Why do people treat the election like the Superbowl?? All the stupid merch and flags and what not. What even is that except Capitalism conning people into buying plastic crap from China to virtue signal tribalism??
But then I opened this email and I see that they know people treat the election like the Super Bowl and it seems totally normal to them.
This is actually suggesting that if people think the red hats are going to win they are more likely to vote for the red hats, and I honestly don’t understand that logic at all.
In 2012 the polls predicted that Obama was going to win again, so I didn’t hustle and apply to vote absentee before I moved across the country knowing that I wouldn’t be able to vote in my new state because I wouldn’t be able to establish residency fast enough. If the polls had been telling me that a Republican was going to win in 2012 I would’ve figured out how to cast my vote here before I moved.
So I guess I don’t understand why claiming the red hats are going to win will make the red hats actually win, unless people think the election is like a Super Bowl bet.
@maggiemaybe Well I think step one is understanding why people like the super bowl.
Because yeah, people treat elections the same way for the same reasons.
People like to be part of a tribe, and elections are a very direct way of them feeling that way, so they treat it that way.
And politicians and special interest groups profit from exploiting that thing that people do.
