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1 - Trump supporters validate who they are by their "beliefs." Pretty easy to do. If you say you believe something and a lot of others say they believe it too, it must be real. Belief is emotional, requiring minimal thought. And who can tell you what to believe?
1 - Trump supporters validate who they are by their "beliefs." Pretty easy to do. If you say you believe something and a lot of others say they believe it too, it must be real. Belief is emotional, requiring minimal thought. And who can tell you what to believe?
2 - Think about it - why work so hard to discern information and knowledge when it's way simpler just to seek validation for your feelings? And it's so easy to broaden that to false narratives. "I don't believe in vaccines or masks" becomes equal to "I don't believe in science."
3 - Once you adopt a belief system not anchored in truth, and you assign more importance to the belief than you do to fact, it becomes easy to do it again. And AGAIN. Before you know it, you're addicted to the validation you get from whatever media source confirms your beliefs!
4 - That media source you're addicted to is careful. Never stirs up cognitive dissonance. Never puts forth debate. You feel safe there. Soon - you feel UNsafe anywhere else. You're in an echo chamber now. Truth is skewed, and little penetrates. Congratulations, you're in a cult!
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