• sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    34·
    24 hours ago

    I saw this guy’s Tiktok on my FYP a couple of hours after he posted it, and in the comments he was DOUBLING DOWN on voting for Trump. He’s now either deleted them, or they’ve gotten buried.

    Either way I don’t think these guys are getting it, even as they lose everything.

    • Wxnzxn@lemmy.mlEnglish
      25·
      23 hours ago

      Sunk cost fallacy. Also, admitting to having been wrong is hard. It’s one of the core mechanisms cults use to ensure loyalty. The more embarrassing, absurd and shameful the accepted “truths” become, the harder it is to exit the cult.