Wednesday, July 31, 2024

"[T]hey Still Don't Understand What Appeals to a Majority, and They've Linked Trump's Campaign to the Online Right in Ways They Can't Easily Fix or Roll Back"

"Because of their grievances and theory of power, the New Right believes its ideas appeal to a 'silent majority' suppressed by powerful left-wing figures. This creates cognitive dissonance that blocks off self-awareness. The more they ensconce themselves in information bubbles to avoid reckoning with the actual opinions and desires of the public, the less they see how far they are from mainstream American opinion."

At The Bulwark, Nicholas Grossman asks, "Has the New Right Already Peaked?"

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