If the Majority of People Are Hateful Jerks, Won't Republicans Win in 2026?

[TomCADem]

We keep on assuming that people if Democrats simply have a new messaging strategy about the cuts to Medicaid, disregard for the rule of law, etc., that Democrats will win in 2026, because we assume people will reject the cuts directed at the poor and vulnerable to pay for huge tax cuts for the rich?

However, isn’t this just progressives once again living in the bubble assuming that most people have not become more callous, hateful and vindictive? If the population has become more hateful and vindictive, then a Republican strategy of scapegoating and cruelty toward the less fortunate will prevail over a Democratic strategy discussing providing more opportunities, less division, more competence, etc. For example, stoke resentment by workers in the private sector against workers in the public sector.

In other words, rather than campaign, perhaps Republicans have won as an incidental benefit of a social media infrastructure that breeds isolation and hate. So, should Democrats become more hateful and cruel to more effectively target American voters, particularly certain demographics that have been groomed by social media algorithms to be misogynistic, distrustful of higher education, and resentful of anyone who is perceived not to be “masculine” as they listen to Joe Rogan or their latest Facebook feed?