What the 'Freedom Phone' and the right's anti-vax campaign have in common

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Paul Waldman
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Whether it's scams like the "Freedom Phone" or their antivax campaign, elite conservatives see their rank and file as a limitless resource to be mined for fuel to keep the machine running.

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Opinion | What the ‘Freedom Phone’ and the right’s anti-vax campaign have in common
The conservative rank and file are a resource to be mined for money and ratings. Just keep the machine running.
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10:16 AM · Jul 16, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/16/what-freedom-phone-rights-anti-vax-campaign-have-common/


It can be hard to keep up with all the scams targeting the conservative masses, but this one truly stands out. An entrepreneurial young man named Erik Finman created the Freedom Phone, a MAGA-friendly smartphone that won’t “censor” you and comes pre-loaded with conservative apps like Parler and Newsmax, saving you entire seconds of downloading time as you stick it to the libs in Silicon Valley.

Though the Freedom Phone costs $499.99, the Daily Beast reports that the phone appears to be a rebranded version of a cheap Chinese phone that you can buy online for $120. But C-list conservative celebrities like Candace Owens have endorsed this handset of liberty, no doubt for a taste of the action.

There’s no telling how many Donald Trump superfans will fall for it, but they’re a nearly infinitely minable resource, whether the goals of the elite conservatives targeting them are economic, political, or both.

That’s also the way to understand the sweeping campaign against covid-19 vaccination that has overtaken the right. While conservative politicians and media figures are literally killing their own supporters, they’re doing so because it serves their most important goal: Keep the machine running.

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1. And then there's Sunk Cost Fallacy added into the mix

"I already spent this much money on owning the libs, therefore, it MUST be the right thing to do and I should keep doing it."

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2. It would be funny if it wasn't such an indicator of their threat against democracy.

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3. When will the money dry up finally? rump mined his masses for literally tens of millions of

dollars (and probably much more) and yet, he's already begging again for more money. Conservatives begging for more money seems a contradiction in itself, I thought that these people were conservative, not wanting to spend money, etc., and yet, in their own world, they can't get enough of it (money). What hypocrites.

I guess when it comes to everybody else, but them, they don't want them to have any money, any benefits, anything. Again, hypocrites.