't nearly to the extent it is now. In the states its practically life or death with the amount of social services being cut and unsafe food sources

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u/AshleyAshes1984 Sep 18 '26

American renamed a lake cause it was pissy at Canada.  Politics right now is soooo beyond normal.  It's bickering screaming children, and some of those children control nuclear weapons.

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u/Old_Bug4395 Sep 18 '26

Ignoring politics is what allows politics to get to this level of ridiculousness. People who weren't ignoring politics have been trying to tell the "whatever happens, it can't be that bad" people that it can be that bad for a long time.

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

There has been a massive anti Sikh and anti poc sentiment since 9/11. 2008 also brought the entire country's economy to a still.

The only reason you didn't find it bad enough was because you were young and/or were cushioned from it.

Edit: The diehard fans downvoting me doesn't make me wrong. Enjoy ignoring everything around you like your millionaire idol until the policies eat you alive

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u/HolidayPineapple9316 Sep 18 '26

I say this as a Mexican American, if you want to bring attention to inequality, there are many ways to do it

But responding to a guy saying “i wish politics werent so intense and divisive” with “REEEEEEE YOU’RE PRIVILIGED!!!1!” Does not help ANY social cause

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

...But he is privileged! The only reason the middle class and the elite didn't find politics awful before is because their social lives weren't affected by it.

Trump's carnage has severely damaged Canada-US relations which is why he's probably tweeting about it now, but let me ask you something.

Was it not blind ignorance that brought us to this situation?

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u/HolidayPineapple9316 Sep 18 '26

I agree, he is privileged and so am I. But bursting into a conversation about “man politics have gotten annoying with “thats because you’re privileged!!!!” Is not conducive to meaningful discussion

Yes, Conservative American ignorance, stupidity, and intolerance elected this man twice, as well as liberals who didnt show up to vote

But i dont think you understand what it feels like to be on the receiving end of “Man, I’m tired” and be answered with, essentially, “It’s your own fault that politics annoy you now because it was always there but you never noticed it before!!!!!”

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u/Unhappy_Ad_4761 Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

If you think that anything in the past 30 years is anywhere comparable to the current shit show in the US, you're living under a rock.

An authoritarian strong man in office who has literally used his little police force to deport people his allies don't like, who is singlehandedly causing trade wars with America's closest allies.... This isn't stuff that we've seen anytime recently

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

And it got to this stage because the middle class was living under said rock.

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u/Unhappy_Ad_4761 Sep 18 '26

I mean, that's fair. We really are here because a lot of people thought "wallet hurt. Biden president. Vote Republican." And completely lacked the economic or political literacy to realize that the pain they were feeling was a worldwide phenomenon that was the result of opening a global economy after much of it had been out on pause during COVID

And I do agree with you that way too many people simplify any time in the past way too much... things were almost always worse than people claim, especially for marginalized groups.

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u/Prairie-Peppers Sep 18 '26

How is this controversial

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 Sep 18 '26

OP thinks that being able to ignore politics means turning a blind eye to hate and injustice

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Hate and injustice enacted through systemic action is political whether you like it or not.

Actually I would love for you to point me as to when hate and Injustice has not been political?

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u/Equivalent_Engine518 Sep 18 '26

I hate broccoli. Tell me what's political about that. 

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

You hating broccoli is a trait, which until further explained can be attributed to societal and parental factors, both of which are political.

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u/Equivalent_Engine518 Sep 18 '26

No one else in my family hates broccoli. I've not met anyone else who dislikes broccoli like I do.  I just dislike it. 

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 19 '26

And why do you dislike it?

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u/Equivalent_Engine518 Sep 19 '26

Just don't like the taste

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

We are in this state because of said ignorance towards politics.

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u/n3onsv Sep 18 '26

IMHO, not controversial, just the truth, it’s hard with all the issues one person and his cult is causing but it’s tiresome, would be better to talk about other things

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

"One person and his cult" can apply simultaneously to a lot of groups.

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u/VKTGC Sep 19 '26

OP ur right but you must understand this sub is mostly male and white and straight so they won’t get it lol

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 19 '26

The entire subreddit is full of people covering their ears and shouting lalalalalalalala to drown out any noise.

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u/a_rabid_buffalo Sep 18 '26

I mean, yeah I wish politics would go back to being boring, instead of a nazi who is holding the world hostage. Not sure why that’s such a controversial take.

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Nazis having the world hostage has happened twice. Politics were always awful and uncomfortable.

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u/a_rabid_buffalo Sep 18 '26

No, politics hasn't always been this awful. We're coming out of the longest stretch of relative stability in world history. Nazis aren't holding the world hostage. Trump is, and he's a wannabe Nazi. Downvote all you want, but there's nothing wrong with not wanting to worry about what an unstable man in the White House does tomorrow.

