2 ms·
No surprise here, I think this trend started with Clinton and got worse and worse. I also think it was kind of "planned" by the 2 political parties. They disc
by jmclnx 2y ago
No surprise here, I think this trend started with Clinton and got worse and worse.
I also think it was kind of "planned" by the 2 political parties. They discovered contributions from the "regular folk" would increase if they demonized the other side. Because they like money more than people, the demonizations got worse and worse.
As time went on, some politicians got very good at this and some started to believe the other side is evil. So now seems some people running for office now only care about themselves and lie and say anything to get in, and people believe the lies because it is us vs them.
- cen4 2y agoDirectly proportional to how much Ad spend increases every year. Attention Available is finite but Ad Volumes keep growing.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoI think it started further back - with Democratic attacks on Reagan. (Nixon was a whole different deal. Yes, the Democrats - among others - attacked him, but that wasn't just party politics.)
- gremlinsinc 2y agoLook up the powell doctrine...it created neoliberalism and the idea of using fringe issues to divide the country so they could hold control.