onpolitics.news@lemmy.worldB to politics @lemmy.world · 22 days agoCNN’s senior data analyst: Trump’s approval rating ‘stuck on empty’ with no sign of recoverywww.nj.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkCNN’s senior data analyst: Trump’s approval rating ‘stuck on empty’ with no sign of recoverywww.nj.comonpolitics.news@lemmy.worldB to politics @lemmy.world · 22 days agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarearamis87@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·22 days agoIt also means that his base - about 1/3rd of the proof - will never abandon him.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 days agoThat sounds right. There’s a chunk of the population that just have broken brains and souls. They’ll follow their king to the grave.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-220 days agoWhich is unfortunately about the bar you need for authoritarianism. 1/3 of the people to actively support you and 1/3 of the people to do nothing and you’re there.
It also means that his base - about 1/3rd of the proof - will never abandon him.
That sounds right. There’s a chunk of the population that just have broken brains and souls. They’ll follow their king to the grave.
Which is unfortunately about the bar you need for authoritarianism. 1/3 of the people to actively support you and 1/3 of the people to do nothing and you’re there.