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kleinbl00  ·  2694 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Basket of Deplorables: 1. "Where we go from here"

I have a friend who was a principal at TBWA-Chiat Day, a director at Publicis and a partner at McKinney and Silver. The phrase he keeps using is "low-information voters."

There are a lot of problems we're dealing with right now and "low information voters" is certainly a major part of it. I personally think that increasing the information available (or perhaps simply increasing the signal-to-noise ratio) is one of the most efficient ways of moving the fight to turf we can win on.

But I also think it won't matter much.

'member back when SpaceX blocked the United Launch Alliance from buying RD-180 rocket engines because of the trade embargo we have against Russia?

'member how ULA got it overturned a week later? Why? Because fuck you, that's why.

A trade war with China under Trump becomes an embargo against everything except the stuff that gets lobbied for the hardest. I'm wondering how the Trumpkins are going to feel about the new wave of crony capitalism they're sweeping into power.

Probably about the same as they feel about the racism. Tribalism trumps human decency.