When I was in the MAGA community, we viewed young voters as intelligent, but impressionable and susceptible to influence and brainwashing. We feared them because we thought their vulnerability meant voting Democratic, long-term.
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The problem is that they’ve never known a time before MAGA (or Tea Party, for the elder millennials) and endless war.
They don’t have a concept of “normal”, only nonstop series of unprecedented chaos.
If only we had public institutions where we could transfer knowledge to the next generation 🤔
Caildini's work is akin to a bible in persuasion. Granted, psy. warfare is much more in-depth. However, the principles are easy to understand, yet very powerful. I am speaking from hands-on experience in using them for marketing/sales etc.
Thus the hijacking of media. People are naturally empathetic. We have to be trained not to care what happens "over there" just as long as it's not happening to "me". We have to be convinced it won't happen to us because when we finally find out it came for us... there will be no one left to help.
There's an article from Vanity Fair 2022 (posted on my pg) that talks about how the real ppl behind MAGA worked to influence culture & turn them into an army of little neo-fascists.
Yeah, all the social activity we've seen lately (like the rise of the trad wife on tiktok / instgram) was a result of the ground work laid years ago. Both these articles help draw a timeline.
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They don’t have a concept of “normal”, only nonstop series of unprecedented chaos.
If only we had public institutions where we could transfer knowledge to the next generation 🤔
Caildini's work is akin to a bible in persuasion. Granted, psy. warfare is much more in-depth. However, the principles are easy to understand, yet very powerful. I am speaking from hands-on experience in using them for marketing/sales etc.
https://bsky.app/profile/latticemindset.bsky.social/post/3lgvr3qkyws2m
There are various tactics. For example, cults use terminology only for the cult members.
Trump Derangement Syndrome (A great example)
Never Trumper
Could you give a link to the*Vanity Fair* article? Thnx.
Here it is. ❤️
Here's one from this year ⬇️
"The Gen Z Influencers Giving MAGA a Youthful Glow: 'Our Voices Are Being Heard'" (1/29/2025, paywalled)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/gen-z-influencers-maga-donald-trump
Thanks for the sharing! ❤️