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The shared persuasion tactics of politics and startups
- sixothree 3y agoI used to believe single issue voters existed. I don't think they do any more. They pretend things are important to them until their party tells them something else is currently more important. And then I watch them fall in line.
- 0xferruccio 3y agoOP here! American politics are very polarised right now so I agree that most likely not many votes are moving based on single issues, but there's a ton of examples where buying decisions are made based on a single criteria - think vegan or kosher food
- stcredzero 3y agoOur brains are wired up in a particular set of patterns for social organization. So it's no surprise that all kinds of different organizations and their tactics will resemble one another. What really matters is: Are the people in the organization subject to epistemic dysfunction? Does the organization pathologically warp the perceptions and emotions of its people to the point of delusion? In contrast to Drexler et al's idea from the late 80's early 90's, that "hypertext would save the world" from its delusions, social media has just made the organization of information bubbles easier than ever.
- tmaly 3y ago> Politicians repeat the same words over and over again. I think they have to do this. Just recall any politician that has been caught flip flopping on an issue. It makes the appear weak and fickle.