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This is an old pattern going back a good decade at least in conservative circles. Everybody ingests at least some of their worldview and opinions from external
by i80and 1y ago
This is an old pattern going back a good decade at least in conservative circles.
Everybody ingests at least some of their worldview and opinions from external voices. That's a reality of humans trying to navigate a complicated messy world. But it was really shocking seeing family members hold reasonable view "A", until the local talk radio station sprays out "A bad, B good", and then bam, instant complete retroactive reversal like they never thought "A".
- vkou 1y agoThat's not a conservative problem, that's an anyone problem. Most of the liberal zeitgeist has done a 180 on globalism and tariffs this year, as a very prominent example. The problem isn't that a political party is acting as hive mind, the problem is that the core pillar of conservatism they practice is 'I will use the law as a weapon against you, but I will not ever be bound by it'. Which is no way to run a society, any I cannot have any respect for its disciples.
- Spooky23 1y agoIt started with the deregulation of radio and telecom in the 90s, and accelerated right around the time of the OJ chase. I worked on a farm in middle and high school at the time. Every blue collar dude, farmers, truckers, tradesmen all listened to Rush at lunchtime.