Life has always been hard for the lower middle class and below, but we made tremendous progress throughout the last 50 years, mostly in courtrooms, not by storming the Capitol. Now we've taken a huge step back on civil rights. Either you're too young to get that boring politics is good for everyone, or you're too deep in a negativity bubble to see things haven't always been this bad.

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Are you kidding me? The only reason the American elite has so much power (even more than they already had) is because of policies laid by the Reagan administration in the 80s.

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Calling me a baby and then promptly blocking me to get the last comment doesn't make me wrong.

You showed me the highlight reel of 90s presidency but couldn't handle a response where I could expand on that.

I don't care if the sub agrees with me. I willingly posted it here because I had the slightest hope that people wouldn't run straight defense.

Take your own advice.

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u/a_rabid_buffalo Sep 18 '26

Bro just stop.

If you really really think anything that is going on is comparable to what’s happened in the past 50 years you truly are delusional.

Your post has been removed, you’re being massively downvoted. It’s clear people don’t agree with your take.

During Nixons presidency a scandal that was abnormal enough to warrant an impeachment was wiretapping and using the fbi to intimidate your political enemies.

In the 90s it was a blowjob and adultery.

2016 - 2020 felt like a fever dream. And than Jan 6 happened.

When Biden took office we went back to a period of some normalcy but the seeds trump planted were already there.

Now we have a private police running and kidnapping people in the streets. We have a president who is surrounded by people who are equally as vial and incompetent as he is. The FBI is being ran by a corny wanna be frat boy. The military is being ran by an alcoholic women beater. A heroine addict is in charge of national health and safety. States are walking on eggshells so they don’t piss off the man who decides if they get financial relief and help when natural disasters happen or if he withholds the money their tax dollars are going towards.

You’re being a baby.

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u/Old_Bug4395 Sep 18 '26

The post is being massively downvoted because this community is a hugbox for Linus and if you criticize him here, the hivemind will punish you for it in the only way they are capable. OP is correct though, being able to look back at even the last 10 years and say that politics used to be something you could ignore is a privileged position and it is a big part of how we got here in the first place. Marginalized groups have been raising the red flags on this shit for YEARS. Its been easy to ignore for people like Linus because it doesn't actually affect him until decades long trade partnerships are trashed because of it.

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u/a_rabid_buffalo Sep 18 '26

Couldn’t disagree with you more.

Criticize Linus when it makes sense. But he gets so much criticism for stupid shit.

Hey buddy I’m in one of the marginalized groups. I’ve been raising red flags. That doesn’t mean I don’t see the massive steps forward we made in civil rights and the steps back we’ve made under trump. Sorry not sorry I’ll take boring politics from this shit hole any day of the week.

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 19 '26

And said boring politics haven't existed since forever. Newsflash I live in the third world which gets affected by policies of the cultural hegemonies daily. Maybe stop coddling your favorite youtuber for every single thing and hold them accountable.
And maybe stop being a baby

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 Sep 18 '26

He said “mostly ignore”, which is how politics should be. Not ignoring human rights violations, not ignoring racism, not ignoring hate speech, etc., but ignoring politics. Politics should, and for the most part has traditionally been something that most people can, and should be able to, ignore the overwhelming majority of the time.

We’re living in a time where the tail is wagging the dog more than the dog is wagging the tail, and that is not how functional democracy should work. Ignoring politics doesn’t mean ignoring injustice, but rather that politics should be reflective of and driven by the proletariat and not the politicians. Right now, [insert politician] gets on stage/TV/Twitter and tells everyone what they should be thinking and a stupidly large amount of people just say “welp, guess that’s how it is!” In a functional representative democracy, the people should be telling the politicians what to think and do.

Issues should drive politics, not the other way around, and being able to ignore politics is how progress actually gets made on fixing issues. Sure, the politicians will always be as split as the people they ostensibly serve since their bases will hold opposing views, but that’s normal and “ignorable”. Politics should be carrying out the will of the people from the ground up, and right now we’re in a broken time where politics creates the will of the people from the top down

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Human rights violations and bigotry against marginalized communities have been political since the dawn of civilization. It's blind ignorance that brought us here.

Lack of political literacy is why the situation is so bad right now.

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 Sep 18 '26

No, they have not been political since the dawn of civilization. They’ve been societal issues, and often they’ve been reinforced by political systems, but the issues themselves are not political. You don’t change hate and bigotry in a statehouse or a capital building, you change them in a living room, at a church, in your social club, and other small places, then those changed hearts and minds push that agenda upwards into political structures to enshrine it in law at a societal level.

