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I'll posit an additional factor: people who are disenfranchised and desperate are more likely to believe conspiracy theories and act on them. Andrew Yang talked
by vulcan01 6y ago
I'll posit an additional factor: people who are disenfranchised and desperate are more likely to believe conspiracy theories and act on them. Andrew Yang talked about this a lot during + after his campaign, and also this paper:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3791630 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3791630 (sorry to those who don't have jstor... I'll try to find stuff)
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoYeah, that’s a myth. Trump voters are more affluent than Democrats. See all those confederate flags today? The gallows? The Auschwitz shirts? When they tell you they are motivated by racism, believe them!
- vulcan01 6y agoThat still is compatible with what I said. There is never just one reason to any major social thing.
- mNovak 6y agoI don't think that's true. Trump's base is rural and suburban, white, non-college educated [1]. While income isn't listed here, that does not align with typical wealth distributions. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/08/09/an-examination-of-the-2016-electorate-based-on-validated-voters/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/08/09/an-examinati...