Why People Hate Facts
VIEW FROM HERE-People do not make decisions based on what is true but based on what makes them feel good.
As a corollary, people reject ideas which make them feel bad, and facts often make people feel bad. Memes, however, are designed to make people feel good. (Both facts and memes which arouse hatred of the others are politically useful.)
Since feeling good is the main reason people accept absurdities as the truth, when voting time rolls around, we are beset with more idiotic memes. A meme is a simplistic phrase which makes people feel good. The most successful meme in the Western world is “Jesus died for your sins.” Because the meme is suffused with aura of holiness, one may not analyze the meme. Following the meme does not risk the pain of social ostracism. Hence, few think about the implications of the meme. Reduced to its basic element, “Jesus died for your sins,” means “Don’t think. Have faith.” All one needs is
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Byron York s Daily Memo: Pence moves toward post-Trump synthesis Print this article
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PENCE MOVES TOWARD POST-TRUMP SYNTHESIS. It has long been clear that the Republican Party, after President Donald Trump, will not return to the political, ideological, and cultural place it had been before Trump. On the other hand, it will not become a carbon copy of Trump. The question is, who will lead the GOP to create some sort of post-Trump synthesis?
There are a lot of candidates, and most of them are contemplating, or actively preparing, to run for president: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pompeo, Nikki Haley, Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Kristi Noem, and more. Now, former Vice President Mike Pence has made a move that will keep him in the campaign mix, while also helping shape what the post-Trump synthesis will be.