Exactly. If you told the average D voter that global warming is a hoax, the Agent Smith Effect would immediately kick in and they would dismiss anything else you had to say by reflex. But if you told them that some evil billionaires are trying to use global warming for nefarious ends.... well now you might have some of them listening.
Helps also that the person telling them these things is not named Donald Trump.
Exactly. If you told the average D voter that global warming is a hoax, the Agent Smith Effect would immediately kick in and they would dismiss anything else you had to say by reflex. But if you told them that some evil billionaires are trying to use global warming for nefarious ends.... well now you might have some of them listening.
Helps also that the person telling them these things is not named Donald Trump.