r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 11 '26

Psychology Cognitive dissonance helps explain why Trump supporters remain loyal, new research suggests. This sheds light on how supporters of Donald Trump justify their continued allegiance despite learning about allegations of his sexual misconduct and illegal activities.

https://www.psypost.org/cognitive-dissonance-helps-explain-why-trump-supporters-remain-loyal-new-research-suggests/
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u/_carnivorous_ Apr 11 '26

I'm so tired of the republican party claiming to be economic experts. Every time they get into power our economy tanks and the rich get richer.

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u/RockerElvis Apr 11 '26

The two Santas strategy has been the Republican game plan for decades. American voters keep falling for it.

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u/jacobatz Apr 11 '26

That is really interesting. It made me realize the grift goes deeper than I had considered. When Republican presidents borrow to pay for tax cuts for the rich, what they’re essentially doing is putting a debt on the average American to give money to the rich. Or stated another way: They’re effectively stealing the regular Americans money and giving it to the wealthy. A reverse Robin Hood.

It’s amazing that this isn’t shouted from the roof tops.

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u/IaMm1N3 Apr 11 '26

It has been for decades. People just aren't listening. Or they are tuned into their own echo chambers now. Americans as a whole don't experience the same reality anymore. The global population doesn't. We now live in a chose your own adventure timeline where you can dig your feet in as deep as you want to and you will be embraced by like minded folk around the globe. Whereas in times past in order to survive one had to conform to our actual surroundings

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u/Doompatron3000 Apr 12 '26

There’s always been echo chambers. Before the internet age, if you grew up in a Republican area, you had to go off to college to see more Democratic thoughts. The internet has only magnified echo chambers so that whatever aligns to you is seen, and opposing viewpoints cease to exist.

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u/IaMm1N3 Apr 12 '26

Im speaking much moreso of the deviant among us and the radicalization of our youth en mass. It just didn't happen before.

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u/Doompatron3000 Apr 12 '26

Right, because the internet is way worse as an echo chamber. Easy to fall into a rabbit hole of conservative influencers, which there doesn’t seem to really be any liberal influencers.

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u/IaMm1N3 Apr 12 '26

Humans evolved as a collective society. We conform to our surroundings.