How they manipulate you

Brushy Bill

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atlkvb

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This describes cable news. Whoever came up with the phrase "fear porn" nailed it.

The media has dumbed down and brainwashed more folks than the best Nazi propaganda could ever hope to accomplish. The other day someone posted those man-in-street videos (maybe it was you @Op2 ?) which showed grown *** adults functionally illiterate on some of the most basic current events or simple general knowledge.

I'll 100% guarantee most of them watch the main stream news media. I call them vidiots. (video idiots) The folks in that industry are a bunch of mind numbed robots too. Watching them can prove hazardous to your mental health, and intellectual development.
 

DvlDog4WVU

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Perhaps you should fact-check first. Talk about how easy it is to be "manipulated".

Shewwwwww, they are seriously splitting hairs in that article.



Paulmichl said the quote was likely a manipulated excerpt from the 1947 book "Nuremberg Diary" by Gustave M. Gilbert (here), a psychologist who had access to the prisoners during the trials.

In the book, Gilbert describes a discussion with Goering on how a government may force people to go to war, to which Goering responded: ā€œā€¦It is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.ā€


Reminded by Gilbert that ā€œin a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives,ā€ Goering told him that ā€œvoice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.ā€
 

MountaineerWV

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Shewwwwww, they are seriously splitting hairs in that article.



Paulmichl said the quote was likely a manipulated excerpt from the 1947 book "Nuremberg Diary" by Gustave M. Gilbert (here), a psychologist who had access to the prisoners during the trials.

In the book, Gilbert describes a discussion with Goering on how a government may force people to go to war, to which Goering responded: ā€œā€¦It is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.ā€


Reminded by Gilbert that ā€œin a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives,ā€ Goering told him that ā€œvoice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.ā€
Splitting hairs? Absolutely. But when trying to talk about being "manipulated" don't include a meme that is attempting to manipulate by using false quote. Use the actual quote instead. That's all I'm saying.
 

dave

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Shewwwwww, they are seriously splitting hairs in that article.



Paulmichl said the quote was likely a manipulated excerpt from the 1947 book "Nuremberg Diary" by Gustave M. Gilbert (here), a psychologist who had access to the prisoners during the trials.

In the book, Gilbert describes a discussion with Goering on how a government may force people to go to war, to which Goering responded: ā€œā€¦It is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.ā€


Reminded by Gilbert that ā€œin a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives,ā€ Goering told him that ā€œvoice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.ā€
Most facebook fact checks are like this.
 

phillya

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Covid was definitely used to create irrational fear in our society in order to manipulate people. The Dems used it to their advantage so they could get away with cheating to win an election. They are still using it to control the population and they'll keep it going for as long as they can or for as long as they need to.
 

WVUCOOPER

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Covid was definitely used to create irrational fear in our society in order to manipulate people. The Dems used it to their advantage so they could get away with cheating to win an election. They are still using it to control the population and they'll keep it going for as long as they can or for as long as they need to.
classic
 

Shirley Knott

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The media has dumbed down and brainwashed more folks than the best Nazi propaganda could ever hope to accomplish. The other day someone posted those man-in-street videos (maybe it was you @Op2 ?) which showed grown *** adults functionally illiterate on some of the most basic current events or simple general knowledge.

I'll 100% guarantee most of them watch the main stream news media. I call them vidiots. (video idiots) The folks in that industry are a bunch of mind numbed robots too. Watching them can prove hazardous to your mental health, and intellectual development.
Mindnumbed Woe'bots'....
 

atlkvb

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Covid was definitely used to create irrational fear in our society in order to manipulate people. The Dems used it to their advantage so they could get away with cheating to win an election. They are still using it to control the population and they'll keep it going for as long as they can or for as long as they need to.
See to the Left what you've posted here is pure nonsense. However ask one of them why if they've taken the "vaccine" is it still necessary to keep wearing that mask (which doesn't really protect them) or how it's possible to spread the virus to someone else either wearing it or being fully vaccinated? That's the reason they're all being brainwashed to keep the stupid masks on even after getting their shots correct? šŸ˜

They won't give you a reasonable or logical answer to that, except they've been told through the media fear porn this is what they MUST do. So you are spot on that the manipulators aren't going to easily cede this power they've discovered over the myrmidons. They're on a massive ego trip right now, and loving every minute of control they have been freely given by these sheeple.