That sounds basically like signalling that you’re on whatever side is winning? If you don’t care about maintaining a consistent persona, then you can just pick whatever would give you the biggest advantage at the moment.
I think there are more limits than that because plausibility matters. The set of positions Ibram X Kendi could plausibly take is very different from the positions available to Donald Trump. Too big a reach and you’ll look insincere, opportunistic, or weak. It’s easy to alienate your social coalition and much harder to gain acceptance in a new one.
That sounds basically like signalling that you’re on whatever side is winning? If you don’t care about maintaining a consistent persona, then you can just pick whatever would give you the biggest advantage at the moment.
I think there are more limits than that because plausibility matters. The set of positions Ibram X Kendi could plausibly take is very different from the positions available to Donald Trump. Too big a reach and you’ll look insincere, opportunistic, or weak. It’s easy to alienate your social coalition and much harder to gain acceptance in a new one.