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> ~75-80% of farmers voted for this administration. It’s a curious study in the psychology of cognitive blind spots I suppose. Surely farmers in the course of
by kashunstva 1y ago
> ~75-80% of farmers voted for this administration.
It’s a curious study in the psychology of cognitive blind spots I suppose. Surely farmers in the course of their work understand the phenomenon of cause and effect. Why is it so difficult then to port that to the political sphere? This is a man, who regardless of one’s own position on the political spectrum, seems so grossly under-equipped - both in terms of education and disposition -to steer a large complex economy, that it beggars comprehension as to how these farmers could have made the decisions that most did.
- toomuchtodo 1y agohttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-social-emotional-brain/202410/why-voters-support-trump-despite-his-alleged-misdeeds https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-social-emotional...
- insane_dreamer 1y agoI'm perplexed by this as well. It's not like the farmers didn't understand the impact of China on their business -- they've been their largest customer for years. So why vote for someone who says upfront that they're going into a trade-war with China, pissing off your farm's biggest customer and likely leading to retaliation in the form of cutting back on purchases. Not to mention that China retaliated once before by cutting back on soybean purchases during Trump 1.0. I'd be curious to understand whether the farmers 1) were ignorant of the consequences of a trade war with China, 2) understood the ramifications of a trade war but didn't think Trump would start one, 3) knew it could happen but were lied to by Trump that he would somehow "protect them" (how?), 4) knew Trump would start a trade war and understood this would piss off their biggest customer but didn't care because "trans athletes", "immigrants" or some other culture war cry was worth risking their farm over Baffling.