One under-appreciated, under-discussed explanation for Trump winning is simply that the people who voted for him believed a wide array of false things. The mainstream commentariat's refusal to center information rot has led to much confusion.
Highly recommend this piece from @karlbode.com:
Highly recommend this piece from @karlbode.com:
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Every immigrant "you* know is hardworking and good for the country.
But after lies, lies, and more lies suddenly immigrants are a threat, and we are going to ruin the lives of millions of innocent people.
Start by NOT repeating (especially by negation) MAGA talking points!
h/t @georgelakoff.bsky.social
https://reframingamerica.substack.com/p/non-news-consumers h/t @antoniascatton.bsky.social
I mean did they actually think thousands of immigrants were eating cats and dogs? It was just so stupid and people bought it.
It's like there was nothing in the Harris campaign that was inspiring, so would be Democrat voters stayed home.
Most Americans have no idea what fracking is, Kamala never talked about it, and yet Republicans and Trump brought it up repeatedly
Keywords, folks. Human intelligence has been reduced to keywords. You don’t need policies or a narrative, just a series of keywords to unlock their dumb brains. Rhetoric is an antique.
https://www.politico.eu/article/nobody-tricked-vote-donald-trump-disinformation-panic-over/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/06/axel-springer-politico-media-scandal-germany-bild/
Like all of the past lying wasn't important in priming people to believe the new lies?
"But they now know and don't care. So why point it out anymore."
Do they really...know?
They want to be shits but also have plausible deniability for being a shit.
Rather than buying the info deficit model I think we should consider the fracturing of media just give people more room to be antisocial.
And our “serious” journalists don’t want to use the P word.
It really is that simple
And, reading things like this, where you attempt to spin the country's behavior...
Just look at yourselves properly in the mirror.
The problem is American culture as a whole is proudly exploitative and ignorant.
It's all absolutely insane.
Total informational incongruity and Donald Fucking Trump.
Still hard to accept it all.
2+2 = 5 with no O’Brien needed to inflict it. This is 1984 scenario via WALL*E