• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    5 days ago

    You can get into politics minimally, you don’t have to nerd out on it, but everyone should have a basic understanding of the political system.

    It’s like complaining that your house constantly catches fire but never bothering to realise that your extension cable monstrosity is causing the problem. A basic understanding of the electricity would have prevented the fire in the first place, and learning about electricity now would prevent future fires. But instead you just complain that your house catches fire every other week.

    • Wolf@lemmy.today
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      5 days ago

      Exactly, I actually hate politics with a firey passion and would love nothing more than to be able to ignore it. But I hate the current state of affairs even more, so I am forced to pay attention.

      It’s like how I dislike wiping my ass, but I love having a clean asshole. Sometimes you have to do things you don’t like to get the preferred outcome.