Political Abuse

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A lot of the discussion about how the people who voted for Trump see
themselves, how they view their position in the nation, in the nation's
history and so on and how capitalism has, saturated their views, their
hearts and minds, this is a kind of collective subjectivity sure. Trump
understands this and most of his critics don't understand that he
understands this and thus they don't understand him.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> I'd have said this applies as much to ways of Western capitalism as it
> does to authoritarian regimes. The hoo ha about alt facts/false news seems
> to me to be a sign that the longstanding consensus (Gramsci's collective
> subjective) is breaking down, and the general populace is becoming open to
> different narratives as they look for fresh certainties to underpin their
> day to day lives. How much these narratives cleave to longer term realities
> are not as important as their appeal to shorter term emotional needs.
>
> On 24-Jan-17 4:10 PM, David Morris wrote:
>
> http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/01/22/is-shawn-spicer-
> gaslighting-the-press/
>
> The truly horrible thing about propaganda in authoritarian regimes is not
> that it convinces the true believers, but that it demoralizes opponents by
> saying in effect: “Yes, we know that you know we are lying, but we don’t
> care! We do it because we can and you can’t stop us!” As for the majority
> of apolitical citizens, it infects them with a corrosive cynicism and
> dissuades them from all forms of public engagement. Apathy may be a more
> powerful silencer of dissent than overt physical coercion.
>
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