A large part of MAGA is that sense of being contrarian to cultural norms. In an odd way, being an outsider proves that you are above the normal influences of culture and thus are more in control and thus have a higher social status.
In the same way that you have people that need to be in the top 1%-10% of fitness, it is a social signal that you have over come the social norms and influences of food culture and that you have capabilities above 'the average'.
The Tate's are just another example of this. They have that sort of teenage angst edgy anti-everything 'normie' and that gets them an audience of being outsiders. If you want a sector of people to become attracted to something, make it a taboo. The thrill of it being the naughty thing really engages some folks, in the same way Weed culture was a taboo so it had a specific range of people that gravitated to it.
But once the taboo is gone, a lot of supporters just drift to he next thing, but there is a real risk of the true believers continuing on afterwards.
A large part of MAGA is that sense of being contrarian to cultural norms. In an odd way, being an outsider proves that you are above the normal influences of culture and thus are more in control and thus have a higher social status.
In the same way that you have people that need to be in the top 1%-10% of fitness, it is a social signal that you have over come the social norms and influences of food culture and that you have capabilities above 'the average'.
The Tate's are just another example of this. They have that sort of teenage angst edgy anti-everything 'normie' and that gets them an audience of being outsiders. If you want a sector of people to become attracted to something, make it a taboo. The thrill of it being the naughty thing really engages some folks, in the same way Weed culture was a taboo so it had a specific range of people that gravitated to it.
But once the taboo is gone, a lot of supporters just drift to he next thing, but there is a real risk of the true believers continuing on afterwards.