• @disguy_ovahea
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    582 months ago

    The problem is two-fold. The majority of Americans are passively informed, and the majority of our news publications are compromised by wealthy owners.

    Also, it’s two months, not three. Early voting ballots go out in the end of September.

    • @[email protected]
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      112 months ago

      and the majority of our news publications are compromised by wealthy owners

      This is true in the vast majority of European countries too. If anything, you usually find an exception in a public broadcasting channel, which may or may not be influenced by political officials.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        The US has NPR and access to foreign news services, they are just absolutely disgustingly lazy.

        • @njm1314
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          22 months ago

          You have way more faith in NPR these days than I do. If you haven’t noticed the massive decline in quality of journalistic integrity there I don’t know what to tell you.

    • @EvilEyedPanda
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      52 months ago

      Passively informed is an understatement, also we’re supposed to be available to work at a moments call, with limited time off availability. Am I gonna just tell my boss I’m leaving early to go vote?

      • @[email protected]
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        82 months ago

        I mean… Yes???.. If it’s normal for a boss to chew you out for voting, then they’re being more transparent about voter suppression than I thought.

    • @njm1314
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      22 months ago

      It goes deeper than that. Those same news Publications are financially incentivized to prolong and protract the election seasons. They work incredibly hard to not talk about policies are issues but to focus on process stories. They’ve created this notion that there’s not enough time for an election.

      That’s why you seem to think two months isn’t enough time. When it’s plenty.