I've seen like 7 people share this meme on Facebook about Netflix stock "tumbling" after donating to Harris. The ease with which people can be manipulated is absolutely terrifying. Like type "netflix stock" into the browser where you saw this and BOOM FACT CHECKED but they just accept internet memes as gospel and spread them accordingly.
this post was submitted on 14 May 2024
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For my relatives Facebook's not the problem, it's all the far right wing propaganda on YouTube that makes claims without backing them up with any sort of evidence. The more they watch, the more they believe it, and the less they believe evidence to the contrary.
disconnecting lowers users political participation and also their propensity to believe misinformation
OP buried the wider point: People gotta be completely brainwashed and delusional to believe in political participation.
irrational belief based on fantasy fuels people to action a lot more than rational belief based in reality.
because the former is exciting and meaningful, the latter is boring and mundane.
hence why the crazies tend to believe in cabal conspiracies of evil people whom they must fight against. whereas your average voter is like 'who do i want to have a beer with and make me feel like i'm doing better financially... i'll vote him'