Political Abuse

[David Morris]

Oh, but you do?  Again, that misses the point at the heart of
'gaslighting," AKA political abuse.  It is NOT the same as a con.

David Morris

On Wednesday, January 25, 2017, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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-gasl
>> ighting-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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