Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-99.73.35.159-20181005201301/@comment-2600:387:6:804:0:0:0:83-20181012210337

“(Within American politics the phenomena where supporters seem to accept continuous blatent flasehoods is much more eloquently answered by looking at research into tribalsm or how people act in groups. These individuals are not  so "uneducated" as to actually believe the falsehoods but falling into tribalism where acceptance of cheating or lying is OK as long as it protects your groups against others. )”

“The perception (and reality) that dark money drives American politics is what has contributed to the tribalism negatively effecting the US. The belief that "the system has been rigged against" them is one of the factors usually cited as to why some supporters in a particular group seem to ignore facts. It doesn't matter as long as they get the outcome they desire/feel entitled to receive because in the past the system unfairly rewarded others. ”

This is why we need to MAGA