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Originally Posted by ThePrince
Best post in the thread. The more you demonize and alienate all Trump voters as dumb Americans, rednecks, fascists, etc., the more you make the Democrats less appealing to vote for. Trump feeds into how much people hate him and weaponizes it as a way to spin an "us vs. the world" and get conservatives riled up, and people like Mathgod play right into it.
Yes, there are a lot of crazies that are voting for Trump. But to believe that it's 50% of American voters that are insane, anti-democracy, etc. is plain stupid, and like PepsiFree says, it gives the Democrats a free pass to have a half-assed platform and think they've earned the Presidency because they're not Trump.
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I was thinking this weekend how incredible it was that all these fragmented groups with marginal beliefs and seemingly nothing in common have come together for a cohesive unit for right-wing, semi-authoritarian politicians. Not just in the US, but across western democracies.
The playbook is so similar, and somehow libertarians, gun enthusiasts, anti-environmentalists, incels, hard-core christians, anti-vaxxers, tech bros, flat earthers, nazis, etc have built a serious coalition.
What I think has happened is they've found online communities that agree with them, and legitimize their opinions. This builds deep trust with these communities, and the members become really receptive to other ideas that are proposed.
It's a bit like the community facebook group. If I see somebody in my community group recommending a great restaurant, I'm way more likely to try it then if I see an ad or drive by it.
What I think is interesting is how much of these communities are organic and real and how much of the communities are bots and foreign governments farms?
If you think of it, it's such a great strategy to disrupt your biggest adversaries. You can't convince all of the people, but you slowly convince small pockets, and eventually those small pockets become a serious part of public opinion.