I love this. I am an extremely-online hermit and I know I do not have a clue what's actually going on out there. You explained why Jack Dorsey supports RFK, otherwise baffling to me.
Well I learned stuff with this read. Big thanks to the hard working staff at Drezner world. I suppose it makes sense that the pandemic response would lose its prominence when it faded but that thought hadn’t occurred to me before and now I know it’s true. Having said that , to be fair to de Santis I doubt anyone could have loosened Trump’s cult-like status with Republican voters. I suspect the Biden camp are secretly pleased that Trump has winged the once high flying deSantis for them because he could have been a tougher opponent in 2024.
I’d be interested in any research as to what percentage of the population is not very plugged into the internet and if their politics and interests are different to the net-dwellers. My feeling is the problem with those who get their politics from the internet is that it is made up of a lot of heated silos full of people who share the same viewpoint. The problem is when you think what’s common wisdom in the silo is a good indicator of what the population actually thinks. I don’t know if conservatives are particularly plugged into the net but they do seem prone to the misconception that the opinions of their circle are widely held in the community. This is clearly the a problem with US conservatives and it seems to be an issue with conservatives here in Australia. They’ve let themselves be heavily influenced/infiltrated by enthusiastic Christians despite this nation being generally irreligous. Australia’s Bible belt is a few scanty scraps of leather that will never cover a massive secular belly.
PS I like to collect aphorisms and I’ve picked up two rippers here with the problems of speaking truth to money and the odds are good/the goods are odd combination. This is an academic who can write well in non-technical language.
I love this. I am an extremely-online hermit and I know I do not have a clue what's actually going on out there. You explained why Jack Dorsey supports RFK, otherwise baffling to me.
Well I learned stuff with this read. Big thanks to the hard working staff at Drezner world. I suppose it makes sense that the pandemic response would lose its prominence when it faded but that thought hadn’t occurred to me before and now I know it’s true. Having said that , to be fair to de Santis I doubt anyone could have loosened Trump’s cult-like status with Republican voters. I suspect the Biden camp are secretly pleased that Trump has winged the once high flying deSantis for them because he could have been a tougher opponent in 2024.
I’d be interested in any research as to what percentage of the population is not very plugged into the internet and if their politics and interests are different to the net-dwellers. My feeling is the problem with those who get their politics from the internet is that it is made up of a lot of heated silos full of people who share the same viewpoint. The problem is when you think what’s common wisdom in the silo is a good indicator of what the population actually thinks. I don’t know if conservatives are particularly plugged into the net but they do seem prone to the misconception that the opinions of their circle are widely held in the community. This is clearly the a problem with US conservatives and it seems to be an issue with conservatives here in Australia. They’ve let themselves be heavily influenced/infiltrated by enthusiastic Christians despite this nation being generally irreligous. Australia’s Bible belt is a few scanty scraps of leather that will never cover a massive secular belly.
PS I like to collect aphorisms and I’ve picked up two rippers here with the problems of speaking truth to money and the odds are good/the goods are odd combination. This is an academic who can write well in non-technical language.