• fizzle@quokk.au
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    17 天前

    I don’t really follow.

    We’re not talking about well informed Lemmy users weighing the policies of candidates and deciding to abstain from voting because Gaza.

    We’re talking about apathetic low information voters looking for an excuse not to get off the couch on polling day.

    “Both sides” is the classic strategy to keep these voters on the couch.

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      17 天前

      We’re not talking about well informed Lemmy users weighing the policies of candidates and deciding to abstain from voting because Gaza.

      We’re talking about apathetic low information voters looking for an excuse not to get off the couch on polling day.

      I guess, though a meme on Lemmy talking about social media posts would have me leaning to the former than the latter. I would wager, in fact, this meme is very strongly directed at Lemmy users who weigh policy.