• Veedem@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Another sad case of progressives winning in policy but failing in messaging.

    The right ONLY focuses on messaging (what’s the last real policy win for them?) which makes them incredibly difficult to keep up with.

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      1 day ago

      It’s not just about failing at messaging.

      The problem is that the capitalists, through their for profit media and bribed government official bully pulpit, simply drown out rational economic discussion in favor of “WE MUST STOP TAXING JOB CREATORS, REGULATION HINDERS GROWTH, FAST FOOD JOBS ARE FOR TEENAGERS TO BUY LOLIPOPS THEY DON’T NEED LIVING WAGES” etc.

      I don’t think there’s a solution to this short of revolution, they control the signal, kill most truthful messages like trickle down was a self-serving lie by them to rob the nation blind, and if something happens like Luigi and they can’t directly kill the signal, they start creating divisive messaging about it to scatter and create anymous between those listening. I’m seeing a lot from mainstream media trying to divide Luigi supporters as somehow a racial issue on the grounds the public is “falling into the white savior complex trap” Divide and conquer. Stoke every culture war but the one that informs all others: the class war. Profit.

      You can have the most profound messaging possible with truth on your side, but unfortunately, the ones with the most volume win. It’s why strength of argument has nothing to do with effecting policy in our dystopic nation of greed worship, as the last 50 years demonstrate.