I brought this up in my American media literacy thread. If you were to just lie about Trumps support for things (healthcare, immigration, queer rights, workers rights), would people switch their allegiance from nation and capital? My suspicion is no, but if some people accidentally became communists because they took your words at face value…
Really, I think most people understand power and allegiance even if they struggle to verbalise why they support one policy or politician. They know that if you say “Trump said that international workers rights will improve your standard of living”, you’re probably bullshitting them.
I brought this up in my American media literacy thread. If you were to just lie about Trumps support for things (healthcare, immigration, queer rights, workers rights), would people switch their allegiance from nation and capital? My suspicion is no, but if some people accidentally became communists because they took your words at face value…
Really, I think most people understand power and allegiance even if they struggle to verbalise why they support one policy or politician. They know that if you say “Trump said that international workers rights will improve your standard of living”, you’re probably bullshitting them.
(I’m terrible at rhetoric, can you tell?)