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12 Nov, 8 tweets, 3 min read
I touch on some possibilities here, but I'm not optimistic. Especially as people start to indicate they're turning on FOX for more aggressive/radical niche information sources that will drive them even deeper into the radicalized/disinformation hole. 1/
.....2/....
As long as we have two alternate realities being broadcast by two opposing media ecosystems, and consumers who overwhelmingly refuse to consume any information that challenges their worldview.....it's tough to see how things change. A couple of threads: 3/
A thread on the "Firehose of Lies": 4/
Someone mentioned religion in this conversation. I've extensively analyzed the role of religion in Trumpism. Here's about 15 threads linked together: 5/
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Thread analyzing QANON, and their fixation on Antifa, pedophilia, and conspiracy theories:

"Conspiracy theories are a cognitive dissonance-reconciling narrative that simultaneously sustain the believers’ narcissism and victimhood...": 8/

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12 Nov
Suicide figures are up. Could 2 followers please copy and re-post this tweet? We’re trying to demonstrate that someone is always listening.

Call 1-800-273-8255 (USA hotline). Please. Just call.

Just two. Any two. Copy, not retweet.
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10 Nov
In 2016, half the country fell into despair when they watched a sociopathic narcissist win a potentially compromised presidential election.

For many, Trump triggered previous traumatic experiences with similarly disordered people and relationships. 1/
The Right rolled their eyes....

.....reveled in the collective anxiety....

.....they wore, "F*ck your feelings", t-shirts....

.....and made mocking/antagonizing statements about the rest of the country being "snowflakes"....

.....about liberal tears tasting delicious..... 2/
.....and dismissively labeled the legitimate, rational reaction to Trump's psychopathology as "Trump Derangement Syndrome": 3/
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8 Nov
Unfortunately, I don't think Trumpism is going anywhere soon. There's are a lot of radical Right Wing Media personalities who won't be able to pivot off of Trump b/c they're too personally invested in the alternate realities they helped create. It's now reached a point where...1/
....demand/consumption of disinformation by Right Wing consumers, rather that supply, will drive/dictate the narrative of Trumpism. As explained here: 2/
....3/....
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7 Nov
Let's be clear. The patronizing stroking that we're now seeing from Right Wing Media Echo Chamber sycophants is not an appeal to preserve Trump's "legacy"...

.....it's the desperate manipulation of his narcissism with the hope that it disarms his democracy destroying sociopathy.
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6 Nov
There's an article that expanded upon a thread (no pay wall):patreon.com/posts/sunk-cos…
patreon.com/posts/sunk-cos…
The original thread that the article expanded upon:
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6 Nov
Addiction is related to the neurotransmitter "dopamine".

Fear is related to loss.

Trump has exploited the fear/loss dynamic with "Make America Great Again", which exploits fear of cultural/white nationalistic "loss".

Add in a healthy dose of dopamine (addiction): "Trumpism":1/
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