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Just as the title asks I've noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they're reading.

They'll read it and despite all the information being there, if it's even slightly out of line from the most straightforward sentence structure, they act like it's complete gibberish or indecipherable.

Has anyone else noticed this? Because honestly it's making me lose my fucking mind.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yes, that was the gist of their point I think. The thinking being that choosing the lesser evil is still choosing evil. My point was that if evil is going to win no matter what you do, isn't it better to pick which evil you're going to have to deal with?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's seldom the case that the lesser of two evils has to win save when you aren't allowed to choose a good path because of entrenched interests better served by evil.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you familiar with the U.S. Presidential electoral process?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Exactly the situation described. It's possible to fix that process but too many entrenched interests render this impossible

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