tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post4330066669364744805..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Making America Safe AgainJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-72798925435844641512016-07-19T16:27:50.698-04:002016-07-19T16:27:50.698-04:00But is it really all that helpful to think in term...But is it really all that helpful to think in terms of policy when considering the sorts of voters Trump seeks to sway?<br /><br />Many people simply don't care about policy, logic, or facts - they vote emotionally, based on how riled up you get them about something they may not even begin to understand.<br /><br />Just look at the Brexit vote, where millions were whipped into an emotional frenzy fueled in large part by a media campaign of outright lies and twisted misinformation completely devoid of any mention of sane, workable policies. People didn't care about the rationality of the vote - in many cases they didn't even know what they were really voting for - they just knew that certain confident sounding people who claimed to represent them wanted them to get angry and nationalistic and clannish and vote a certain way.<br /><br />Trump is the real world evolution of the character of Howard Beale in <i>Network</i> - he doesn't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the streets, but he does know that first, you've got to get mad!<br /><br />And then you need to vote for him, nevermind the details, nevermind what he'll do once in office, don't worry about it! Just get mad - doesn't matter what about, (although he has helpful suggestions). And then take that anger and vote Trump becase of it, and give him the only power he craves which his ill-gotten money can't outright buy.<br /><br />And people will. Because our society has failed them. Because we've collectively failed to properly educate and motivate people into becoming rational voters and ensuring our democracy operates through enlightened self interest, rather than through destructive mob mentality.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com