• Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Can you imagine how specialized you would be if you only had one interest? Like the example non-ADD person just into politics… They must know the name of every representative at every level from city to country where they are living, know the detailed history of the political parties, and have a deep knowledge of political movements and their history.

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      7 months ago

      It’s why most people are heavily propagandized and proselytized from a very early age to make sports their hobby. Indeed, these people tend to have deep knowledge of their team’s and their immediate opponent’s histories, with background going back to specific matches half a century ago and impressive retention of numbers and statistics thereof and so on.

      All this knowledge of course is absolutely useless politically (and often, socially), which is precisely the point.

      • Goudewup@feddit.nl
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        7 months ago

        Ehm no? What person or institution or organisation do you imagine going “harrr let’s get kids into sports so that they don’t bother to learn about politics harr!” exactly? Because it’s for sure not schools that are doing that. Most schools even teach about how politics work even.