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uponit7771

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3. "especially if he has thrown time, money, effort, and his vote at them." .... Sunk cost fallacy is .

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2020, 08:48 AM

Jul 2020

... biggest reason I see people hanging onto Trump they don't want to admit they were wrong how about after putting all that effort into saying they were right

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Cognitive Dissonance and Covid-19 [View all] Johnny2X2X Jul 2020 OP

"they are more likely to let that allegiance do their thinking for them and distort" uponit7771 Jul 2020 #1

aka the "good german" mentality. nt Javaman Jul 2020 #9

there is psychological makeup that distinguishes between those who are democrats and who are beachbumbob Jul 2020 #2

There is a line they are seemingly not crossing now though Johnny2X2X Jul 2020 #4

The faulty logic is profound... MontanaMama Jul 2020 #6

"especially if he has thrown time, money, effort, and his vote at them." .... Sunk cost fallacy is . uponit7771 Jul 2020 #3

+1 MontanaMama Jul 2020 #5

THIS !!! "We can't let them forget it." we let them forget about Nixon this time its long past the uponit7771 Jul 2020 #7

I was thinking about this today CatLady78 Jul 2020 #8

K&R for visibility. crickets Jul 2020 #10