No, politicians especially need to have enough awareness of the world around them to represent people that they are not.
People only understanding something once it happens to them personally is immature and closed-minded, and leads directly to where we are (in the US) with the highest bodies in the land being a bunch of puppets to money and influence.
It’s not the big, loud disinformation that’s the most worrying; at least that can be addressed head-on. It’s the subtle, divisive manipulation that’s been going on for years that has us disowning family and flirting with civil war.
Responding to an expert’s statement that “about 3.2 million” American lives have been saved by vaccines against Covid, with “over 14 million lives” saved globally, the far-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene said: “I’m not a doctor, but I have a PhD in recognising bullshit when I hear it.”...
A new “millionaire’s tax” in Massachusetts was expected to generate $1 billion in revenue last year to help pay for public education, infrastructure, and early childcare programs, but projections were a bit off, according to a fresh state analysis....
Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames (interestingengineering.com)
Got thrown out of her GP's office for antivax nonsense. (lemmy.world)
Jadayupara, the largest bird sculpture in the world. (lemmy.world)
To be found in Kerala, India...
Post your Servernames!
Mimicing a thread I saw elsewhere....
Narcissistic conservative parent Facebook is wild (lemmy.world)
Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road (fortune.com)
Meet a Missouri dad who went from a ‘full-on bigot’ to fighting bathroom bans on behalf of his 16-year-old daughter: ‘When it was my child, it just flipped a switch’ (fortune.com)
Better late than never! 🥳
Millennials are exhausted by working more for less. (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13942559...
How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills (www.nytimes.com)
Experts war-gamed what might happen if deepfakes disrupt the 2024 election. Things went sideways fast. (www.nbcnews.com)
As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)
Psychologist says Trump's latest rally 'consistent with a diagnosis of dementia' (www.rawstory.com)
Joe Biden joke about 'good sex' with Jill Biden raises eyebrows (www.newsweek.com)
Conservatives are mad again
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims ‘bullshit’ as expert says Covid vaccine saved 14m lives (www.theguardian.com)
Responding to an expert’s statement that “about 3.2 million” American lives have been saved by vaccines against Covid, with “over 14 million lives” saved globally, the far-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene said: “I’m not a doctor, but I have a PhD in recognising bullshit when I hear it.”...
GMail (lemm.ee)
Google and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone service (arstechnica.com)
I'm never lonely cuz i got these little guys with me :) (lemm.ee)
New Massachusetts 'Tax the Rich' law raises $1.5 billion for free school lunch and more (www.rawstory.com)
A new “millionaire’s tax” in Massachusetts was expected to generate $1 billion in revenue last year to help pay for public education, infrastructure, and early childcare programs, but projections were a bit off, according to a fresh state analysis....