I’ve heard this idea before and it boils down to this: how do you motivate people to rally behind an idea whose central tenet is that things are broken and need fixing? It’s so easy to motivate people by saying things used to be great and we need to go back to when it was great (conservatives). But to admit things are wrong and we need to actually work to improve? People don’t like hearing that they need to change. So it’s a constant battle to keep people motivated enough to put in the work, but not disenfranchised and defeated about how much work it takes.
I’ve heard this idea before and it boils down to this: how do you motivate people to rally behind an idea whose central tenet is that things are broken and need fixing? It’s so easy to motivate people by saying things used to be great and we need to go back to when it was great (conservatives). But to admit things are wrong and we need to actually work to improve? People don’t like hearing that they need to change. So it’s a constant battle to keep people motivated enough to put in the work, but not disenfranchised and defeated about how much work it takes.