@SilverDeth Saw a post-mortem that said that campaign tactics and expert analysis couldn't "overcome organic enthusiasm for a candidate". I laughed out loud, like this is the premise, that people are just empty bottles with legs, bumping into shit until they are filled with "messaging" or "disinformation". It's that callous, sociopathic approach advertising took in the 60s: "everyone's fucking stupid and they'll do what you say if you find the right sequence of words and pictures". They treat the public the way an immature person treats a relationshiop, "What can I say to make her sleep with me?" or "What can I say to make him love me?", like the other person's problem is that they don't do what you want them to do.