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I will never undersatnd that amount of cognitive dissonance that MAGA voters have. If there's one thing the majority of Americans agree on it's that corporations are ruining lives yet they cheer whenever things like this happen. I remember when the whole thing with Luigi happened and even MAGA had the same mindset as everyone else.
They only cheered until their satellite feed beamed the "correct" opinion into their brain. It was actually super interesting to see the speed of propaganda in real time with the most gullible people in America.
I'm not a Trumper, but I live in deep Red MAGA country. People celebrated when Amazon opened a warehouse here, praising them for bringing jobs to the area. They see Amazon as improving their lives, since they can get a bigger paycheck now and can afford to live. When you're working at McDonald's for $8.25/hr, and Amazon shows up offering $21/hr, that is a huge improvement. Telling these folks that Amazon is ruining their lives will get you laughed out of town.
The MAGA folks don't live in the same world you do. As soon as you accept that, you will understand them better.
I think the point is that even MAGA people have a basal anger in people who take a slice of their pie. Media and corporations are very good at preparing the runway for big projects and so the talking points are all figured out before they lay the first brick. In Luigi's case it was sudden and it broke the cycle and allowed an insight into how their brain really worked in lieu of a narrative. The issue is that the unified message of their news sources is playing up the Illusory truth effect.