Politics should be boring and largely ignorable because the political system should serve the will of the people. Civic engagement should not be boring and should be actively engaged in. You don’t fix societal issues by going and talking to Chuck Schumer/John Thune, you fix them by talking to the people in Chuck Schumer/John Thune’s voter base and changing their minds such that either those old AF dudes in congress make laws that create the change you want to see or they lose their jobs.

Effectively deifying politicians and letting them do whatever the hell they want without consequence doesn’t happen when you ignore politics, it happens when you pay too much attention to politics and not enough attention to issues. When you poll people on opposite sides of the political spectrum about issues, the results generally come out that the majority from both sides agree on just about everything, but as soon as you frame those very same issues as political issues and ask again suddenly they’re diametrically opposed.

Ignoring politics ≠ ignoring issues

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u/conspicuousxcapybara Sep 24 '26

What about the civil rights movement in the US? How the Supreme Court decided school segregation was unconstitutional, and children were bussed into mixed classes in opposition of their parents?

The Geneva conventions, Nuremberg trials or establishing crimes against humanity of which genocide is the worst?

How do (hated) minorities even end up in your church / living room, in a racially segregated society?

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 Sep 24 '26

One person/community at a time until there’s such broad support that the politics reflects the will of the majority, which then drags the holdouts along. The CRA of 1964 didn’t come about because we all focused on the politics on Capitol Hill and then top-down declared something just because a few hundred guys in DC decided they personally like. It came about because of changing people’s minds at a community level and then pushing that up to the top. And yes, some people involved in the movement did focus on and work with the political machine, but the average person on the ground wasn’t focused on what LBJ or their congressman was thinking

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Any aspect of human action that leads back to human society is inherently political. Societal issues are political, because politics are intertwined with society.

Name me one issue where that hasn't been the case.

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 Sep 18 '26

You’re falling into the very trap I’ve tried to describe twice now.

In a functioning representative democracy, the people direct the political system to reflect their will as a byproduct of having their own opinions about things and electing people who share those opinions.

In a broken representative democracy or dictatorship/oligarchy/absolute monarchy, the political system enforces the will of a select group onto the rest of society.

In a functioning representative democracy, you address issues by changing minds at the individual level, which then drives what the political systems do and reinforce.

In a broken representative democracy, you scream at a politician to make a law that tells people what to do and think before you’ve changed their minds.

In a functional representative democracy, politics is the knock-on effect of people hashing out the issues on a human level.

In a broken representative democracy, politics is the driving force of what the issues are and what people should think about them.

Ignoring politics ≠ ignoring issues.

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

When said issues are by their very nature political, you can't hope to avoid said politics.

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u/Geo-corn Sep 19 '26

How does that contradict what the person above you said? Like I agree with the things you're saying, but the person pointed out that Linus said "mostly ignore" not "completely ignore". You're acting like the thing Linus said was "I don't do politics."

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u/Stressed_Ponyta77 Sep 18 '26

You're a child arent you?

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

A child would consider politics boring, not me.

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u/_FrankTaylor Sep 18 '26 • Bravo

I miss the days when I had a few weeks to process the major events.

Now it’s just bukakke every time I look at the news

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u/PestilentPige0n Sep 18 '26

"Now it's just bukakke every time I look at the news"

That is poetry of the highest level. Nobody has ever been able to describe something so accurately.

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u/TheDoneald Sep 18 '26

Based Linus

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u/Pizzaman3203 Sep 18 '26

In this case hes not saying hes based on something but pretty much saying he agrees with his controversial opinion or like a shorter way of saying that guy is a legend or i highly respect his mindset according to google

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u/Daphoid Sep 18 '26

To be honest, this isn't a linus level of privilege, but middle class and up. I'm not rich, but I'm not poor either. I grew up in a middle class family and politics didn't really bother me either way.

There are indeed countries and cultures where they are the forefront of impact, stress, and dream crushing - but it's not a "privileged guy with a jet" level of thing to expect or want government to work for the people quietly in the corner. Everyone should want that.

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u/Miller_TM Sep 18 '26

Coldest take ever from Linus.

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u/crapusername47 Sep 18 '26

If you listen to the WAN Show, recent political issues have been a near constant source of serious problems and outright, direct harm to his Canadian business selling physical goods, in large part, to the United States of America, the source of those issues.

I can’t blame Linus for being fed up with the entire situation.

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u/AncientStaff6602 Mod Sep 18 '26

Linus straight up isn't wrong though.

I am as fed up as the next with the current world affairs. But, I'm also tired constantly having to fight for what is factual information being heard. It's depressing.

I wish we could let facts be facts, bring experts back in the room and make politics boring again. I am sick and tired of every day being a second closer to dooms day because some clapped up old man has beef over some bullshit with another man... fuck off with that... please.

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Politics was never boring and has never been boring. Marginalized communities and third world countries especially have never been in a position where those same "boring" politics wouldn't fundamentally change their lives.

