So, I wanted to respond to this post when you made it, but I read it at an inconvenient time.
First of all I wanna say that that trap is one that I’m well aware of because I’ve fallen into it repeatedly over just the last few years and lost at least mid five figures in those spots. I kept just getting completely taken by surprise by the honestly insane/stupid behavior of other people where they would just do something ridiculous and self destructive on my dime and I’d be left with my mouth hanging open. I’ve also seen someone do something that I perceived to be willful/scummy and then later on figured out that they really didn’t grasp the implications of doing it that way. So yeah, point totally taken. And yeah guilty as charged. Hopefully you get as big of an ego boost out of being precisely correct as I would.
To the second point I think there aren’t any ways to yell at them that are going to accomplish anything. I also think you have to meet the voter where they are language wise. The job is to persuade them that we’re the right people to vote for, not to make them agree with us about everything. They don’t have to kiss the ring, they just have to vote for who I convince them to vote for.
People suck. That certainly isn’t going to change. There is some combination of movements you can make that will make most people do almost anything.
EDIT: And you know yelling doesn’t work because you tested it on your family just like I did as soon as the insanity really got started. I remember vividly the first time my brother told me that 9/11 was an inside job… It’s never been the same since.
