Has it, though? I grew up in the 80s, and I feel like I simply didn’t have a clue how ignorant people were or what batshit things people believed behind closed doors. Even when people disclosed to me their inner narrative, I feel like I just assumed they were joking or using extreme hyperbole.
The internet has made me realize … they weren’t joking. At all. They really believe that shit.
SeekPie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Maybe the internet has shown us people that were already dumb but we just didn’t have a way of knowing they exist?
Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
It gave them the means to find each other and also save them a sort of megaphone to shout their stupidity.
jaybone@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And then they voted, and turns out it was like half of the voting population.
NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 7 months ago
Yes, but now stupid people can easily collaborate with other stupid people, amplifying the echo-chamber-circle-jerk on a global, nearly instantaneous level. Furthering the stupid at a never before seen rate.
LemmysMum@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Used to be every village had their idiot. Now every idiot has their village.