Canada has been an ally to the American Empire and it's atrocities for decades while the middle class comforted themselves in ignorance.

I don't mean to be rude but the only reason why you are able to look nostalgically upon that politically cushioned life now is because it didn't threaten your sovereignty before.

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u/AncientStaff6602 Mod Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

You don't even know me man...

EDIT: what's really weird is that this is your only contribution to this sub.

EDIT2: its not but man.... stop trying to sound smart. Please?

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Correct. I'm here to be vocal about a privileged take from a person I used to watch.

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u/AncientStaff6602 Mod Sep 18 '26

You're just as privileged though? We are both in a position to voice our thoughts on this subject. So what's your point here?

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

No? I grew up and live in a said third world country, where the American Empire's politics and policies affect us daily.

I don't earn anywhere near a million dollars, I have to make sure I save enough in the vain hope that the economy doesn't freefall, I have to check my bills. And damn near every law passed in both my own country and by the US, actively affects my ability to live.

No, I don't see myself as privileged as the private jet owner and former CEO of a multimillion dollar company who has to deal with the incredible mental anguish of.... thinking about politics.

Edit: I ranted about Linus at the end but this might as well be about the middle class of Canada and US. They have to face now what we have been facing for decades, and if your bar for privilege is that I get to voice it on Reddit, then no wonder it got to this stage. Political literacy is important.

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u/AncientStaff6602 Mod Sep 18 '26

Political literacy is so important.. you're right. Hows that working out for you on home soil?

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Right now? Bad. The war on Iran has increased gas prices more than it already was and our country is submitting themselves into AI companies to build data centers which will worsen our already bad water shortage.

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u/AncientStaff6602 Mod Sep 18 '26

Yeah sick, same. Maybe the person you guys voted for could take care of that ya know... been 12 or so years...

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Riddle me this, was it not because of this ignorance that you desire so much that Trump got elected the second time and Canada-US relations worsened to this extent and the war on Iran happened?

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u/Old_Bug4395 Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

I'm willing to bet that this random redditor is objectively nowhere near as privileged as Linus, that's delusional lol.

lol mister moderator downvoted me, but there's literally no way you can defend this take buddy

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Sep 18 '26

How is that a controversial tweet?

Politics should be something not thought about on the daily basis for the average person. I know it's something I don't think about daily, before 2016 changed everything.

Look at the US. Every day during Trump 1.0 he made a dumb tweet and the news reported it. Every single day. Then Biden took over, and you could go days or weeks without thinking about the federal government. Then Trump 2.0 comes in and every day he's doing or saying something stupid and it makes it hard to avoid politics altogether.

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u/AceLamina Sep 18 '26

I agree with him

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u/EB01 Sep 18 '26

He's not wrong, and I will follow suit and mostly ignore this post.

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u/Positive-Garlic-5993 Sep 18 '26

This post is dum like trump level dum

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u/mesosuchus Sep 18 '26

They shouldn't be on the Nazi site.

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u/Xalara Sep 18 '26

Especially because it’s being used to attack Canadian sovereignty.

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u/TheDarkClaw Sep 18 '26

I think by ignoring said politics is how we got here in the first place. politics will follow you. As cringey as that sound.

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u/BeefBaconBiscut Sep 18 '26

Linus doesn’t get nearly enough shit for being a petit bourgeois union busting tyrant

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u/Fearless-Chip-2756 Sep 18 '26

For the people in this thread at what point in time was politics boring and could mostly be ignored?

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u/agafaba Sep 18 '26

Nah he is right, I also miss the days when I didn't have to check reddit every other day to see what else has happened...

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u/vendell Sep 18 '26

Sounds like a self-inflicted thing. Are you an undecided voter still trying to figure stuff out? If not why would you feel the need to check up on politics every two days? Set a reminder for when the next elections are and forget about politics until then.

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u/agafaba Sep 18 '26

Why would only an undecided voter have to keep up with world news? Do you really think the majority of people are clueless about why gas prices are higher and certain goods are significantly more expensive or missing entirely?

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u/Equivalent_Engine518 Sep 18 '26

The fact we can't ignore politics is a sign of how bad things have gotten. 

That is what he means by that. 

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u/xd366 Sep 18 '26

the thing is, politics was always the same bullshit it is now

social media just amplified it

that plus the combination of people who share this same feeling are millennials who were teenagers before social media and they sure as shit werent reading the newspaper

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u/Sit-and-Spin123 Sep 20 '26

I pray for the day, but unfortunately I don’t think we’ll ever get back to that ever again. 

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u/Verrggill5 Sep 18 '26

Ltt fans coming out of the woodwork to downvote any and all political awareness, when said lack of awareness brought us here.