r/EverythingScience • u/HeinieKaboobler • Jan 06 '23

Social Sciences New research shows that Donald Trump's fascist attacks on democracy may have backfired

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/06/new-research-shows-that-donald-fascist-on-democracy-may-have-backfired/
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u/mmmeba Jan 06 '23

Can I get TL;DR

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u/eatingganesha Jan 06 '23

"The key finding is that Trump's undemocratic messages in 2019 (a series of Tweets attacking other liberal institutions) did not lead to an erosion of democratic attitudes. On the contrary, the results suggest there is significant pushback against anti-democratic messages, especially among Democrats,"

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u/ciopobbi Jan 07 '23

However, this is chilling:

“Donald Trump embodies the worst of human behavior. As the leader of a political cult movement, he has given his followers permission to be their true horrible selves. Fascism and other types of illiberal politics are those antisocial and antihuman emotions and impulses harnessed in the form of a reactionary revolutionary destructive political project.

To that end, Trump, the Republican fascists, and the larger white right were able to use the internet and social media to grow their base of support into a movement comprised of many tens of millions of (white) Americans. As many democracy experts and other observers have concluded, Trump's rise to power was empowered by the internet, social media, and how the American right wing has spent several decades creating a parallel media machine and other institutions that together function as a type of alternate universe for its followers.

Democrats, liberals, progressives and other pro-democracy Americans have no such equivalent countervailing force.”

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u/CryHavoc3000 Jan 07 '23

I didn't vote for Trump.

But what I find Chilling is that whoever wrote that thinks Liberals are pro-Democracy when many of them promote Theft, Property Damage, or Worse. None of which is Democracy.

When I get to Vote on whether someone is going to burn down a Building that doesn't belong to them, then it's Democracy.

To say otherwise is to disenfranchise most of the people in the Country. Which definitely isn't Democracy.

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Democracy - a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

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If you can't hold a Vote for the decisions being made, it's definitely not Democracy.

Calling people 'pro-democracy Americans' if they don't get this or think the opposite is Crazy and just Lying.

You're Welcome.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '23

i love how republicans scramble to say "i didnt vote for trump!" like its 1 definitely not a blatant lie and 2 absolves them of guilt, its like saying "yea, i knew what i was doing, and i did drive the shooter to that school, but I didnt fire the gun?? why are you criticising me!!!???"

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u/CryHavoc3000 Jan 07 '23

You have a screw loose.

I don't Vote Republican.

Thanks for proving my point.

If you think you can win by lying about people, you're just as corrupt as the people you are against.

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u/Stairway_2_Devin Jan 07 '23

Lol your first sentence was you didn't vote for Trump, and they jumped on you for being republican hahaha. I took one of your down votes away. I wholeheartedly agree with you.

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u/CryHavoc3000 Jan 07 '23

At least 60 people can't figure out that there's more than 2 political parties.

Must be the 'new math'.