A learning moment: Trumpverstehers
Jul. 15th, 2018 09:08 amWhen people vote for a lesser evil they have a strong incentive to justify and dismiss the evil aspect of their choice, no matter how much of it is discovered later. Moreover, when they are empowered by the lesser evil, they have a strong incentive to suppress the follow-up discovery.
upd: the origin of the term Trumpverstehers
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/trumps-closeted-sympathizers/564743/
upd: the origin of the term Trumpverstehers
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/trumps-closeted-sympathizers/564743/
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