• meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Just goes to show how effective the US state propaganda machine really is.

    A senile, cruel, narcissistic old fuck that’s openly turning the country into an authoritarian oligarchy…

    And 40% go: Yuup! That’s my guy!

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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      It’s the clandestine (now overt) promotion of greed, bigotry, and hate, combined with the systematic decimation of our public school system. They’ve been working on this since before most of us were born.

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        It’s outright nefarious how Fox News carefully manages their viewers’ human empathy to evil ends.

        For example: When democrats or leftists propose government that helps oppressed people or the poor, objectively good things, Fox will hammer on it being an infringement of freedom, brow-beating viewers with pseudo-intellectualism to shut down any moral objections. At the same time, when we have Trump being the absolute worst human in existence and doing awful things to viewers’ literal neighbors or even families, Fox will distract with this missing old lady story (Guthrie?) which is a wholly worthless subject of national attention, but expresses their viewers’ remaining empathy and makes the viewers feel like “good” people.

        On net, the viewers feel simulated on both “intellectual” and “emotional” levels, but it’s perversely always to lead them to contravene their instincts to be good people.

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    Doesnt matter. Apparently the majority isnt needed to secure the presidential role for a paedophile rapist, as long as you give people reasons to sit it out, or lie to them enough. Americans are dumb that way.

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      If it was 9/10 he wouldn’t have been reelected. The fact that 3/10 people are immune to learning is the only reason he’s there.

      • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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        Re-elected, yes. But over the past year he’s betrayed so many of those who elected him. Yet, most still seem to support him now. That’s what baffles me, somewhat.

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          Again, these people are immune to learning. It doesn’t matter that they have been betrayed, they either don’t know or don’t care.

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    Sixty percent isn’t enough, especially considering how many groups he’s abused over the past year. It’s amazing to me that anyone not in on the take still supports him. Amazing, but not surprising. Not anymore.

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    “America shows the world they deserve what is happening to them”

    Man if I was in the 60% I’d be pretty pissed right about now