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[–] 3 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

The fearmongering works. Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind has some interesting theories about why it drives people to the right.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    I'm going to check that, thanks.

    I understand why people chose for the right, with an overload of fake information, fear mongering, populist politicians. The right is really good at using social media. So I understand why people fall for that shit. But after the right fucked everything up, how can you still support the right?

    When you want a table, and a carpenter says "I can do that!" and you order a table, but it falls apart as soon as you get it. Why would you say "can I have another table, and add 4 chairs please!" when this so called carpenter clearly is a massive failure. Normally you'd get angry, ask a refund and go somewhere else.

    I know it's not this simple, but at the same time... Come on, wtf...

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