jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe right-wing scammers who paved the way for Trumpwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down14cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkThe right-wing scammers who paved the way for Trumpwww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squaretrajekoluslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoWould it be incorrect to think that Mark Twain already described how scammers feed off the US religious right in “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1884). I am referring to “The King” and “the Duke”.
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoWhen there’s a good 30% chunk of the population that’s taught not to think critically, and aggressively refuses to do so - the temptation is real.
Would it be incorrect to think that Mark Twain already described how scammers feed off the US religious right in “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1884). I am referring to “The King” and “the Duke”.
When there’s a good 30% chunk of the population that’s taught not to think critically, and aggressively refuses to do so - the temptation is real.