I agree about the authoritarian streak. It's remarkable how people fall for the "Democrats are Venezuelan socialist dictators" lie while they never seem to take seriously the "Republicans are il Duce fascist dictators" accusation.
I agree about the authoritarian streak. It's remarkable how people fall for the "Democrats are Venezuelan socialist dictators" lie while they never seem to take seriously the "Republicans are il Duce fascist dictators" accusation.
IтАЩve read many times that the average American is terrible at assessing true relative risk; they worry about imaginary or exaggerated or illogical threats while ignoring the gaping maw of disaster right in front of their faces. ThatтАЩs the only paradigm that explains to me the incomprehensible double standard voters use to assess Democrats versus Republicans.
I agree about the authoritarian streak. It's remarkable how people fall for the "Democrats are Venezuelan socialist dictators" lie while they never seem to take seriously the "Republicans are il Duce fascist dictators" accusation.
Because they like fascists. As long as the people being "put in their place" are Black, brown, female or gay, they be happy to go along with it.
To call some of these people that flavored fire Trump and this chaos "low information voters" is far too generous.
IтАЩve read many times that the average American is terrible at assessing true relative risk; they worry about imaginary or exaggerated or illogical threats while ignoring the gaping maw of disaster right in front of their faces. ThatтАЩs the only paradigm that explains to me the incomprehensible double standard voters use to assess Democrats versus Republicans.
The "I'd rather be Russian than a Democrat" way of life. They don't really think hard about the nuances of what they believe because it hurts.