How do these people think politics work.
I mean do they think that voting for a person or a party grants them some kind of personal (parasocial) relationship?
I’m pretty sure that exists outside the US also, but I have only seen that coming from the US so far.
That is just the right wing populism playbook. They know that their most ardent voters are several chicken nuggets short of a happy meal, so they turn it into a us vs them contest, as if politics was a sport.
It works because these people lack critical thinking skills, they never ask the obvious question, “why would a billionaire do things that would harm billionaires?”
I know what you mean, and it makes sense, but there is something in me that wants to think, that a majority of people aren’t this naïve and fall for this.
Humans are naturally tribalistic and it exists on all spectrums regardless how much you force ‘education’ down their throats.
Emotions, ego, bias, you name it, people just gravitate a certain way. A majority of Trump/Republican voters, I presume, are also acting on habit they’re forebearers set.
I’m trying to put that as neutral as I can.
How do these people think politics work. I mean do they think that voting for a person or a party grants them some kind of personal (parasocial) relationship?
I’m pretty sure that exists outside the US also, but I have only seen that coming from the US so far.
That is just the right wing populism playbook. They know that their most ardent voters are several chicken nuggets short of a happy meal, so they turn it into a us vs them contest, as if politics was a sport.
It works because these people lack critical thinking skills, they never ask the obvious question, “why would a billionaire do things that would harm billionaires?”
I know what you mean, and it makes sense, but there is something in me that wants to think, that a majority of people aren’t this naïve and fall for this.
Maybe I’m naïve here in the end…
Humans are naturally tribalistic and it exists on all spectrums regardless how much you force ‘education’ down their throats.
Emotions, ego, bias, you name it, people just gravitate a certain way. A majority of Trump/Republican voters, I presume, are also acting on habit they’re forebearers set.