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Originally Posted by cherrylula
but wait, these are not most people, these are "book reading, politically involved people" shouldnt they know the issues? If you attend political gatherings, with book in hand, you should at least know a little about the person you are there to support. They read her book and still dont know what her policies are.
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You're kidding right? I can't tell. Look at the society we live in, dominated by reality tv, the internet, social networking, and the need for celebrity status or to get as close to one as possible.
I would be willing to bet 90% of those people will never even open that book other than to show it off to their friends and families at dinner parties. It is also VERY and all to common that people follow the politics of the state like blind sheep and when questioned they can not say why that candidate is their choice.
I went through these conversation with my father when GW Bush was up for re-election. He told me he was voting for him and I asked why? I lined out the reasons he was a poor choice given his track record in his first term. He came back with something about the guys at work this and that, blah blah blah. Not one reason why.
Almost all of society does not want to be bothered with facts or political information. All they want is:
- The hot new game out for PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox, etc.
- Their reality TV. (Fat people watching fat people lose weight on tv, what a joke)
- The big new HD TV or
- Whatever other new technology will make them look cool.
- Whatever hot new trend that GQ or Cosmo tells them they have to have or do or how to act and why?
- Whatever rehashed, unoriginal, brain dead movie that is just getting released.
- Social Networking sites were they feel important with 500 virtual friends when they can't even maintain 1 in real life.
