Hopefully, but 8.4% unemployment & 200K deaths hasn't diminished that glow for 40% of the country. Instead, it's amplified the glow b/c they bought into Trump's personal ("Hoax"), and their collective ("Liberate") persecution narratives...1/
If Trump loses they may be further galvanized because even as Trump attempts to steal the election, he has convinced his base that the Democrats are stealing the election. He has used this tactic repeatedly as explained here: 2/
Another factor is that the political news consumption during Trump's presidency has evolved from a "supply & demand" model...to a "demand & supply" model:
FOX no longer drives/dictates news consumption. FOX now finds itself in a subservient/reactionary position of either... 8/
...feeding demand or risk losing market share to more extreme, far Right, lunatic fringe sources of information. The permeation of QANON/AON into mainstream consciousness is indicative of this: 9/
Another factor determining whether Trump's "glow" diminishes: Indictment.
If Trump loses, he is eligible to run for president again in 2024. He doesn't actually have to want to run, because as is often the case, it's only about the appearance: 13/
Article about device addiction by @brianklaas, which references @JonHaidt's book "the Anxious Generation" analyzing the effect smart phones have on kids.
I work with kids who struggle with electronic device dependency/addiction.
I attached relevant threads about Qanon, the neuropsychology of conspiracy theory susceptibility, and how dopamine/addiction and celebrity gossip/entertainment factors in, etc.
It's difficult to remember all of the things that should repulse otherwise decent people who continue to support a severely disordered man who they would otherwise condemn in any other context.
In 2018, I observed the parallels in political tribalism/conflict, and addiction.
I asked an advisor if i could focus on this in a grad school thesis, but was told I didn’t have the time, and the program didn’t have the resources.
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In 2021, I alluded to a possible addiction/dopamine link with politics in a @projectlincoln podcast......