Voter suppression’s ditched the poll tax for a scalpel—gerrymandering twists districts into serpents, digital lies flood your feed, and the Voting Rights Act’s a gutted relic since Shelby (2013). It’s not random; it targets minorities, youth, the poor. History’s remix is slicker, but the game’s the same.
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Trump’s threats to defund schools that permit protests mirrors tactics from history’s darkest chapters. In Nazi Germany, universities were among the first targets, with dissenters purged and funding redirected to compliant entities. When a former president leverages $149 billion in federal education funds to silence dissent, democracy itself is at stake.
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The mere exposure effect – where we develop preferences for things we’ve seen repeatedly – could be harnessed for accuracy. Research shows that even initial skepticism can be overcome through strategic repetition. The key isn’t convincing someone to trust MSNBC over Fox – it’s making sure accurate information reaches them repeatedly from multiple directions.
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