Erika Jordan

"He doesn't love the poorly educated - he loves the bill they can't read."

Erika Jordan

Who can turn a profit from the way you react to what happens?

Erika Jordan

It's the pipes, and the unfiltered river water, and the whole Style-Over-Substance thing that characterizes Trump's very existence.

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She just keeps bringing the truth, and explaining it in ways that make it easier for me to grab on to.

"A man just became the world's first trillionaire and millions of broke people threw him a party."

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A hard-wired mechanism that used to come in handy as protection, is now being used to manipulate us.

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Erika

The bad guy never identifies himself as the bad guy.

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The fines and penalties are priced in - the cost of doing business.

And it's deductible!

On Bad Faith

A crisis feels urgent - motivating. The monster is coming for you and your children. You have to respond immediately and do exactly what you're told.

A five point plan for affordable housing, and a white paper on making the move to Medicare For All just feels like extra homework.

Moral Panic sells like hotcakes. Reasoned solutions to real-world problems are boring.

Erika

The Big Bamboozle Bill

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Parasocial Exploitation

Parasocial exploitation is the practice where influencers, content creators, or brands deliberately manufacture an illusion of genuine friendship or intimacy with their audience to maximize financial gain. It turns a fan's natural emotional investment into a transactional commodity, often leading to overspending or psychological harm.

Erika On Hate Crimes

Purposeful, deliberate ignorance accomplishes nothing - it solves no problems. Because it's not supposed to.

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A second self.

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When competence gets labeled elitist.

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1. System Justification
2. The Just World Bias
3. Stockholm Syndrome
4. Social Dominance Orientation
5. False Consciousness
6. Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire

Erika On Certainty

They sell us on Pie In The Sky

And while we sit here waiting for the pie, they take everything else.

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The Daddy State

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Erika Explains

These is no line.