i've had a couple friends lately that were life long dems, and are now saying they will never again vote for a democrat.

One reason to post this is to provide an honest, objective viewpoint that recognizes how some people feel.

not just dwelling  on the biggest political problem in our country’s modern  history…….10s of millions of republicans that won’t believe the results of the most secure election in our history because a psychopathic moron has a cult like following and they follow him like he’s a God 

And he’s wrecking their party.

both political  parties are having a crisis right now.

a real crisis. 

Not like the fake climate crisis on this greening planet during the current climate optimum from the increase in a beneficial gas.

we live in a world filled with people that want to believe things, even really smart people.

they want to believe more than they want the objective truth. so they let manufactured realities define their world and close their minds to information that contradicts it.

everybody in every realm. Especially scientists.

of all the thousands of things that I’ve learned here and am grateful for, it’s the profound understanding of how this is the most powerful driving force in society today and in most individuals that make it up.

not like knowing it previously.

seeing it in every person in a way that has been like opening a curtain, like the one in The Wizard of Oz that stunned the characters to see how fake the Wizard was.

im not saying that people are fake, like OZ was. Just the complete opposite.
They are absolutely sincere and totally committed to their beliefs and feelings.

and that is the problem. They have Religious FAITH in too many things, which shuts down the ability to learn new things, including those that contradict what they think that they know.

sabotages the ability to see other viewpoints that differ from them which is why they refuse to compromise.

Powerful ,technology has provided the gatekeepers of messages enormous power. They understand this fatal flaw of human nature described above and there are many communication tools that allow them to impose their belief systems, by simply telling big lies that people want to believe in.

disengaging critical thinking and skepticism or fact checking by appealing to their belief system, then attaching all sorts of DISinformation and manufactured realities to it so they see it thru an accommodating  cerebral lens with no filtering or vetting.

creating the illusion that they are revealing secrets of science, politics and the world  and the other side is hiding them because they don’t want you to know or are evil in some way.

and that they have all  the answers and solutions.
humans are social creatures that especially enjoy being part of groups that feature like minded individuals.
the ability to connect with like minded individuals who reinforce what they want to believe in at echo chambers has been amplified by a billion times in the last 30 years.

in fully comprehending the extent of this, my head feels like it will explode )-:

"the most secure election in our history "  THE PERSON THAT SAID THAT, IS THE EXACT SAME PERSON THAT YELLED OUT" "I DON'T NEED YOUR VOTE!!", TO A HECKLER ON THE "CAMPAIGN TRAIL", DURING ONE OF HIS "MASSIVE" OUTDOOR RALLIES ATTENDED BY A FEW DOZEN "PLANTS"  LOL

HHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMM  I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED A POLITICIAN NEEDS EVERY VOTE THEY CAN GET.....UNTIL THIS LAST ELECTION.

OH, WAIT ~ HOLD THAT THOUGHT.