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		titanomachy 42 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vanity activities True, I don’t have the right to vote in the place where I live, so that definitely reduces my incentive to engage in news. But out of friends who engage in news it’s disproportionately at the global and nation level, so I don’t think they are really optimizing for civil engagement.

johnnyo 42 days ago [–]

Voting is just one way people engage in the political process.

titanomachy 41 days ago | [–]

I live in a country that tends to deport noncitizens who “engage in the political process”, unless it’s in support of the incumbent government.

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