On 09/23/2015 02:43 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
The question is not "Should one use doubt to create fear?", the question is "Will someone use doubt to create fear?" (Someone almost always will.) The crafty campaign strategist will anticipate the audience experiencing the fear and assess whether that group is sufficiently important to penetrate. Or it may be a better use of resources to treat them as hopeless and find other votes/money/etc.
You're having a different conversation than I am (and what I thought Gil and Steve were having). I'm talking about skepticism as a way of life. You're talking about how to manipulate non-skeptics with ideological imagery. My claim is the truly powerful do _not_ manipulate in the way you're describing. They are more surgical in their methods. The power gained by your coarser manipulation is temporary and fickle. The power gained by steadily punching holes in convictions is more permanent. -- ⇔ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
