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[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] federalreverse 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If everybody hates it, why does it only have upvotes?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

Because we don't vote based on agreement but on "people should or shouldn't see this."

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It also has downvotes. And as @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca says, this isn’t Reddit. Up- and down-votes are not a popularity contest.

[–] federalreverse 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Now it does. When I came, it stood at 8 upvotes.

And while I expressed myself badly, the reason I downvoted is: I think it's largely a bad take and I suspect there must be a more reasonable take on the finance union available somewhere.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 points 3 months ago

I don't entirely disagree, and you may be right about the financial union. I've also downvoted this post because I think it's a waste of space that no one should waste time on -- unless they need even more convincing that Axel Springer is garbage. I was originally surprised at such a biased piece from Politico, largely because I forgot that they were sold out to Axel Springer.