▲ 715 ▼ ‘I Can’t Afford This’ Trump Voters in Rural America Stunned as Cost of Living Keeps Rising (talklikea.pro) submitted 7 months ago by Sunflier@lemmy.world to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world 194 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Folie à deux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) That ^ and Sunk cost: They've invested 40-60 years of their life programming their worldview with the propaganda. Scapegoating: It's not them and their bad choices, it's the immigrants/democrats/poor siphoning off their resources The state runs the media. The media informs the masses which people are the enemy/stupid, the masses join together to feel good that they're not stupid. They put more money into campaign funds to buy signs from the government that's holding them down, all while feeling self-righteous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) I had read somewhere that a significant part of that is the fact that the only media these people can consume for a large portion of their day is AM talk radio, which is chock full of right-wing propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago IMO the talk radio/podcast fodder has always been the worst of it. They know it's opinion, but they suck it up like every statement is a verified fact. When you apply a little logic to it, they take it as a personal assault. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) That ^ and Sunk cost: They've invested 40-60 years of their life programming their worldview with the propaganda. Scapegoating: It's not them and their bad choices, it's the immigrants/democrats/poor siphoning off their resources The state runs the media. The media informs the masses which people are the enemy/stupid, the masses join together to feel good that they're not stupid. They put more money into campaign funds to buy signs from the government that's holding them down, all while feeling self-righteous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) I had read somewhere that a significant part of that is the fact that the only media these people can consume for a large portion of their day is AM talk radio, which is chock full of right-wing propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago IMO the talk radio/podcast fodder has always been the worst of it. They know it's opinion, but they suck it up like every statement is a verified fact. When you apply a little logic to it, they take it as a personal assault. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) I had read somewhere that a significant part of that is the fact that the only media these people can consume for a large portion of their day is AM talk radio, which is chock full of right-wing propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago IMO the talk radio/podcast fodder has always been the worst of it. They know it's opinion, but they suck it up like every statement is a verified fact. When you apply a little logic to it, they take it as a personal assault. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago IMO the talk radio/podcast fodder has always been the worst of it. They know it's opinion, but they suck it up like every statement is a verified fact. When you apply a little logic to it, they take it as a personal assault. permalink fedilink source parent
