It doesn’t make sense when you read about it abstractly, absolutely. But I really recommend going into US conservative spaces online to experience the propaganda engine they’re being subjected to for yourself. It’s so much more overwhelming than you think it is, and it makes complete sense why they’re like this - people are spending billions upon billions of dollars to make damn sure they stay like this: loyal, and kept securely in their massive iron info-bubble.
Also speaking to them irl will get you an understanding that they’re wholly unreceptive to alternative perspectives. This politician and party have become load bearing facets of many Americans’ identities.
I do occasionally watch conservative news and it’s just so over the top, I still can’t understand it. It’s just so without nuance and on the nose, I’d find it insulting if someone expected me to take it seriously. It’s literally constructed like those old email scams so that nobody with any common sense, good judgement, or self awareness could possibly engage with it, leaving it to speak directly to the dullest among us.
It doesn’t make sense when you read about it abstractly, absolutely. But I really recommend going into US conservative spaces online to experience the propaganda engine they’re being subjected to for yourself. It’s so much more overwhelming than you think it is, and it makes complete sense why they’re like this - people are spending billions upon billions of dollars to make damn sure they stay like this: loyal, and kept securely in their massive iron info-bubble.
Also speaking to them irl will get you an understanding that they’re wholly unreceptive to alternative perspectives. This politician and party have become load bearing facets of many Americans’ identities.
I do occasionally watch conservative news and it’s just so over the top, I still can’t understand it. It’s just so without nuance and on the nose, I’d find it insulting if someone expected me to take it seriously. It’s literally constructed like those old email scams so that nobody with any common sense, good judgement, or self awareness could possibly engage with it, leaving it to speak directly to the dullest among us.