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We can tell ourselves and we have been told by our "betters" that it is economics, election interference, Putin, that has resulted in this dystopian event, this democalypse.

But it was hate, fear, ignorance, spitefulness, apathy. 90 million people who voted in 2020 did not vote in 2024, and a good portion of them were Muslims, Black and Hispanic males.

. Trump won 3,059,799 more popular votes in 2024 than he won in 2020 and 14,299,293 more than he won in 2016.

Who are these 3 million voters? Well 1.5 million were Muslims.Based upon public expressions the other 1.5 million were Gen X,Y,Z young Hispanic and black males.

I do hope that they enjoy the fruits of their labor. Gullible fools.

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Targets. Think Pavlov, Skinner, behavior analysis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_behavior_analysis

Psy ops became effective in the '40's. Applied behavior anlaysis. Effectively sells virtually anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)

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5th Avenue, advertising, TV commercials. Gold, PhRMA, Insurance rely on psy ops

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There is a science to it. A lot of it was develpped in WW 1 --used testing extensively.

Some of it is verbotten. At one time subliminal images were used extensively. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_stimuli

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I've studied this in marketing Daniel, yet we still don't have to bite, provided that we have critical thinking capacity.

It is like hypnosis. When I was in HS i was among the 20 or so that volunteered to be hypnotized, only he, the hypnotist, couldn't. I tried later in my 50's and still no go. I can't be hypnotized, in the same vein I see right through any attempt to propagandize me be it commercial or political.

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SOME people are convinced. In advertising, 5% is deemed a success.

In thie election, the split was less than 2%.

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More than 2% Daniel, if you consider Fox, OANN, NewsMax, the Blaze, Rogan and Bannon et al to be 24/7 advertising.

Advertising is propaganda,commercial not political, but propaganda just the same.. It is all psy ops, advertising, propaganda whatever it's name it is a psychological operation, with one purpose to influence thinking and thus behavior.

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In swing states 2% would flip the outcome.

In business if a product is wrongfully disparaged and the compeitor loses business, trade libel, intentional interference, may be actionable.

During the election, lies were protectd as "political" speech.

Post Dominion v Fox, Fox, OANN, NewsMax, the Blaze, Rogan and Bannon et al may have civil exposure.

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