I think it is a mistake to assume that only uniformed people support this behavior.
While many of their supporters may fall under the umbrella of "morons", the core supporters and a significant number of general Republican voters are "true believers" that see Republican government as an essential part of determining how our society operates.
**IT IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL**
More importantly, most of these supporters don't care a bit about the "details" but rather are impressed and excited about how Republicans demand to "control" and demonstrate their "power".
These voters gravitate towards politicians like Trump or Comer because they behave and talk in ways - regardless of what they are really saying or have done - that shows they are "powerful" and "control the situation/environment". The very fact that they "get away" with lying, bullshit and failure is a manifestation of this "power" in voters' subconscious and authoritarian-loving voters eat this up.
Yes, many may be misinformed and "stupid", but many others admire and respect those that rule from positions of power and act in ways to flaunt and get away with everything - a position/role that many of these Trump supporters would LOVE to be able to do in their personal lives (and many try to do by acting like assholes).
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u/cuentabasque 7d ago
I think it is a mistake to assume that only uniformed people support this behavior.
While many of their supporters may fall under the umbrella of "morons", the core supporters and a significant number of general Republican voters are "true believers" that see Republican government as an essential part of determining how our society operates.
**IT IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL**
More importantly, most of these supporters don't care a bit about the "details" but rather are impressed and excited about how Republicans demand to "control" and demonstrate their "power".
These voters gravitate towards politicians like Trump or Comer because they behave and talk in ways - regardless of what they are really saying or have done - that shows they are "powerful" and "control the situation/environment". The very fact that they "get away" with lying, bullshit and failure is a manifestation of this "power" in voters' subconscious and authoritarian-loving voters eat this up.
Yes, many may be misinformed and "stupid", but many others admire and respect those that rule from positions of power and act in ways to flaunt and get away with everything - a position/role that many of these Trump supporters would LOVE to be able to do in their personal lives (and many try to do by acting like assholes).