Interesting, the propaganda machine is now it's own primary focus

[underpants]

Running a cult can be hard. The followers yearn for something new. Information. Word from the leader. New members. Just like anything else time management becomes difficult so distraction is used. Bread and circus. Rooting for the winning home team.

It appears that the socialism distraction is all the rage these days in Foxworld (this includes the dashboard believers - radio) but just this evening I am seeing something new. New information. A victory!

Considering Facebook representative of anything is of course foolish but if you use it to gauge what THEY are being told it is useful. I have "friends" who post political stuff on both sides. Both seem to follow the same trends, mostly the news of the last few days. The rightwing Foxworld crowd though usually moves together and it's reflected on Facebook.

Disciplined and unified in the same basic focused direction. Today there is a sudden and clear message of how Fox News is dominating ratings. Okay they have for a while. The have viewers who never see anything else AND religiously watch. The first one I saw was about how Hannity is #1. Then I saw another about how Fox News trounces the competition. Two more posts from people taking a victory lap with their news channel. Then in a discussion about the CNN special about the Bush family there were three separate comments reflecting the same points. I recognized all but one of the posters. The original posts were from "friends" I know are right wingers.

At first I thought it was odd because I've seen several news stories and posts here in DU about how Maddow is doing and how Fox got swamped during the Cohen hearing. These have been pretty consistent for the last year really. Yes Fox is still #1 but it's clearly waning.

The dashboard believers are now being told by their own machine that IT in and of itself should be the focus. Follow IT for the win. IT must be praised and celebrated. Word from the leader says there are new members! Go team IT!

Please await further instructions.

[elleng]

1. And he'll take 'the socialism distraction' all the way to next general election;

that's his plan.

I don't do politics at FB (much,) mostly here, and am aware we must work to counter 'socialism' soon and often.

[underpants]

2. I heard that today - he's going full socialism

He reflects the propaganda. I can't think of a a single thing he's created other than THE WALL and the Drain the Swamp thing.

They were very effective with "trust" in 2016. They stated it in other ways and the media carried their water.

I'm not sure the socialism thing will work for them. It's impersonal and intangible.

[elleng]

3. But it may work, imo,

as it appears to be a rather powerful 'tool' for repugs, particularly uninformed repugs, against libs, and they vote.