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Re:Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8B annually, study... by FreakyT on Saturday February 10, 2018 @07:28PM (#16350444)
And such a result it just goes to show how brainwashed they are. Nothing's more appealing than a scapegoat (liberals, "coastal elites", the EPA, Mexicans), when the biggest problem is yourself.
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Re:Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8B annually, study... by paulsutter on Saturday February 10, 2018 @08:06PM (#16350568)
> Nothing's more appealing than a scapegoat (liberals, "coastal elites", the EPA, Mexicans)

Did you catch that they voted 70% for Bernie?

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Re:Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8B annually, study... by Buldak on Saturday February 10, 2018 @11:30PM (#16351199)
Where does this 70% figure come from? A cursory search I just did turns up 51% for Bernie [1]. At any rate, it's unclear to me what you take this to show.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Democratic_prima...

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Re:Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8B annually, study... by paulsutter on Sunday February 11, 2018 @09:03AM (#16352713)
I thought it was by 70% by delegate count, but yes it looks like 62%
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Re:Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8B annually, study... by jdminhbg on Saturday February 10, 2018 @09:26PM (#16350830)
That's just a different scapegoat: bankers, globalism, etc.
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Re:Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8B annually, study... by devmunchies on Saturday February 10, 2018 @07:35PM (#16350463)
brainwashed? more like hopeless and desperate.
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Re:Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8B annually, study... by FreakyT on Saturday February 10, 2018 @07:42PM (#16350482)
I'd say both are likely. Those who are hopeless and desperate are much easier targets for propaganda.
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Re:Opioid epidemic costs West Virginia $8.8B annually, study... by at-fates-hands on Saturday February 10, 2018 @08:16PM (#16350605)
Which both parties paid in the billions to reach.

In this heavily divided, partisan atmosphere, no amount of propaganda (Russian or otherwise) is going to make someone living in the rust belt vote for someone like Clinton. Likewise, no amount of propaganda (Russian or otherwise) is going to convince some hipster startup founder in the SF bay area to vote for someone like Trump.

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