We study these questions using the staggered introduction of Craigslist (CL)—the world’s largest online platform for classified advertising—across U.S. counties between 1995 and 2009.
So well before TACO Don was even a candidate.
Comment on How the rise of Craigslist helped fuel America’s political polarization
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You can’t just blame the fucking media. People at large are at fault for thinking republican bullshit is even halfway normal. They elected a pussy-grabbing, child-rapist felon who openly professes how he’d fuck his own daughter. To say nothing of his failed marriages, failed business, never having worked a goddamn day in his life, openly criminal associations and activities, and myriad public debacles.
Go on and marinate on that for a minute.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 6 days ago
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Like that matters? You think fucking Gingrich and all those cunts were halfway normal? The last decent republican was Eisenhower.
compostgoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Ah yes, Eisenhower, famously a good guy for running fucking Operation Wetback.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Dang, TIL!
The short-lived operation used military-style tactics to remove Mexican immigrants—some of them American citizens—from the United States.
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s all relative, isn’t it. Would you rather him, when the tax on rich people was over 90%, or any of the vile cunts after him?
theneverfox@pawb.social 6 days ago
Propaganda works. Yeah, people are stupid, but if you spend decades destroying education and teaching disinfo, well… The results are predictable
You can hate them all you like, but you do have to look at the problem logically if you want to fix it
Teal@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Let’s not forget his high achievement of winning a Golden Razzie award for his terrible performance as….himself. Yes, he achieved worst supporting actor playing himself. Not only that the movie itself is a perverted B- dumpster fire.
Just to be clear, I’m not saying this is anywhere near as serious compared to the points you’ve made. Those are truly harmful things done to others. To know he was in such a low ranked movie and had the worst performance of everyone in it while trying to portray himself brings a bit of joy.
FishFace@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Nobody is “just blaming” any one thing except in your head. The headline says “helped fuel” not “single-handedly caused.”
Maybe you’ve been affected by a related trend - that of not reading properly and just replying with whatever half-baked idea was already bouncing around?
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Or maybe I’m sick of people avoiding hard truths and drawing unwarranted conjectures.