someguy3@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 17 days ago'Did Joe Biden Drop Out' Google Searches Spike on Election Night, Suggesting Many Americans Had No Idea He Wasn't Runningwww.latintimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down121cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1423arrow-down1external-link'Did Joe Biden Drop Out' Google Searches Spike on Election Night, Suggesting Many Americans Had No Idea He Wasn't Runningwww.latintimes.comsomeguy3@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square110fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-square5715linkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up8·17 days agoSome people call this ‘elaborate repression mechanism’ or ‘retirement into private life’. I don’t like suppressing emotions because suppressed emotions happen to come back at unexpected times in weird places.
minus-squareSundial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-217 days agoIt’s not a good idea because at the end of the day even if you’re not interested in politics, politics is definitely interested in you. Thse people are just burying their head in the sand and ignoring the real world.
minus-square5715linkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up2·17 days agoI’d be afraid that public opinion making isn’t the only topic or problem they ignore or repress.
Some people call this ‘elaborate repression mechanism’ or ‘retirement into private life’.
I don’t like suppressing emotions because suppressed emotions happen to come back at unexpected times in weird places.
It’s not a good idea because at the end of the day even if you’re not interested in politics, politics is definitely interested in you. Thse people are just burying their head in the sand and ignoring the real world.
I’d be afraid that public opinion making isn’t the only topic or problem they ignore or repress.