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Learning about the political world (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by jaykay to c/[email protected]

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Hi!

I know I know, we don’t like politics here much but I’ve been wondering if there are any good resources to learn about it. I think it’s important for being part of the society, no?

I saw Ground News, and though it seems interesting, I don’t know what right leaning left leaning centre means and what to watch out for.

I don’t want to be an expert, but I’d appreciate to know the basics so I know what’s going on around me. Can I learn about it in general or is it per country thing I don’t know.

Thanks :)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Just adding to people mentioning it depends what you mean by politics. Politics pretty much applies to any interactions in a group of people. You can have office politics and family politics and even non democracies still have politics. It pretty much encompasses any interactions where people are trying to get their way or their favored way within a group. Groups can be any size. International politics is pretty much looking at countries as entities and the group is the globe. Very often when something or someone is called a pariah its because they have basically withdrawn or been kicked out of political interaction.