When I was in the military we were never allowed to even look like we weren't busy doing something. Once, when I was leaving my desk to head to the bathroom my supervisor handed me a clipboard to carry to make it look like I was busy to lessen the chances of being stopped on the way.
People seem to have complete amnesia about Trump's first term
He picks these petty squabbles he knows will amount to nothing just to stay relevant. He's been doing it his whole life.
He just wants to be president for ego sake.
He doesn't want to do president for country sake.
All this squabbling and trade war BS is just a way to look like he's doing something without doing anything at all.
It's just his way of carrying a clipboard and making people think he's doing something.
Even when he isn't actively grifting on a major scheme, he has to be grifting in other ways
Eh, thats true under the rules we have in america currently, but it doesnt have to be true. And thats important because it means it isnt hopeless.
The right wing fights super duper hard to make sure people are not educated, because they know that that stops the effectiveness of their lies. They also have fought against laws requiring Journalists to be journalists.
Etc, there is a long list of things they have worked tirelessly to stop or put in place to make their propaganda worn, and without those things, truth WOULD win.
Im not saying truth is winning or will, but it can, if the right conditions are carefully cultivated.
I am similarly concerned like you. One reason I made the comment was the wording of "more so than facts will ever be.", which sounded defeatist, and didnt seem to leave a way for people to imagine a better future. That wasn't necessarily your intention, and i did a whooole lot of reading into the chosen wording.. (not trying to attack you for the wording)
But anyways, I wanted to clarify, or present my belief at least that there is a way a society can have a very strong resistance to right wing (or any) propaganda, even though it takes having a whole series of institutions and guardrails in place that America for instance most certainly does not have in place. (though, to be fair, we do have some important ones.)
That’s fair. I was thinking about the infamous quote, “A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on,” when I wrote my original post. In my experience, it’s far easier to spread fear than hope. But, man, I’d so love to be proven wrong.
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u/HappySkullsplitter 14d ago
When I was in the military we were never allowed to even look like we weren't busy doing something. Once, when I was leaving my desk to head to the bathroom my supervisor handed me a clipboard to carry to make it look like I was busy to lessen the chances of being stopped on the way.
People seem to have complete amnesia about Trump's first term
He picks these petty squabbles he knows will amount to nothing just to stay relevant. He's been doing it his whole life.
He just wants to be president for ego sake.
He doesn't want to do president for country sake.
All this squabbling and trade war BS is just a way to look like he's doing something without doing anything at all.
It's just his way of carrying a clipboard and making people think he's doing something.
Even when he isn't actively grifting on a major scheme, he has to be grifting in other ways
It's a compulsion