awaken
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op-ed from USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...09/democratic-party-left-me-column/766561002/
I think it could apply to Republicans, too.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...09/democratic-party-left-me-column/766561002/
I think it could apply to Republicans, too.
Politicians from both parties have gotten away with letting down ordinary Americans for decades because millions of Americans are culturally wedded to their tribal political identities of Republican or Democrat, and can’t think outside the box.
Would President Donald Trump’s supporters have preferred a decent, moral, well-behaved, well-informed populist? Sure, but in dire times, you take the populist who shows up because beggars can’t be choosers, etc.
Scott Adams talks a lot about cognitive dissonance and its tells.For an opinion writer, self-identifying as a Democrat (or Republican) can be constricting. It can consciously or unconsciously make you hew to positions, make you defend the indefensible. It can give you cognitive dissonance