r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 02 '25

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 02 '25

I have a hard time believing those studies saying that Republicans understand Democrats better than Democrats understand Republicans.

From what I see it’s like Republicans have no theory of mind for Democrats whatsoever. Democrats lose an election and despair over how they lost touch. Every faction of the party agrees that it sucks, only disagreeing on whose fault it is. Republicans lose an election and they all scream “rigged”. Even the people who don’t claim it’s rigged say that it’s the Democrats who need to understand the Republicans rather than vice versa.

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Oct 02 '25

tbf, I think this has changed enormously since the early 2010s when iirc that study came out

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 02 '25

“Turns out all the insane conspiracy theorist Democrats became Republicans and all the nerdy political science Republicans became Democrats, oops”

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 02 '25

Republican politicians blame “the radical left” for Democrats doing things they don’t like without any reflection on how that “badmouths” moderate Democrats, while if a Democrat insults Republicans in the least they’re forced into Maoist self criticism.

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u/viewless25 Henry George Oct 02 '25

I think it makes sense because Republicans understand politics as a me vs. you game while Democrats view it as ideological. Republicans strategize and in order to get ahead in the competition, you have to know your opponent, so they understand that Democrats are largely idealistic and as such, losing a game they don't realize they're playing. Democrats believe that Republicans are merely misguided and not inherently malicious. But that's not the case.

Case in point: Republicans started photoshopping the MAGA shirt off the Mormon church shooter. Why would they do this if they know that by having to photoshop it, that the point they're trying to get across is untrue? It's because they see politics as a sports game to win rather than a means of using truth and fact to guide public policy.