• andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    That’s surprising. Looking at that conflict or any other, like in Myanmar (pre their r/combat_footage popularity), makes me feel like I’m the only english-speaking person who even know it’s going on.

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      5 months ago

      I can be moderately entertaining, so I make sure my friends are informed as well. But yeah, it’s a pretty small percentage of us who give a damn about foreign affairs. The number of people I’ve met who don’t even know the difference between Iran and Iraq is… astounding.

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        5 months ago

        It’s a given. And the fact of it itself is somehow sobering. In a way you stop giving a fuck that much about what ill-informed actors tell. Many of them didn’t even read wikipedia, but spread their influencer’s pov to others.

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        5 months ago

        To be fair, when the media refuses to cover something how does a normal person even know what to search for?

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          5 months ago

          Iran and Iraq are constantly in the news, though. At least the Houthis were somewhat obscure until recently.