/u/oispa on Why bother discussing politics on reddit?
There is a sample bias here. Most Reddit users are hardcore losers. They do not know this yet because they are young. They come here to have their unrealistic ideas confirmed by their peers, which is why it is an echo chamber.
I heartily disagree, from experience, that people do not change. However, "people" are not a fungible commodity; they are individuals, and they are not equal. Some can change. Your average Redditor is an office or lab worker who thinks he is smarter than everyone else, and he may not change, simply because of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Maybe about 2% of this site are intelligent and interesting people, and they produce all of the interesting comment, while the rest are here to type in movie quotes, in-jokes, and stupid comebacks (no u).
I discuss politics because ultimately, naively and optimistically, I believe in the 2%. They like to learn and seek new information, but live in a media and educational ghetto which blarts out Soviet propaganda in Disney form 24-7. I am here to give them alternatives, usually by scaring them.
Posted Dec 1, 2019, 1:57 PM UTC