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Mike 03

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3. A quote from the documentary #Unfit

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:05 PM

Sep 2020

"Once you get on board psychologically, once you commit to a demagogueish ideologue, that puts up a fact-proof screen between you and the world." - Sheldon Solomon, social psychologist

The movie is really interesting, and frightening. He has a long, detailed explanation, but that is the gist of his explanation. Frightened people fall in line between authoritarians who use key words and techniques to make them feel threatened, even if the threats don't exist. Humans revert to tribal behavior.

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Trump vs Bush polls, what's up with that 10% ? [View all] edhopper Sep 2020 OP

Herbert Hoover ran America into the ground and he still got 40% of the vote in 1932 DSandra Sep 2020 #1

Good point edhopper Sep 2020 #2

Interesting article empedocles Sep 2020 #5

A quote from the documentary #Unfit Mike 03 Sep 2020 #3

Maybe it is the difference between a corrupt political party and a cult. nevergiveup Sep 2020 #4

True edhopper Sep 2020 #9

I think it was at 8 years. Enough is enough! jimfields33 Sep 2020 #6

Reagan would have won in a landslide in 1988 Polybius Sep 2020 #11

Yieks. Horrid thought. But you are probably right. Weird times. jimfields33 Sep 2020 #13

Trump and his churches of Republicanism... gulliver Sep 2020 #7

Two wars that Bush started and couldn't finish didn't help his polls. dawg day Sep 2020 #8

Bush was boring, and was never good at firing up a crowd Polybius Sep 2020 #10

I don't think GWB was racist. Misguided yes, racist no. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2020 #12

The Trumpist GOP base didn't really like Dubya at that point Azathoth Sep 2020 #14

Good points edhopper Sep 2020 #15

Fifteen additional years of right-wing media brainwashing... SMC22307 Sep 2020 #16