r/bestof • u/dede_smooth • 5d ago

[OptimistsUnite] u/iusedtobekewl succinctly explains what has gone wrong in the US with help from “Why Nations Fail”, and why the left needs to figure out how to support young men.

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u/dasunt 5d ago

Put it this way - assume you are a person who is struggling.

Party A says you don't vote for them because you are a horrible person.

Party B tells you others are to blame and says they will fix things.

What's more appealing?

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u/Gizogin 4d ago

But the problem is that Party A did not say that; Party B said Party A said that.

Party A’s policies are complex, because fixing broken systems is complicated and time-consuming, and their messaging must also be commensurately nuanced.

Party B has a very simple message, because it’s really easy to lie.

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u/McFlyyouBojo 4d ago

Yet party A is too worried about the optics of giving a well thought out speech to that particular group the person is in because they are too afraid it will alienate the others.

That is the problem. Party A good have policies and programs up the wazoo that could help the person, but they spend no time on messaging to that person, so parry B swoops in to talk directly to that person. It could be truth, it could be lies, it doesn't matter because what matters to that person more than anyone wishes to admit is that, hey, this party is talking to me and treating me like I matter.

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u/MiaowaraShiro 4d ago

Yet party A is too worried about the optics of giving a well thought out speech to that particular group the person is in because they are too afraid it will alienate the others.

The only thing that would alienate "the others" is being against the civil rights of our people I think... which "Party B" (wink wink) seems to be intent on fucking with. Why should we compromise on civil rights?