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by jmye 584 days ago
Because the media they consume has a vested interest in lying to them and bankrupting them, and they lack media-literacy to see it. Because it’s really easy to be told that immigrants are stealing from you, and it’s really hard to explain that tariffs and trade wars will destroy soy bean farms. Because it’s really easy to lie to people and make them scared and angry.