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What Fox News is using to show how scary Socialism is for America (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 16 points 3 months ago (4 children)

This is a regular bit on FOX News. The list all the platform points of a Democratic official and play it as if it's offensive when they should be positive points and are, popular policies according to most polls.

I've seen lists played this way on FOX for years now, including the original Green New Deal.

I don't understand how this works, and am disquieted that it does. FOX is super confident in the thrall it has over it's viewership.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    It works because the average Fox News viewer:

    1. Is old, and already has Medicare, and doesn’t want it changed.
    2. Is retired and would see no benefit from a 32 hour work week
    3. is old, and sees environmental regulations as costs to them now with benefits in a future they won’t see
    4. Is old and retired and would see no benefit from free college
    5. is old and probably owns a house substantially paid off, and would see no benefit from a government housing program
    6. is a selfish asshole who doesn’t want others to enjoy these benefits, not even their own children
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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    That gives me a glimmer of hope, that the boomers dying off (and some of us Xers) will allow the Overton window to shift again away from tribalism and towards mutualist values.

    It is curious though, since the silent generation and greatest generation both had a sense of legacy, e.g. planting trees knowing you will not live to feel their shade. I wonder if it's related to the rise of consumerism and the disposable product economy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    While I agree with this depiction of the older demographics, it leaves out the "values" that Fox News viewers are propagandized into accepting.

    They believe we live in a meritocracy, government should leave them alone, America is a great nation, and everyone has to earn their way in life. These "values" allow older Republicans to take pride in their lives and the younger Republicans blame themselves (or immigrants/minorities/etc) for their lack of success.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    It's negative programming. It's a psychological technique used to prevent the subject from engaging with a subject earnestly when a source of free information is available by 'poisoning the well' ahead of time by associating the idea with an 'opposed ideology' thus discrediting the source of further information ahead of time.

    Works on enough people to matter.

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