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Midnight Writer

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3. This is no accident. Right Wing messages are designed to appeal to certain personality profiles.

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 01:47 PM

Jul 2021

Influencers now have an incredible amount of individualized data thanks to social media.

Now they are using sophisticated advertising and influencing techniques to strike straight at folk's basic personalities, bypassing the logic and thinking of the brain.

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The Rise of American Authoritarianism [View all] Ocelot II Jul 2021 OP

Great article! Thanks for posting. alwaysinasnit Jul 2021 #1

Yep, I read the study in 2016. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #2

I got 17.61% But one question about getting rid of the bad apples, so to speak Maraya1969 Jul 2021 #5

That's still a low score, so not RWA. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #6

This is no accident. Right Wing messages are designed to appeal to certain personality profiles. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #3

It sounds like these people won't be dropping their support for Trump any time soon. Jim__ Jul 2021 #4

K&R MustLoveBeagles Jul 2021 #7