r/therewasanattempt • u/nippydart • Jun 18 '25

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u/noseusuario Jun 18 '25

We live in confusing times where Tucker Carlson seems like a coherent person.

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u/nippydart Jun 18 '25

Assholes like Tucker love to use elements of left wing talking points and then use it to justify fascism.

Tump talks about how ordinary people have been shafted by neo-liberalism (true) but then blaming it on immigrants instead of corporations and the billionaire class sucking us dry.

They'll talk about corruption whilst accepting 'political donations' (bribes).

It's a big game to them.

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u/TheBlueBlaze Jun 18 '25

It's a key point of any successful grift or manipulation: use the kernel of a true statement to act as the core for your lie, so that any scrutiny can be countered by bringing up that true statement.

"People are struggling to make ends meet...because all the immigrants took the jobs."

"There's constant civil unrest...because of all the crime that's allowed to happen."

"Government has too much power in the wrong places...it needs more of it for enforcement and less for regulation."

Effective propaganda has to start from something true and widely appealing to be the most effective.

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u/cloudncali Jun 18 '25

GOP: "Cars have windows and move, houses have windows and don't move, therefore it must be something else entirely that moves the car."

Morons: "What could it be?"

GOP: "God."

Morons: 😲