sott:The author, although seeming to have an excellent grasp of the mechanics used to sway mass public opinion and to perpetrate attrocities, still appears to be affected by the 'evil arab terrorist' line being sold to him by those aforementioned methods!
When he says the following:
"It is hard to imagine that Bush and Blair consciously wish to make things worse;"
he may be missing a vital clue: psychopathy. His statement above, is best explained in the words of Andrew Lobaczewski:
Goaded by their character, such people thirst for just that even though it would conflict with their own life interest.... They do not understand that a catastrophe will ensue. Germs are not aware that they will be burned alive or buried deep in the ground along with the human body whose death they are causing.
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15 Jul 08
Arne LøiningAction-as-propaganda can reinforce an oddly reassuring feeling of certainty, helping to bend reality into line with a distorted and propagandistic image of the world. It also distorts our perceptions of this reality so that the gap between public perception and official propaganda is further diminished.
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"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality - judiciously, as you will--we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too." This is a path to madness--but a perversely persuasive one.
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25 Sep 07
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When he says the following:
"It is hard to imagine that Bush and Blair consciously wish to make things worse;"
he may be missing a vital clue: psychopathy. His statement above, is best explained in the words of Andrew Lobaczewski:
Goaded by their character, such people thirst for just that even though it would conflict with their own life interest.... They do not understand that a catastrophe will ensue. Germs are not aware that they will be burned alive or buried deep in the ground along with the human body whose death they are causing.
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