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Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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And they overestimate how badly the “other” political party is ruining the country when they’re in power.

I don't know about that. Something like an executive order can have effects years after someone is gone, momentum builds and it takes effort for a successor to undo it.

To say nothing about lifetime court appointments. Not just in the supreme court either.

Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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And they overestimate how badly the “other” political party is ruining the country when they’re in power.

Is there a difference in the 2 major parties anymore? I seriously don't know which parry you're referring to.

The only people I ever see asking that are right-wing pundits trying to convince left-leaning voters not to bother voting, and occasionally burned-out centrists who've fallen for it.

I've never seen a serious left-wing voter/activist/politician come out with the claim that "well, the right are just as bad as we are".

"We are not so different, you and I" is always the last-ditch claim of the villain, knowing that they have no moral ground to stand on, trying to drag down the people who are trying to do better for not being perfect. And it's bullshit. Always has been, always will be.

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