fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFurious MAGA Customers Say They Got ‘Scammed’ by Trump Watcheswww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down17
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minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoJust saw this article today on ArsTechnica, which seems relevant: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/believing-misinformation-is-a-win-for-some-people-even-when-proven-false/
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoReally interesting article - one of the more insightful theories I’ve seen for truly understanding why people are attracted to the right’s outright lying and bad faith posturing.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey were beaten by their parents (and sometimes worse than beaten) so now they’re masochistic and interpret abuse as love.
Just saw this article today on ArsTechnica, which seems relevant: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/believing-misinformation-is-a-win-for-some-people-even-when-proven-false/
Really interesting article - one of the more insightful theories I’ve seen for truly understanding why people are attracted to the right’s outright lying and bad faith posturing.
They were beaten by their parents (and sometimes worse than beaten) so now they’re masochistic and interpret abuse as love.