MAGA myths anger gullibility allegiance is not just a snarky acronym. It is a blunt description of how a lot of modern political misinformation stays alive. Not by proving anything. By keeping people emotionally locked in. MAGA myths anger gullibility allegiance survives because the story does emotional work even when the evidence does not hold […]
In a healthy culture, evidence helps people get closer to the truth. In a loyalty culture, evidence becomes dangerous the moment it threatens the team. That is when public debate stops being about what is true and starts being about who is still loyal. When truth stops being the goal A lot of political arguments
One of the oldest tricks in politics is watching powerful people pretend they are the helpless ones. They have the microphone, the money, the lawyers, the platform, and often a very large audience. But the story they sell is almost always the same. I am being persecuted. That move matters because it can turn accountability
A lot of people do not vote for policy. They vote for a feeling. The feeling is this. Finally, someone is willing to hurt the right people. That is the strongman fantasy. It is one reason cruelty so often gets mistaken for strength. And it helps explain why dominance theater can beat actual competence in
You can debate solutions. But you cannot build them on claims that do not hold up. There is a misunderstanding that causes a lot of people to talk past each other, especially in Trump era politics. It sounds like this: “If you do not like this policy, you must not care about the problem.” That
There is a real conversation to have about the issues Trump ran on in 2016. Trade, corruption, immigration, health care, the economy. You can argue all day about what the right policy is on any of that. That is normal politics. My question is different. It is the one MAGA will not touch. If the
The Pattern You Already Know You ask a straightforward question. Something simple. Something about facts. Something that has a real answer. MAGA reacts the same way every time. They get mad immediately. They dodge the question. They call you a name. They post something personal about you online. They declare victory without answering anything. They
What Principles Are Supposed To Look Like In a healthy political world, principles come first and team comes second. If you say you believe in law and order, that means the law matters even when it hits your favorite politician. If you say you back the blue, that means you still back them when they
MAGA, let us go back to 2016 for a minute. The day Donald Trump flew to Mexico to meet the president. You remember the build up. The speeches. The rallies. The big promise that Mexico would pay for the wall. Everybody in America thought that was the whole point of the trip. Your guy was
