Then, again, as I wrote in the piece above, the Trump presidency could be the thing that pushes the "follow the leader effect" to its breaking point. Which, from a social science perspective, would be fascinating to see. But I'm not going to bet on it.
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Americans are not sheep. Stay blind until it gets you.
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There's no reason to leave but
#WalkAway is going strong
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“Like lemmings to the sea”.
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That experiment was run long ago. Its name was Bill Clinton.
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Leader? WHAT leader? They are pitiful
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Some interesting facts here even if not surprising: “The people most likely to follow Trump’s lead were those who didn’t know much about politics but still strongly identified as Republicans.” That jives w/the T fans I know.
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And “only 50% of the public can accurately match policy preferences to the correct party or candidate. And about 20 to 40% of the public holds stable views on policy.”
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The GOP has been hijacked by authoritarians over the past 30+ years. Trump is what they want. A "strongman" to give them scapegoats to all their problems.
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Yes, lemmings will be lemmings, until the next cliche kicks in: rats jumping from a sinking ship.
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Staunch defenders of America, Republicans today rose to the challenge. The hearing today in
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You know who has the most extensive study of this political phenomenon? Putin! 1st Soviet Russia & now Puitn's Russia are very adept at understanding behavior and manipulating behavior!
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They are going nowhere until they lose.
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