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And such a result it just goes to show how brainwashed they are. Nothing's more appealing than a scapegoat (liberals, "coastal elites", the EPA, Mexicans), when
by FreakyT 9y ago
And such a result it just goes to show how brainwashed they are. Nothing's more appealing than a scapegoat (liberals, "coastal elites", the EPA, Mexicans), when the biggest problem is yourself.
- devmunchies 9y agobrainwashed? more like hopeless and desperate.
- FreakyT 9y agoI'd say both are likely. Those who are hopeless and desperate are much easier targets for propaganda.
- at-fates-hands 9y agoWhich both parties paid in the billions to reach. In this heavily divided, partisan atmosphere, no amount of propaganda (Russian or otherwise) is going to make someone living in the rust belt vote for someone like Clinton. Likewise, no amount of propaganda (Russian or otherwise) is going to convince some hipster startup founder in the SF bay area to vote for someone like Trump.
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- paulsutter 9y ago> Nothing's more appealing than a scapegoat (liberals, "coastal elites", the EPA, Mexicans) Did you catch that they voted 70% for Bernie?
- jdminhbg 9y agoThat's just a different scapegoat: bankers, globalism, etc.
- Buldak 9y agoWhere does this 70% figure come from? A cursory search I just did turns up 51% for Bernie [1]. At any rate, it's unclear to me what you take this to show. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Democratic_primary,_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Democratic_prima...
- paulsutter 9y agoI thought it was by 70% by delegate count, but yes it looks like 62%