Trump’s way of convincing voters he was a good businessman is literally just repeating, “I’m the best at business.” Fox reports it, Facebook bots astroturf it, and influencers amplify it. And after a daily diet of news TV, Facebook and Tiktok feeding those reinforcements, people walk into conversations and eventually the voting booth, check their vibes, and find that opinion pre-formed.
Never mind that he bankrupted a casino, or inherited the money that made him rich, or has done a thousand obvious infomercial-level grifts that anyone can look up. And repeat this with a hundred other lies that create a shared “truth” without any self-reflection or research.
I think about this a lot.
Trump’s way of convincing voters he was a good businessman is literally just repeating, “I’m the best at business.” Fox reports it, Facebook bots astroturf it, and influencers amplify it. And after a daily diet of news TV, Facebook and Tiktok feeding those reinforcements, people walk into conversations and eventually the voting booth, check their vibes, and find that opinion pre-formed.
Never mind that he bankrupted a casino, or inherited the money that made him rich, or has done a thousand obvious infomercial-level grifts that anyone can look up. And repeat this with a hundred other lies that create a shared “truth” without any self-reflection or research.
Propaganda is repetition. That’s all it needs.
The Apprentice has a lot to answer for in this regard.
Reality TV is cancer.
Effective propaganda is multi-path repetition. That’s why pigface is always using the “everybody says” line. Pervasive lies.