Assume ignorance before malice. Far more people are simply idiots than are evil. Idiots just happen to be really useful to evil people.
People vote for demagogues because they’re scared, and the demagogue offers a plan. They don’t see that they’re scared because the demagogue frightened them on purpose, and they don’t see that the plan won’t work. They see something that scares them and someone that offers to fix it.
Democrats are horrifically bad at this. They’ve been on defense since 1998 and only barely got ahead for a few years at the beginning of Obama’s first term. They haven’t caught up since.
53% of Americans read at a 6th-grade level, or worse, so there’s that. Because you’re in a space like this, and/or actually read the news, don’t assume everyone else does.
Talking to a good friend about Trump’s clear dementia:
“Yeah, but Biden was pretty bad too, wasn’t he?”
That’s from a young black man who’s anything but MAGA. And he’s friendly with his Trump-flag flying neighbor!
Ignorance is why it took gas prices to turn the population. It’s the one thing you can’t miss unless you make plenty of money.
Assume ignorance before malice. Far more people are simply idiots than are evil. Idiots just happen to be really useful to evil people.
People vote for demagogues because they’re scared, and the demagogue offers a plan. They don’t see that they’re scared because the demagogue frightened them on purpose, and they don’t see that the plan won’t work. They see something that scares them and someone that offers to fix it.
Democrats are horrifically bad at this. They’ve been on defense since 1998 and only barely got ahead for a few years at the beginning of Obama’s first term. They haven’t caught up since.
Yes, exactly. “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
In 2016 people may have been stupid. By 2022 they knew what they were getting. Hence malice.
53% of Americans read at a 6th-grade level, or worse, so there’s that. Because you’re in a space like this, and/or actually read the news, don’t assume everyone else does.
Talking to a good friend about Trump’s clear dementia:
“Yeah, but Biden was pretty bad too, wasn’t he?”
That’s from a young black man who’s anything but MAGA. And he’s friendly with his Trump-flag flying neighbor!
Ignorance is why it took gas prices to turn the population. It’s the one thing you can’t miss unless you make plenty of money.
Democrats are horrifically bad at this on purpose.