Matthew Sheffield on Nostr: This golden statue of Trump dedicated by religious leaders is not hypocrisy. It's the ...
This golden statue of Trump dedicated by religious leaders is not hypocrisy. It's the authoritarian morality in action:
Things are true because they believe them. Things are morally right because they believe them.
You cannot persuade authoritarians. You can only defeat them:
https://plus.flux.community/p/trump-supporters-are-almost-impossible (Edit was typo fix)
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