At first, I was like, “Who cares?”
But as I think about it, people and especially Conservatives, love to use the Wolf of Wall Street as a source of memes and personal meaning. They imagine their heroes are Jordan Belfort “sticking it to the elites,” and I have to wonder if they won’t feel some kind of cognitive dissonance when they want to use this character in the future, now that DiCaprio has come out against Trump and in support of Harris.
Narrator: They experienced no cognitive dissonance whatsoever, and things remained unchanged.
I know you’re being facetious, but just to be clear for those in the back (since the internet often misunderstands words), you can experience cognitive dissonance and still continue doing the same things afterwards.
It’s just that uncomfortable feeling when you are presented with an idea that conflicts with your beliefs about reality. I fully expect they’ll figure out how to get past it with some mental gymnastics, a thought-terminating-cliche, or (gasp) accepting reality and recognizing that the character is fictional.
They used a gay actor I to BDSM for anti covid memes, so I dont that sekc reoefction is their strong suite.
Imagine choosing who to vote for, based on who a character from a meme endorses.
Democracy is broken.