Romney was installed in a Proto-Biden way (with less dependence on machines).
Utah is often used as a ‘testbed’ marketplace to roll out new consumer products, as they are a relatively small market but highly inundated with sophisticated media, and the inhabitants are culturally deferential to authority, highly-educated low-information types, and naively conformist (i.e. when the TV tells them to do something with enough “authority”, they’ll do it along with all their friends, so you can get a lot of people to try your widget with a relatively small advertising budget, and then work out the most effective commercial messaging before you try to roll it out in the bigger cities)
Conservatives in that state tried to block him at the caucus level, but he just bypassed it and the media sold Romney like some as seen on TV! “honorable” guy.
Amen!!! I’ve been saying this to everyone here. The kool-aid is strong though. Stupid theocracies are so damn corrupt. A quick dig into the mormon corporation and it’s 34 billion dollars in liquid assets should raise anyone’s eyebrows but they don’t even twitch at that news. Feels bad man when your family & friends are in a cult.
Please read the Articles Of Faith (and preferably the Book Of Mormon) before discussing corruption in the church.
We are warned, repeatedly, of what happens when individuals and leaders in the church become deceived. We are warned, explicitly, that the "very elect" (read: leaders & role models) will be led astray.
We are warned, repeatedly, that no mortal on this earth is to be relied upon, and that ALL revelation needs to be verified directly by ones personal connection to God. "Blind" faith is actively discouraged.
Instead of judging the church based on the people who flagrantly ignore the teachings and warnings in the Book Of Mormon, I would much rather you judge the church based on the people who are making an honest attempt at living the gospel.
Romney was installed in a Proto-Biden way (with less dependence on machines).
Utah is often used as a ‘testbed’ marketplace to roll out new consumer products, as they are a relatively small market but highly inundated with sophisticated media, and the inhabitants are culturally deferential to authority, highly-educated low-information types, and naively conformist (i.e. when the TV tells them to do something with enough “authority”, they’ll do it along with all their friends, so you can get a lot of people to try your widget with a relatively small advertising budget, and then work out the most effective commercial messaging before you try to roll it out in the bigger cities)
Conservatives in that state tried to block him at the caucus level, but he just bypassed it and the media sold Romney like some as seen on TV! “honorable” guy.
tl;dr: Utah works as a commercial testbed because it's a Mormon theocracy masquerading as a state.
Amen!!! I’ve been saying this to everyone here. The kool-aid is strong though. Stupid theocracies are so damn corrupt. A quick dig into the mormon corporation and it’s 34 billion dollars in liquid assets should raise anyone’s eyebrows but they don’t even twitch at that news. Feels bad man when your family & friends are in a cult.
Please read the Articles Of Faith (and preferably the Book Of Mormon) before discussing corruption in the church.
We are warned, repeatedly, of what happens when individuals and leaders in the church become deceived. We are warned, explicitly, that the "very elect" (read: leaders & role models) will be led astray.
We are warned, repeatedly, that no mortal on this earth is to be relied upon, and that ALL revelation needs to be verified directly by ones personal connection to God. "Blind" faith is actively discouraged.
Instead of judging the church based on the people who flagrantly ignore the teachings and warnings in the Book Of Mormon, I would much rather you judge the church based on the people who are making an honest attempt at living the gospel.