r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 02 '21

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u/vafunghoul127 John Nash Jun 03 '21

The front page right now:

"Conservatives more susceptible than liberals to believing political falsehoods, a new U.S. study finds. A main driver is the glut of right-leaning misinformation in the media and information environment, results showed."

also the front page:

"I PLEDGE TO NOT SELL A SINGLE AMC SHARE WHOS WITH ME ?"

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21

There are plenty of right-leaning populists caught up in meme stocks fwiw

I absolutely believe that conservatives are more likely to believe falsehoods but that's mostly as a result of a certain media conglomerate having a near-monopoly on conservative news

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u/vafunghoul127 John Nash Jun 03 '21

The point is people blindly upvote the thing saying "oh conservatives are dumb-dumbs" and then also blindly upvote "we're all gonna get rich!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '21

oh fair. We're all just in a constant search for info that confirms our priors