jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoThe right-wing scammers who paved the way for Trumpwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down14
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkThe right-wing scammers who paved the way for Trumpwww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaretrajekolus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 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-up4·8 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.