Ehhh.... Fuck a cop. John
On July 22, 2016 2:46:50 PM EDT, Steve Kinney <[email protected]> wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > > >On 07/22/2016 09:51 AM, Rayzer wrote: > >> Ps. I consider that extension, even tho I don't use Chrome, an >> Effective Use of Technology for Social Change. >> >> The possibilities are limitless! Marketable as "The de-programming >> tool on your browser bar" >> >> For instance, Georgi, on another thread >> >> "Are there scientific papers calling sheeple and the financial >> system with their true names?" > >Can't say that I see much value in toys created for the purpose of >reinforcing the brand loyalty of Sheeple 2.0 with regard to whatever >Identity Politics trap they have fallen into. Of course if you /want/ >to deploy a stupidity amplifier, anything that constantly reminds a >True Believer that he or she is better than other people will do the >trick. Does your bright idea help mutually alienate people who might >otherwise band together to promote their common interests at the >expense of their rulers? Apply for a grant! > >Identity politics works by conditioning people to pin their self >esteem on the inherent superiority of their racial, language, >national, economic, social and/or political in-group. Strict >compliance with the pseudo-gang's rigid stereotypical beliefs and >behaviors makes the faithful Somebodies, and prevents them from >associating with hated Others. > >Like all effective propaganda platforms, identity politics formalizes >and exploits a pre-existing human weakness, in this case the so-called >herd instinct. Identity politics is maintained and advanced through >strategy that consistently scapegoats and demonizes targeted Others >and, to a lesser extent, anyone else who fails to hear and obey the >correct Party Line. Logic, reason and practicality are off the table, >although simulating these to provide "proofs" of what Believers >already believe is an important part of the complete and balanced >propaganda breakfast. It's easy, because all issues are reduced to >binary us versus them issues. The more valid an evidence based >criticism of any article of faith, the more desperately the true >believer clutches for straws: It doesn't take much to "rescue" them >from wrong thinking. > >Otherwise sane and rational people become easily led animals when they >fall under the spell of identity politics; a high IQ only means >superior internal resources for rationalizing ignorant beliefs. >That's where Knee Jerk Reactionary Republicans, Yellow Dog Democrats >and other packaged personlike Product comes from, and how segmented >markets are herded into battles that assure a populace so divided >against itself that its rulers have a free hand to do whatever they >want unopposed, except by easily marginalized outliers and minorities. > >Funny thing: Lots of readers will agree with the above assessment, >because it applies to ignorant easily led Other People, proving that >their own identity group is better. > >:o/ > > > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > >iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXkmoaAAoJEECU6c5XzmuqKSoIAIukZKpTXk8hZDCw3yyhfOpK >jMHfQYI3Y4SWEoVYM/V4NTuvrM7y1NCDnN0OdSQ5H/+X8W+iW8LN5mf8RyIJuwVE >uKRRP1n4HDE7/bV03K6p6T0HRjpWIViOZ7qIv87g0JXumOwz3P71GVoafdo+cLv5 >3k3Uro5iXVt3tmtYqV5ga3tgFJo5MxkXBvm4DumQS+XAnNZFIqPC8Uf3XeNJGtQA >6HYXjVV66h3Xa0454ySkIc/HkQ0rwYo4yZpq3aeALLUkTZKF1YgDEruOAjMqXklV >sgsoBFMsu54feAO24GK4qA44ihn01iePgSYgBVLwwLgVNiGVjHBGwuOReus7cm8= >=hZj7 >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
