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Comment by mixmastamyk

2 days ago

Most of us have experienced a family member who got caught up in a corporate (or worse) news addiction.

It’s so common that we barely remark on it any longer. So I don’t think it’s really a mystery, it can happen to anyone who’s not getting outside enough.

My first clue something was wrong was when he didn’t understand the criticism around the Iraq war of the early 2000s. Which even most conservatives have come around now to acknowledge as a disaster.