The term ‘Non Player Character’ (NPC) is widely understood to refer to those characters in a video game who are not controlled by a player, but are pre-programmed automated features of the game. In the world of politics, NPCs are voters who automatically follow the herd, without considering the fundamental principles or issues behind a given election in which they are voting. In other words, most voters.
Also referred to as ‘low information voters,’ NPCs have correctly come to be seen by many as a significant cause of America’s radical drift to the Left. But the problem is not the fact that NPCs exist and participate in the electoral process; it is that they tend to vote Left by default.
For those on the Right, it is tempting to want to correct the voting ‘process’ in the hopes that this will halt or reverse the slide into tyranny. To be sure, having an honest voting process is a positive and necessary objective, but it must never be forgotten that whether we get ‘good’ government or whether we get ‘bad’ government depends on the people and parties we elect.
Complicating matters is the fact that electoral politics by its nature compels the voter to vote for a ‘person,’ not necessarily for an idea, ideology, or policy. That’s why during political campaigns, politicians tend to attack the messengers rather than the messages. For the NPCs in the political herd, politics is thus reduced to a cult of personalities devoid of issues or substance.
However, the same democratic mechanism that can be misused for sinister purposes, as is being done now by the Democrats, can also be used for good. For those paying attention, it is impossible not to notice that Trump plays by the rules, while the Democratic Party does not. This alone tends to appeal to the herd.
When it comes to herd mentalities, Greg Reese suggests that rather than wishing “the herd” removed from the political arena, the Right’s “main objective should be to get herd on our side…”
Indeed, this has been part of Trump’s strategy and success from the very beginning. The Leftward drift of American politics has already slowed to a crawl and the herd is now beginning to move in the Right direction. Thanks to Donald Trump, at least now there is a ‘right direction’ in which to move, which was not the case with Republicans alone.
Buoyed by the damaging consequences of Leftist policies, the primary cause behind America’s current shift to the Right is Donald Trump’s ability to communicate with the NPCs of politics in a way that is Just Right.
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