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I'm not a supporter either, and I'm neither a US citizen nor someone living in the US, so I have no horse in this race, but this comment struck me as strange >

by imron 10y ago

I'm not a supporter either, and I'm neither a US citizen nor someone living in the US, so I have no horse in this race, but this comment struck me as strange > Unfortunately he's a conservative xenophobe at heart If you look in to it, throughout his life he's been rather liberal/progressive. In fact even now, he falls to the left of Hillary on a number of topics. He also has a decades of history not being xenophobic. I wonder what you attribute such a sudden change in attitude of a 70 year old man to?

api 10y ago
Maybe he's just pandering to what he thinks is a 'base' he can mobilize. But that counts against him as far as I'm concerned.
- imron 10y ago
  Scott Adams of Dilbert fame frames it as a persuasion tactic called pacing and leading. First you get people on your side by making them think you're just like them (pacing) and once there you can take them in whatever direction you like (leading) because they believe you're on their side. Before this week, would you have ever thought that so many of the Republican base would be in favor of a maternity leave policy like the one Trump just proposed? These are the same people who have previously been complaining and campaigning against handouts and government overreach, yet now are cheering for a 'pro-family' maternity leave policy (rationalising after the fact because it's their guy proposing it). The Dems are already there on that sort of policy so to get it implemented you need to get the GOP to come to the party. Trump is doing that. I highly doubt that if Hillary had proposed an identical policy that so many of the Republican base would be so enthusiastic about it, and that's how you make policy work. And it's only just the beginning, the pacing is mostly done and he just needs to follow through on the leading.
  - r_smart 10y ago
    For those who aren't aware, Scott Adams recently appeared on The Rubin Report and talked about this stuff[0]. It was a really interesting interview, and Dave Rubin's show is awesome. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMV6SLT9KI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMV6SLT9KI

by imron 10y ago

api 10y ago

Maybe he's just pandering to what he thinks is a 'base' he can mobilize. But that counts against him as far as I'm concerned.

imron 10y ago
Scott Adams of Dilbert fame frames it as a persuasion tactic called pacing and leading. First you get people on your side by making them think you're just like them (pacing) and once there you can take them in whatever direction you like (leading) because they believe you're on their side. Before this week, would you have ever thought that so many of the Republican base would be in favor of a maternity leave policy like the one Trump just proposed? These are the same people who have previously been complaining and campaigning against handouts and government overreach, yet now are cheering for a 'pro-family' maternity leave policy (rationalising after the fact because it's their guy proposing it). The Dems are already there on that sort of policy so to get it implemented you need to get the GOP to come to the party. Trump is doing that. I highly doubt that if Hillary had proposed an identical policy that so many of the Republican base would be so enthusiastic about it, and that's how you make policy work. And it's only just the beginning, the pacing is mostly done and he just needs to follow through on the leading.
- r_smart 10y ago
  For those who aren't aware, Scott Adams recently appeared on The Rubin Report and talked about this stuff[0]. It was a really interesting interview, and Dave Rubin's show is awesome. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMV6SLT9KI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMV6SLT9KI