Comment by pstuart
2 days ago
The right is a master class in political messaging. They learned this One Weird Trick™ to manipulate the masses: people are stupid and vote their emotions. By defining the language they win almost by default: family values, school choice, pro life, death taxes, etc.
They learned that it doesn't matter if it's true, relevant, or hypocritical, as long as it feeds fear and anger in their constituents.
The left fails because the issues they support can require nuance and consideration and that's a lot to ask of a voter who just wants to be told who to vote for.
My assessment isn't meant to be tribal, there's plenty to critique on the left from DNC leadership to "overexubernt" members whose excess is used to define the left as a whole (wokism).
It's heartbreaking that the divide is now complete and is not likely to change without some unfortunate actions.
I agree. It's all about the memes. I think this is a great teardown of the 2016 election:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Y-P0v2Hh0&t=1567s
This is why attorneys use more emotion based arguments when before a jury instead of a judge. No only do lay persons like you and I not have legal education but we’re less likely to follow dry technical and boring evidence and legal details. (If the legal technicalities and detailed evidence do help their client they might ask for a bench trial!)
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” –Carl Sandburg