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Diversity Makes Greatness
We have nearly half the nation that simply does not believe the news. Instead, they are responding to a fictional narrative.
This narrative has them fearful of non-realistic threats. And they won't stop to listen to reason.
They won't listen to anyone who does not share their views because part of the narrative they believe includes reasons to not listen to people who believe the news.
Remember back when the coronavirus was just coming on? Trump supporters told us it was nothing; the common cold was a bigger danger. They carried on about how few deaths we had.
Now that we have almost a quarter million deaths from coronavirus, we don't hear those false right wing arguments anymore. Instead, they have gone into a combination of 'Oh, it's not so bad," coupled with a "I'm not afraid." attitude. And that's reckless.
But they are afraid and very afraid. What they are afraid of is what is depicted in the narrative that Democrats are socialists and socialism is about the same as communism. They actually believe if Democrats get control, freedom will be lost, the economy will be destroyed, property values will plummet, and you're going to be taxed to death.
Yeah, that would be scary, if it were actually true. But that's the problem. They think it is actually true, and that is why they are so terrified.
And just like the panicked crowd running from HG Wells fictional narrative performed by Orson Welles as a Halloween prank radio show, there is no telling the right what we on the left really believe. They have their own narrative.
The right would rather believe what talking heads say about the left than to actually listen to the left, or even the news.
I also think the better educated and well off on the right don't really buy in as much to the narrative, but they support it because they like the power it gives their political party of choice.
And since there are not as many rich and powerful people as their are the rest of us, they have to divide us, the left and right, to keep us conquered.
If they can get just half of the nation to buy in to their narrative, they have the power to try to dominate the other half.
The struggle for America is the struggle for the truth.
How can we break through to the right? How can we overcome the grip of the narrative?
It's remarkable. Just like the right thinks the left is panicked over a silly nothing, this 'stupid China virus,' the left sees the right as panicked over a false narrative.
Each side can't understand why the other side believes what they believe. Science favors one side.
Science favors the left. And that's a funny thing, too. Science also has created a vaccine. Trump has carried on and on about having a vaccine by election day. Why would that matter if the coronavirus was nothing to worry about?
Well, maybe the wheels are coming off. At least a little. Not all Republicans are buying in to the 'elections got it wrong' narrative.
They know that Biden won. They wouldn't mind if Trump somehow makes his long shot legal challenges stick, but they know Biden won. They are just not speaking up, because, well, part of the narrative means you can never break from the narrative.
This narrative has them fearful of non-realistic threats. And they won't stop to listen to reason.
They won't listen to anyone who does not share their views because part of the narrative they believe includes reasons to not listen to people who believe the news.
Remember back when the coronavirus was just coming on? Trump supporters told us it was nothing; the common cold was a bigger danger. They carried on about how few deaths we had.
Now that we have almost a quarter million deaths from coronavirus, we don't hear those false right wing arguments anymore. Instead, they have gone into a combination of 'Oh, it's not so bad," coupled with a "I'm not afraid." attitude. And that's reckless.
But they are afraid and very afraid. What they are afraid of is what is depicted in the narrative that Democrats are socialists and socialism is about the same as communism. They actually believe if Democrats get control, freedom will be lost, the economy will be destroyed, property values will plummet, and you're going to be taxed to death.
Yeah, that would be scary, if it were actually true. But that's the problem. They think it is actually true, and that is why they are so terrified.
And just like the panicked crowd running from HG Wells fictional narrative performed by Orson Welles as a Halloween prank radio show, there is no telling the right what we on the left really believe. They have their own narrative.
The right would rather believe what talking heads say about the left than to actually listen to the left, or even the news.
I also think the better educated and well off on the right don't really buy in as much to the narrative, but they support it because they like the power it gives their political party of choice.
And since there are not as many rich and powerful people as their are the rest of us, they have to divide us, the left and right, to keep us conquered.
If they can get just half of the nation to buy in to their narrative, they have the power to try to dominate the other half.
The struggle for America is the struggle for the truth.
How can we break through to the right? How can we overcome the grip of the narrative?
It's remarkable. Just like the right thinks the left is panicked over a silly nothing, this 'stupid China virus,' the left sees the right as panicked over a false narrative.
Each side can't understand why the other side believes what they believe. Science favors one side.
Science favors the left. And that's a funny thing, too. Science also has created a vaccine. Trump has carried on and on about having a vaccine by election day. Why would that matter if the coronavirus was nothing to worry about?
Well, maybe the wheels are coming off. At least a little. Not all Republicans are buying in to the 'elections got it wrong' narrative.
They know that Biden won. They wouldn't mind if Trump somehow makes his long shot legal challenges stick, but they know Biden won. They are just not speaking up, because, well, part of the narrative means you can never break from the narrative.
