The Canada thing is going down this path. First, it's a "joke" to call Canada the "51st state". That softens the ground, as Trump escalates a trade war that helps reform them into the "enemy."
The point is that MAGA relationship to "truth" is not like ours. It's not about empiricism, but power.
The point is that MAGA relationship to "truth" is not like ours. It's not about empiricism, but power.
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They understand this, and really chose sides long ago.
Fox and other conservative media are training for this as well.
It's very much the same vibe as someone piercing a social fiction, like mentioning Aunt May's adultery that everyone knows happened, but you're supposed to pretend didn't.
ya, we can't tell.
you are NOT HELPING to eliminate racism, hatred, sexism, & ignorance at all.
* think on that.
Neighbors are making jokes about tariffs on the mailing list. They know it’s a con and a joke and they don’t care who it hurts as long as it isn’t them or their families. Maybe they think the hot stove won’t burn them
they will and are burning the world down to achieve that oh so noble and useful goal...
That’s a fever that can’t be broken!
But they believe that asserting he is all-powerful can create a social "truth" that trumps objective reality.
Certainly, religion plays a role in getting people into that mindspace.
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/29/the-tragedy-of-magas-conspiracy-theory-about-tim-walzs-fake-dog/
https://www.salon.com/2020/12/09/trump-voters-dont-really-believe-biden-stole-the-election---but-they-do-want-a-coup/
But if they feel they're being judged on intelligence, they get much more factual.
https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/misunderstanding-birtherism-flawed-survey-wording-research-analysis/
They don't care if he's a liar but they may well care if he hurts *them*.
What world events or lived experience animated his hatred for the federal state & liberals?
https://www.propublica.org/article/video-donald-trump-russ-vought-center-renewing-america-maga
I really think its going to take us hitting rock bottom before they snap out of it.
None of it is sane.
None is based on fact.
Anyone who supports Trump is a damned fool.
No matter what.
There is no good faith conversation to be had here. It's idiocracy, and they enthusiastically chose it, on purpose. All of them.