Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social
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we refuse to listen to Nazis
Or people who say abortion is murdering little children, but then refuse to fund support for babies
Or people who say we should cut medicaid so Musk can have a tax break
we are extremely intolerant
also:
Yes, finding a way to be HEARD is crucial to Democrats and all who support democracy-against-fascism.
#media
Hell, we can’t even agree on the obvious “Magats”.
The problem is that people prefer right-wing hate because they are hurting, and feel like they have nothing to give. “What about me?! Me!! ME GOD DAMN YOU ALL! I want to live like TV/Insta/TikTok and WHY ARE YOU NOT PAYING ME ENOUGH?”
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It’s on US y’all. WE have to do it.
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I feel like as a whole, a lot of us on the left are the more scrappy DIY people.
If you are leaving out the MANY "little guys" on the left, you're leaving out a shitton of listeners.
Bituation Room and It Could Happen Here for 2.
It “feels“ to me like there are a lot of center, center left, and left Substacks, but that’s probably because of who I follow.
I recently heard a rumor there are quite a few right leaning stacks.
Ratio?
Anyone?
They have to be because the majority of people would not agree with many of the Right’s viewpoints.
... as compared to what? Do you suggest work allocations? Dollar allocations? Assume you think they don't currently line up for maximum effect.
But do you think there is a better or more optimal apportionment of our limited resources?
In his entire life Joe Rogan has never used the word "over indexed".
I'm thinking of the Russian funded podcasters, the Kirks, Carlsons, Owens, etc.
Finding "just the right word" is easy when you speak "common man & woman speak
& some of the ones marked blue are actually red. Where does this data come from?
They are cultivating an audience that sees nuance as confusion.
Lefties are more like that than leftist talkers want to understand.
Its a propaganda machine, not organic.
They instinctively know good clickbait
They have an innate skill, but the effectiveness is from centralized planning.
This conflict has therefore been fought asymmetrically for years and the other side STILL doesn’t fight fire with fire (eg yesterday)
Doing bigotry with a full throat didn't make Limbaugh "authentic."
(The DNC should directly fund a TP-like site, though)
Also extraordinary sensitivity to any kind of pushback.
Also, listening to a podcast is a solitary experience, maybe we need other community based ways to spread the message.
The thing people like about Joe Rogan is most of his content isn’t political.
Throughout, "D" pols & "liberal" funders really have sat on the sidelines allowing this to happen.
It's not even close.
https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/biggest-podcasts-dethroned-joe-rogan-experience-2043571
TY
I think lots of folks would be interested in speaking out, but aren’t interested in being stalked by y’all-Qaeda for the rest of their days
Alex Jones unmasked those young turks during his genocide rant .
They immediately fired the only left winged woman in their team as they proceeded to re-brand.
I feel like you are missing blue ones.
Many of us know what we believe well enough that we find it tedious to hear people repeatedly tell us things we already know about why the right wing is bad.
It’s pretty bizarre that then the consumption of media isn’t even close
We are all still controlled by a small handful of people.
https://bsky.app/profile/bumblingbard42.bsky.social/post/3lcfovq4t2s2p
Asmongold was telling his 50,000 viewers verifiably wrong information. Just straight up lies.
It was horrific.
Whereas left wing streamers get clipped out of context or when they misspeak, and threatened with deplatforming or bans.
Dems bubbles are outside the fishtank.
I have an idea I'm working on.
What if US Democracy was a social media platform?
What if
- Politicians could poll voters directly
- Voters could be matched to candidates based not on party, but stances?
- what if candidates had a "campaign in a box"
Would you ve interested?