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Scott Adams's blog, http://blog.dilbert.com/ http://blog.dilbert.com/ is an immensely interesting and entertaining source of information on the whole Trump phen

by smackay 10y ago

Scott Adams's blog, http://blog.dilbert.com/ http://blog.dilbert.com/ is an immensely interesting and entertaining source of information on the whole Trump phenomenon. If what he says is remotely true then politics is never going to be the same again.

tempestn 10y ago
Agreed. This post in particular was interesting: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/143789982926/clinton-versus-trump-persuasion-scores http://blog.dilbert.com/post/143789982926/clinton-versus-tru...
- alexc05 10y ago
  That was a bit "cargo cult" and NLP for my tastes. "The magnetic strip makes you think if debt which is bad" There's no evidence that thinking of debt (a) happens or (b) is bad The whole post feels like that to me.
  - rantanplan 10y ago
    Yeah surprise!! What I didn't know until very recently is that S. Adams subscribes to every New Age bullshit under the sun. I mean, the whole lot, law of attraction and all that crap. One would think that all this goes against his Dilbert character and aligns more with something his PHB would believe... but yeah... surprise!!
  - rustynails 10y ago
    I am disappointed Clinton played the gender card - that was her best argument? I thought Adams' assessment was fair. I really don't like Trump's policies, but, a person who can't see past their own gender and only represents 1/2 the population? That's a great way to lose 1/2 the votes. It's an amazing feat, but, Clinton managed to change my mind and convince me that Trump is the best candidate of the two. Shudder the thought! I truly feel for the Amerucan population. The only choice is who to block out, rather than who to vote in.
    - raddad 10y ago
      What I find truly comical and will be the biggest laugh of all other elections is when Ted Cruz and John Kasich declared their biggest qualifications were "Vote for me because I'm not Trump".
    - rorykoehler 10y ago
      I sadly have to agree that Trump, as repulsive as he is, is actually the better candidate. Clinton is a downright evil person. A callous war hawk with little regard for other humans. Trump is just a racist egomaniacal narcissist but I doubt he has the blood thirst of Hillary.
  - tempestn 10y ago
    Just for the record, I'm not saying I agree with everything he wrote, just that I found the perspective interesting.
rantanplan 10y ago
As much as I love his comic strip, I'd be wary of his political analyses. He thinks he's a trained hypnotist(hypnosis is total baloney) and he thinks he has awesome persuasion skills. Oh by the way he thinks that Trump has awesome persuasion skills as well. I don't think there's much analysis that needs to be done for the Trump phenomenon. He is a narcissistic douche, exuding "success" according to the contemporary American standards. The mass has been completely brainwashed for the past decades, with regards to what happiness and success looks like. Case closed. There are no magical persuasion skills at play here.
- forgetsusername 10y ago
  >Oh by the way he thinks that Trump has awesome persuasion skills as well. That "narcissistic douche" just overran the Republican Party, and you doubt that he's persuasive? That's an interesting view.
  - mahranch 10y ago
    Appealing and persuasive aren't the same things; Trump is "appealing" to a certain demographic and mindset of the U.S population and that's how he bulldozed the GOP - he was charismatic to the right group of people at the right time. The GOP really did it to themselves... they moved so far right over the last 30 years that this happening was inevitable. I remember saying back in 2008 that if the GOP keeps this up (anyone remember Palin or Huckabee?), they're going to have have some batshit crazy candidate running for president. And here we are. He's not convincing anyone who believed something different; he's just pandering to an already primed base (a base which has been moving further right ever since Reagan beat Carter). I think opportunist would be a better word here.
- herval 10y ago
  Can you ellaborate on hypnosis being "total baloney"? I know trained hypnotists and seen it work first-hand, curious to see your evidence...
  - rantanplan 10y ago

by smackay 10y ago

tempestn 10y ago

Agreed. This post in particular was interesting: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/143789982926/clinton-versus-trump-persuasion-scores http://blog.dilbert.com/post/143789982926/clinton-versus-tru...

alexc05 10y ago
That was a bit "cargo cult" and NLP for my tastes. "The magnetic strip makes you think if debt which is bad" There's no evidence that thinking of debt (a) happens or (b) is bad The whole post feels like that to me.
- rantanplan 10y ago
  Yeah surprise!! What I didn't know until very recently is that S. Adams subscribes to every New Age bullshit under the sun. I mean, the whole lot, law of attraction and all that crap. One would think that all this goes against his Dilbert character and aligns more with something his PHB would believe... but yeah... surprise!!
- rustynails 10y ago
  I am disappointed Clinton played the gender card - that was her best argument? I thought Adams' assessment was fair. I really don't like Trump's policies, but, a person who can't see past their own gender and only represents 1/2 the population? That's a great way to lose 1/2 the votes. It's an amazing feat, but, Clinton managed to change my mind and convince me that Trump is the best candidate of the two. Shudder the thought! I truly feel for the Amerucan population. The only choice is who to block out, rather than who to vote in.
  - raddad 10y ago
    What I find truly comical and will be the biggest laugh of all other elections is when Ted Cruz and John Kasich declared their biggest qualifications were "Vote for me because I'm not Trump".
  - rorykoehler 10y ago
    I sadly have to agree that Trump, as repulsive as he is, is actually the better candidate. Clinton is a downright evil person. A callous war hawk with little regard for other humans. Trump is just a racist egomaniacal narcissist but I doubt he has the blood thirst of Hillary.
- tempestn 10y ago
  Just for the record, I'm not saying I agree with everything he wrote, just that I found the perspective interesting.

rantanplan 10y ago

As much as I love his comic strip, I'd be wary of his political analyses. He thinks he's a trained hypnotist(hypnosis is total baloney) and he thinks he has awesome persuasion skills. Oh by the way he thinks that Trump has awesome persuasion skills as well. I don't think there's much analysis that needs to be done for the Trump phenomenon. He is a narcissistic douche, exuding "success" according to the contemporary American standards. The mass has been completely brainwashed for the past decades, with regards to what happiness and success looks like. Case closed. There are no magical persuasion skills at play here.

forgetsusername 10y ago
>Oh by the way he thinks that Trump has awesome persuasion skills as well. That "narcissistic douche" just overran the Republican Party, and you doubt that he's persuasive? That's an interesting view.
- mahranch 10y ago
  Appealing and persuasive aren't the same things; Trump is "appealing" to a certain demographic and mindset of the U.S population and that's how he bulldozed the GOP - he was charismatic to the right group of people at the right time. The GOP really did it to themselves... they moved so far right over the last 30 years that this happening was inevitable. I remember saying back in 2008 that if the GOP keeps this up (anyone remember Palin or Huckabee?), they're going to have have some batshit crazy candidate running for president. And here we are. He's not convincing anyone who believed something different; he's just pandering to an already primed base (a base which has been moving further right ever since Reagan beat Carter). I think opportunist would be a better word here.
herval 10y ago
Can you ellaborate on hypnosis being "total baloney"? I know trained hypnotists and seen it work first-hand, curious to see your evidence...
- rantanplan 10y ago