this is called 'playing to one's priors' -- the oldest, most effective marketing/propaganda trick in the book. cc @CaseyA
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Replying to @Pv
Point is you can't create those priors. You can only wait for them, and they might never arrive, leaving your bid for power stillborn.
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Replying to @vgr
Buddy, that's obvious. But who said that Masters of Propaganda wait? They never wait on them--they bend/exploit existing ones. (cont'd)
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Replying to @Pv
Hoffer Has discusses this. At the scale of nations, there's not much you can do to provoke the right conditions. Maybe city/Corp scale
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Replying to @vgr
Hmmmmm. Do not what Stalin, Castro et al (mistreat their citizens) not count as 'provoking right conditions'?
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Replying to @Pv
Matter of degree I suppose. You'd have to model the situation. I think "political elasticity" is generally lower than people think
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Replying to @vgr
Hmmmm. In less than 20 years, I have seen the Left go from full protectionism for union members to full globalism/free trade.
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Replying to @Pv
Because Internet happened on Democrat watch and they smartly took credit :D. Remember Bill Clinton's "balanced the budget" bragging?
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sure. My point is that I think political elasticity is generally high. eg USA kids of refugees of Communism sympathizing with Commies.
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Had a girl whose parents fled Vietnam tell me that Commies were misunderstood. Function of rebellion against right-wing parents.
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There's a "political activation" funnel. From ignorance to casual opinion to apathetic voting to anger to rallying to extreme voting...
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