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Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators | Speaking to wealthy donors behind closed doors, he said that he supports Israel’s right to continue “its war on terror. (wapo.st)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (13 children)

Convincing people that no matter who you vote for, we'll keep paying for the genocide is not a good strategy.

All that will do is make empathetic people not vote, and when turnout is low, republicans win.

Dems can't run in fear based politics about what the other side wants to do, the people that shit works on are already Republicans.

Dem voters want to hear about what Dems will do to help.

It is very very hard to change that, because it's literally how our brains work.

Dems tend to have larger prefrontal cortex (empathy and critical thinking) while Republicans have waaaay more amygdala activity (fear, flight/fright/freeze).

What appeals to one group, doesn't appeal to the other. But both groups cater to conservatives and hope they can guilt trip high empathy voters.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-fear-brain-study-finds

https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16030051

The people running the Dem party need to learn some fucking empathy and realize just because deep down they're closer to conservatives than liberals, and that voters aren't motivated by the same shit.

I mean, we could just replace party leaders with empathetic people who understand their voters, but I'm not holding my breath.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You’re 1000% correct with this analysis

Dems can't run in fear based politics about what the other side wants to do, the people that shit works on are already Republicans.

This is what’s so disheartening about the modern day DNC, as this seems to be their only campaign strategy since 2016. In a way, what they’re actually doing is normalizing and manufacturing consent for the repugnantcon platform.

“Not Trump” is the lowest possible bar, and the most pathetic part about it is sometimes Biden manages to fall short of it. Get off the fear based bs and lead with some substance Dems!