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Reply #1 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 6:30am

The strategy of AOC is quite interesting

Basically a lot of political posturing is done online
Trump is certainly an exponent of this
And as I have said repeatedly there are two types of politicians
Those who understand social media
And those who lose at the ballot box

Now the thing you must understand about social media
now the conversations are public for the whole wide world to see
Is that people are going to climb various hierarchies based on their social media presence

So let's say you are a lefty intellectual
And you wish to climb the dominance hierarchy on social media
The only way to do this is to be more extreme then the other lefty intellectuals
Social media is designed to reward the most extreme views
In a sense people with a sober rational view
Are going to get ignored
In a sense the centre is going to get ignored
Because there is no value and climbing the hierarchy by liking someone who is presenting a position in the middle

So the right will drift further to the right and the left for drift further to the left
Add in the machine learning
And the artificial intelligence which feeds you the algorithms which you enjoy
And you are virtually guaranteed that politics through social media will always drive more and more polarization

Trump cotton on to this very early
By being more extreme then other conservatives
He was able to harness and leverage all the attention

AOC is simply playing the same game on the left
Bye making such statements as a cauliflower is a racist vegetable and eaten by people asserting their white privilege
She is announcing to the world that she is the most extreme left candidate
And so she shall receive all of the attention on social media

And let's not forget lesson 2 from aquascoot
People's subconscious minds associate what gets a lot of attention with what is the natural position of leadership

So I would congratulate AOC on her strategy
I think it's a smart move

Smart for a AC in the same way as trump's behaviour is smart for trump

Now in terms of creating social cohesion
Jesus it's a disaster

Go to China if you want social cohesion and a prosperous economy
Go to the USA if you want polarization rioting and the breakdown of an orderly society

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Re: AOC Wins Big!
Reply #2 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 6:44am

aquascoot wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 6:30am:

The strategy of AOC is quite interesting

Basically a lot of political posturing is done online
Trump is certainly an exponent of this
And as I have said repeatedly there are two types of politicians
Those who understand social media
And those who lose at the ballot box

Now the thing you must understand about social media
now the conversations are public for the whole wide world to see
Is that people are going to climb various hierarchies based on their social media presence

So let's say you are a lefty intellectual
And you wish to climb the dominance hierarchy on social media
The only way to do this is to be more extreme then the other lefty intellectuals
Social media is designed to reward the most extreme views
In a sense people with a sober rational view
Are going to get ignored
In a sense the centre is going to get ignored
Because there is no value and climbing the hierarchy by liking someone who is presenting a position in the middle

So the right will drift further to the right and the left for drift further to the left
Add in the machine learning
And the artificial intelligence which feeds you the algorithms which you enjoy
And you are virtually guaranteed that politics through social media will always drive more and more polarization

Trump cotton on to this very early
By being more extreme then other conservatives
He was able to harness and leverage all the attention

AOC is simply playing the same game on the left
Bye making such statements as a cauliflower is a racist vegetable and eaten by people asserting their white privilege
She is announcing to the world that she is the most extreme left candidate
And so she shall receive all of the attention on social media

And let's not forget lesson 2 from aquascoot
People's subconscious minds associate what gets a lot of attention with what is the natural position of leadership

So I would congratulate AOC on her strategy
I think it's a smart move

Smart for a AC in the same way as trump's behaviour is smart for trump

Now in terms of creating social cohesion
Jesus it's a disaster

Go to China if you want social cohesion and a prosperous economy
Go to the USA if you want polarization rioting and the breakdown of an orderly society

Don't you think AOC's boobs had something to do with it?

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Richdude Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8457 NC Gender:	Re: AOC Wins Big! Reply #4 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 7:27am Marla wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 6:47am: Bowman is who who need to look out for The Democrats prefer incompetent ignoramuses! They mock America and its traditions.
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Marla Gold Member Offline Weed is my Jesus Posts: 13726 Colorado Gender:	Re: AOC Wins Big! Reply #5 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 7:31am Richdude wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 7:27am: They mock America and its traditions. Seriously, get off-line and look for a job. See if your social worker can help you find one.
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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: AOC Wins Big! Reply #6 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 7:39am Richdude wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 7:27am: Marla wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 6:47am: Bowman is who who need to look out for The Democrats prefer incompetent ignoramuses! The GOP prefer ... what?
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Reply #7 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 8:09am

Richdude wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 7:27am:

Marla wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 6:47am:

Bowman is who who need to look out for

The Democrats prefer incompetent ignoramuses!

