Why are Trump supporters especially receptive to conspiracy theories ?
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities” - Voltaire.
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@QuixoticSoul You think the GOP are now openly trading on their gullibility ?
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@RodionRomanovitch I think that at the moment they are somewhat uncomfortable with the situation, since the crazy became difficult to control.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@QuixoticSoul We'll know more today when we see what McCarthy decides to do with that crackpot.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@RodionRomanovitch
Most political parties (and activists in general) catch voites by doing so. Banking on ignorance is kinda what you have to do if you want to catch votes. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how you do it, as long as you get in power. The issue is what @QuixoticSoul says, if you bank on delusions that are so far out there that they can turn nasty, if you polarise to much, ... well, you might not get the spirit back into the bottle and it might consume you whole.
You think the GOP are now openly trading on their gullibility ?
Most political parties (and activists in general) catch voites by doing so. Banking on ignorance is kinda what you have to do if you want to catch votes. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how you do it, as long as you get in power. The issue is what @QuixoticSoul says, if you bank on delusions that are so far out there that they can turn nasty, if you polarise to much, ... well, you might not get the spirit back into the bottle and it might consume you whole.