Yeah I mean this comment contains important considerations.
He was proclaiming for months if not years in advance that the only way he was going to lose was if “they” cheated.
Therefore, feigning shock that it happened is ridiculous. If he knew it was going to happen, exactly what measures were deployed to prevent it? If it happened, wouldn’t the most powerful man in the United States, maybe the world, shoulder some of the blame for doing absolutely nothing to stop it other than whipping his base into a fury (stoking the flames of division)?
I’m very happy to see others with this understanding. Because for a very long time, this community and adjacent ones were rejecting literally every criticism in regards to Trump. Whether that was an organic response or astroturfing has yet to be determined. Politicians and their respective campaigns have gotten very savvy when it comes to digital marketing. One of those tactics is manipulation of the narrative through, unironically, shills posting and commenting in conspiracy communities. When those who are easily influenced see what they perceive to be overwhelming support for a specific narrative, they become influenced by that same narrative, and it becomes a tenant of their beliefs.
"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."
This could also apply to Political Science.
In a Cult, you are not permitted to criticize the Leadership. You must blindly follow the tenets. Otherwise, you will be publicly humiliated and excommunicated.
We must avoid falling into the Cult trap. I voted for President Trump twice. But I will criticize his bad decisions.
Recently, Sidney Powell on Dinesh D'Souza's podcast was very angry at Trump. She said that he surrounded himself with Attorneys and Advisors who lied to him about his executive powers. He should have fired all of them on November 3, 2020, but he kept them until the end.
Yeah I mean this comment contains important considerations.
He was proclaiming for months if not years in advance that the only way he was going to lose was if “they” cheated.
Therefore, feigning shock that it happened is ridiculous. If he knew it was going to happen, exactly what measures were deployed to prevent it? If it happened, wouldn’t the most powerful man in the United States, maybe the world, shoulder some of the blame for doing absolutely nothing to stop it other than whipping his base into a fury (stoking the flames of division)?
I’m very happy to see others with this understanding. Because for a very long time, this community and adjacent ones were rejecting literally every criticism in regards to Trump. Whether that was an organic response or astroturfing has yet to be determined. Politicians and their respective campaigns have gotten very savvy when it comes to digital marketing. One of those tactics is manipulation of the narrative through, unironically, shills posting and commenting in conspiracy communities. When those who are easily influenced see what they perceive to be overwhelming support for a specific narrative, they become influenced by that same narrative, and it becomes a tenant of their beliefs.
Galileo Galilei once said:
This could also apply to Political Science.
In a Cult, you are not permitted to criticize the Leadership. You must blindly follow the tenets. Otherwise, you will be publicly humiliated and excommunicated.
We must avoid falling into the Cult trap. I voted for President Trump twice. But I will criticize his bad decisions.
Recently, Sidney Powell on Dinesh D'Souza's podcast was very angry at Trump. She said that he surrounded himself with Attorneys and Advisors who lied to him about his executive powers. He should have fired all of them on November 3, 2020, but he kept them until the end.