How do you know when you're dealing with an economic snake oil salesman and swindler? Easy. The first thing out of his mouth is a "false dilemma": either you pander to the oil companies or you are an effete, latte-sipping snob.
Levant is the kind of blatant con-man who leaves the naive observer perplexed. How does he get away with it? How could anyone swallow such a load of codswallop? It's actually a rather simple trick. It's called "complicity." Levant (and his oil corporation sponsors) offers his dupes the illusion of a piece of the action: "All this will be yours, suckers, if only you will overlook the environmental consequences and the cronyism!" Then when he and they don't deliver, the dupes are too compromised by their complicity to admit that they've been swindled. On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Tom Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Ezra Levant will never lose touch with his rooting for Exxon-Mobil > truffles. > > On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]>wrote: > >> NDP loses touch with its roots**** >> >> Read Later<http://www.readability.com/articles/bnefc1sb?legacy_bookmarklet=1> >> *by* Ezra Levant • May 6, 2012 **** >> >> >> <http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/04/ndp-loses-touch-with-its-roots> >> >> <http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/04/ndp-loses-touch-with-its-roots> >> > -- > Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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