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12:26Now PlayingStupid People Who Vote
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12:26Now PlayingStupid People Who Vote
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Right-wing messaging machines are cranking out recycled talking points and a devoted base keeps running with them, no questions asked. From the claim that undocumented immigrants caused food price spikes, to the stubborn belief that China pays American tariffs, to blaming celebrity deaths on the COVID vaccine, the pattern is consistent: a simple, anger-triggering line replaces any actual understanding of policy or facts.
Hawk takes a hard look at how MAGA content creators flood social media with nearly identical videos the moment a new talking point drops, and why the people writing those messages know exactly what they're doing. The consultant class and right-wing media personalities understand their audience completely, and they exploit that audience's willingness to be manipulated without hesitation.
The Iran war narrative gets examined too, including the reality that no intelligence agency on the planet considered Iran a nuclear threat to the United States, and that Donald Trump's decision to launch that conflict came largely from Benjamin Netanyahu's promise it would be quick and politically rewarding.
At the center of it all is an argument Hawk has been making since Trump rode down that golden escalator in June 2015: the real and persistent crisis in American democracy is not any single politician or policy. It's the sheer number of gullible, low-information voters who show up to the polls carrying smartphones with access to the entirety of human knowledge and still choose willful ignorance. That's the problem Trump didn't create, but has mastered exploiting.
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