The Left is doing it wrong.

We need to stop calling it the green New Deal; and call it the Patriot Power Act.

We’re not trying to go green or “Woke”. No! We’re making ’Merca energy independent! We’ll stop importing oil from the tourist countries! And be energy self sufficient!

—BRANDING!!

  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    35
    ·
    9 months ago

    Democrats suck at branding.

    Private companies do not, though: https://www.sempersolaris.com/

    Veteran owned, uses made in America parts, offers military discounts and they have a program where they do free installs for struggling vets.

    Their tagine is “declare your independence from the power company”

    I interviewed for a job with them once and they actually sounded very competent too

    • dangblingus@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      Maybe they’re good at branding, but they suck at marketing.

      If your product exists, fills a niche, solves a problem, and is the right price, but no one is buying it, then you suck at marketing.

  • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    9 months ago

    Immigrants don’t want you to have solar power. Especially brown people. I bet you can’t even fit a solar panel on your emotional support vehicle.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      Ελληνικά
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      9 months ago

      Solar power makes you indepenent. Obama can’t shut off your electricity during jade helm 2 if you produce it yourself.

      Plus, coal plants are putting chemicals into the air to feminize and chemically lobotomize alpha males.

      • Jojo@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        9 months ago

        Has anyone noticed how the total population of trans people tracks almost perfectly with adoption of industrialized economies? There must be a connection.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    9 months ago

    They already kinda do that, at least in my area. There’s a company that advertises on AM radio called Semper Solaris and they go hard on the support the troops/vets angle with their sales pitch. It’s pretty cringe, but it must work because they keep their advertisements running pretty much every commercial break. Not that you need to try very hard to convince a Californian to get solar panels installed on their roof. “Make the sun pay your entire electric bill” is also pretty effective advertising.

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    9 months ago

    You just have to tell them oil is dug up by brown people and solar is made by white people.

    I’m sure they can think up a new name for it themselves…

    • Potfarmer@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      9 months ago

      We can take it further… Light comes from the heavens, the domain of the lord almighty. Oil comes from the depths of hell on earth, domain of the devil. Do the right thing Christians, just like you always have, support the anti-devil white people solar power alliance.

  • CarlCook@feddit.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    ·
    9 months ago

    Seriously though, the German liberal party (FDP) has dubbed renewable energy “freedom energy”.

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    28
    arrow-down
    6
    ·
    9 months ago

    Or…stop defining everything as left/right and make things for people. Stop the divide, it’s what ‘they’ want.

    • guyrocket@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      9 months ago

      Yes. I was amazed that anyone was able to make a vaccine political.

      And some of the other kookiness from Qanon and similar really makes me wonder about the mental health of the general public.

      • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        9 months ago

        I was in Barnes and noble today and there’s a whole bookshelf in the new non-fiction section from a bunch of conservative personalities with crazy books about trusting Q, knowing how to believe in Q, how Biden has ruined America but trump will return and save us, all sorts of delusional shit.

        The mental capacity of the general public has always been poor because there are some extremely dumb and gullible skewing it from just basic people, these grifters selling these delusional books and ideas is what’s making this worse. Being allowed to call your political opponents demons and saying your leaders are all chosen by god on high should be banned in political discourse

      • Maeve@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        9 months ago

        It’s when I started looking for answers on mass psychosis. I’m still unclear on the how.

          • Maeve@kbin.social
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            9 months ago

            It’s not just Russia. Governments propagandize their own, including Western ones. Recall Snowden, Assange, Manning, and with the help of “reputable” news. False flags. I think now we’re just to the point where any sane person doubts most of what they hear and should doubt most of what they see. But we crave order and cling to the narrative that seems to make the most sense to our own minds’ peculiarities. Some are certainly closer to true than others but there are a lot of politicians throwing rocks and hiding hands. As I said elsewhere: absolutely everything is based on money and appearances.

            • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              9 months ago

              The media is full of all types of “news” but people don’t seek out and objectively analyze truth, they seek “news” and “science” that fits their preconceived notions and parade it around as truth.

    • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      9 months ago

      Well the unfortunate part of that is it isn’t working and a solid 30% of the population will just call you ‘woke’ and ignore you for saying it.

    • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      Stop the divide, it’s what ‘they’ want.

      You’re sending some conflicting signals, my Mac

      • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        9 months ago

        Companies are not people, so no…I’m not.

        Political agendas are also not human, so again I’m still not.

        You’re one of those that love to cause divide.

    • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      That sounds nice but, much like the name for these bills, it’s not reality.

  • 1984@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    23
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    9 months ago

    Would absolutely work in USA.

    The word patriot is like a button for mind control.

    • Jojo@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      9 months ago

      It’s true. I hear those geese didn’t get a visa when they came here from Canada.

  • JackbyDev@programming.dev
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    9 months ago

    I’m pretty sure I’ve seen “Patriot” type branding for massive battery backups targeting preppers.

    • LukeMedia@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      9 months ago

      For sure, I got one from a family member, the solar panel only put out 15W with no load drawn. The battery was pinched in the casing as well. I was surprised to see it did have proper voltage protection, though.

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      Present “normal” person with new information: “Huh, that’s not what I heard. I’ll go check it out when I get some time.”

      Republicans: “It’s a liberal plot by George Soros and the liberal MSM run by illegal aliens and that traitor Hunter Biden! Did you see what that Clinton did?!”

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      16
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      Democrats desperately need better marketing, they should hire that dude. Anyone could be doing a better job than whomever they are using.