When I heard Trump won the Republican nomination in 2016 I literally laughed out loud thinking there is absolutely no way, 0% chance, better odds that the sun will explode, this country is pretty stupid but not THAT stupid. And sure enough, I was wrong. That was when I realized that the GOP is very, very good at manipulating stupid people.
And here I was, groaning when Hilary won the primary, because I knew Trump had a good chance against her. People thought I was over reacting, but literally anyone would have been a better opponent to Trump.
I’m fairly certain that part of the Cambridge Analytica data manipulation scandal thing was that they managed to throw an election by targeting users on the fence and susceptible to the “I don’t need to vote” or the “voting doesn’t matter” type comments and memes.
They targeted their client’s opposition’s voters with these, caused a really low turnout of voters in that demographic, allowing their client to win.
Don’t get sucked into these things.
Vote how you want, even if it’s just the uninspiring, boring, lesser evil, whatever.
You can’t underestimate decades of getting people to subconsciously hate Hillary Clinton and what that does to voters. Many hated her. Few actually had a reason when asked
There’s a reason the GOP goes so hard at AOC in 2020+. They see her as a real threat to the presidency in 2040+ and they want decades of demonization in the bank
@Saneless@RandallFlagg The Conservatives in #Canada do the same repetitive attacks on #Trudeau and are having some success- many cite a hate for Trudeau but when asked why they have literally no reason- unfortunate so many want to be told what to think rather then vetting information- critical thinking needs to be a value not a nuisance.
@Sbhinclusion@Saneless@RandallFlagg When asked why they hate Trudeau, people often site absolute lies that are repeated continuously by Conservatives and happily repeated by mainstream media.
@Sbhinclusion@Saneless@RandallFlagg The hate is that their assumptions and privileges are being called out. That these no longer protect and isolate them from the world’s problems. They hate that they must make hard decisions that effect themselves and the ones they love. They hate that they are vulnerable. It’s new and it’s ugly and they consider it unfair. Saying F*ck has never solved a problem
After 2016, I would not be so complacent. Never underestimate the stupidity and goldfish-like memory of the average American.
When I heard Trump won the Republican nomination in 2016 I literally laughed out loud thinking there is absolutely no way, 0% chance, better odds that the sun will explode, this country is pretty stupid but not THAT stupid. And sure enough, I was wrong. That was when I realized that the GOP is very, very good at manipulating stupid people.
The thing you didn’t consider there is that there’s like 100% chance the sun will explode. Probably not any time soon, but eventually
Our sun is not massive enough to go nova. It will expand into a red giant and then contract into a white dwarf.
I need my coffee to process this lol
Well fuck
And here I was, groaning when Hilary won the primary, because I knew Trump had a good chance against her. People thought I was over reacting, but literally anyone would have been a better opponent to Trump.
I’m fairly certain that part of the Cambridge Analytica data manipulation scandal thing was that they managed to throw an election by targeting users on the fence and susceptible to the “I don’t need to vote” or the “voting doesn’t matter” type comments and memes.
They targeted their client’s opposition’s voters with these, caused a really low turnout of voters in that demographic, allowing their client to win.
Don’t get sucked into these things.
Vote how you want, even if it’s just the uninspiring, boring, lesser evil, whatever.
You can’t underestimate decades of getting people to subconsciously hate Hillary Clinton and what that does to voters. Many hated her. Few actually had a reason when asked
There’s a reason the GOP goes so hard at AOC in 2020+. They see her as a real threat to the presidency in 2040+ and they want decades of demonization in the bank
@Saneless @RandallFlagg The Conservatives in #Canada do the same repetitive attacks on #Trudeau and are having some success- many cite a hate for Trudeau but when asked why they have literally no reason- unfortunate so many want to be told what to think rather then vetting information- critical thinking needs to be a value not a nuisance.
@Sbhinclusion @Saneless @RandallFlagg When asked why they hate Trudeau, people often site absolute lies that are repeated continuously by Conservatives and happily repeated by mainstream media.
Yeah that’s definitely not unique to Canada unfortunately
Even in local politics we have idiots here who are blaming “out of state corporate interests” for wanting to vote yes for a bill
MF the only reason you’re parroting that shit is because of the corporate interests who bribe the politicians who tell you want to think
@Sbhinclusion @Saneless @RandallFlagg The hate is that their assumptions and privileges are being called out. That these no longer protect and isolate them from the world’s problems. They hate that they must make hard decisions that effect themselves and the ones they love. They hate that they are vulnerable. It’s new and it’s ugly and they consider it unfair. Saying F*ck has never solved a problem