They mock America and its traditions.

he doesnt sound ignorant to me.... hes telling you what he lived through..

you must like the way AMERIKA is going...I cant fathom that! its in an appalling state...its not just black against white....it like a madness has swept over the place...dog eat dog /civil unrest.. bordering on anarchy.. and this is one of the wealthiest countries in the world.....

take a good look at yourselves...no one is happy..not one of you...instead of working to right the wrongs you fight each other......to what goal.??? just to get another idiot in power.......... Angry

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Reply #8 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 8:36am

The rise of anti-intellectualism, anti-science and "Might is Right" sort of thinking is what is most disturbing.

The notion that the opinion of someone with 10 minutes of Google searches and a conspiracy theory has the same weight as peer reviewed scientific analysis and conclusions is what will ultimately destroy the country and turn it into a quasi dictatorship.

And this was BEFORE a global pandemic.

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Reply #9 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 8:44am

KangAnon wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 8:36am:

The rise of anti-intellectualism, anti-science and "Might is Right" sort of thinking is what is most disturbing.

The notion that the opinion of someone with 10 minutes of Google searches and a conspiracy theory has the same weight as peer reviewed scientific analysis and conclusions is what will ultimately destroy the country and turn it into a quasi dictatorship.

And this was BEFORE a global pandemic.

Are you saying the Democratic elite don't practice Cannibalism?

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Karnal Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 96507	Re: AOC Wins Big! Reply #10 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 10:11am Marla wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 7:31am: Richdude wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 7:27am: They mock America and its traditions. Seriously, get off-line and look for a job. See if your social worker can help you find one. Do they have social workers in Rich's country?
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Reply #11 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 1:24pm

KangAnon wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 8:36am:

The rise of anti-intellectualism, anti-science and "Might is Right" sort of thinking is what is most disturbing.

The notion that the opinion of someone with 10 minutes of Google searches and a conspiracy theory has the same weight as peer reviewed scientific analysis and conclusions is what will ultimately destroy the country and turn it into a quasi dictatorship.

And this was BEFORE a global pandemic.

is this scientific

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Re: AOC Wins Big!
Reply #12 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 1:43pm

aquascoot wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 1:24pm:

KangAnon wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 8:36am:

The rise of anti-intellectualism, anti-science and "Might is Right" sort of thinking is what is most disturbing.

The notion that the opinion of someone with 10 minutes of Google searches and a conspiracy theory has the same weight as peer reviewed scientific analysis and conclusions is what will ultimately destroy the country and turn it into a quasi dictatorship.

And this was BEFORE a global pandemic.

is this scientific

Haha, she's taken a leaf (pardon the pun) from the exact playbook you work from when trying to spin you psycho-babble to explain how you want things to be for a given subject and project it onto Trump.

I'm honestly shocked that you could take issue to this because it's the entire foundation for pretty much every stance you take on here, especially those that you struggle to admit the real reasons why you support them so you have to make stuff up about alphas or the Matriarchy, winning, bedwetting and cowering under the sheets etc.

It's a novel idea, some communities may not get on board with these green spaces if they were say growing cotton etc, given the history.

But Yucca/Yuca/Cauliflour...

That's a bit of an off.

I wonder how long you've been waiting to post that video, was it worth the wait?

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Reply #13 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 2:27pm

i watched that video and i thought

"she is paying attention " to trump and learning the lessons.

as you can read in my analysis above, i think videos like that are a smart move.

but im not the goody two shoes who is always rabbiting on about how evil it is that trump "lies"

he bullshits...smart move.
AOC bullshits...smart move.

kudos to her.

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Reply #14 - Jun 25^th, 2020 at 2:41pm

aquascoot wrote on Jun 25^th, 2020 at 2:27pm:

i watched that video and i thought

"she is paying attention " to trump and learning the lessons.

as you can read in my analysis above, i think videos like that are a smart move.

but im not the goody two shoes who is always rabbiting on about how evil it is that trump "lies"

he bullshits...smart move.

How is bullshitting about taking hydroxychloroquine, for example, a smart move?

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