While I love this quote and agree with it, we’ve had a slow, fascist roll out in this country with the Orange monster and his enablers. Even though the MAGATs are lying to us constantly, there is still a lot we can see and hear with our own eyes and ears. It’s a tragedy that so many dunderheads watch and listen to right wing propaganda on a daily basis where they aren’t exposed to anything except lies. But when one looks a bit deeper into what is actually happening they eventually end up being a witness to the insanity. LIke those ignoramuses at a ‘town hall’ that devolved into a pointless, bizarre spectacle of their dear leader decompensating before their eyes. They can try to fool themselves but it’s impossible to unsee something
Yes, it's been a long process of brainwashing people. Fox and Murdoch have been at it for quite awhile and now it's an entire "industry". HRC was correct - a vast rightwing conspiracy
I've read that cognitive psychologists refer to this as post-truth. The goal is to make truth unknowable, with the result that the masses believe whatever the authoritarian tells them. Trump is a master of it, he knows, and his cult knows, that it doesn't matter what he says, he makes up facts and figures out of thin air. It's all entertainment.
Agreed. And I think that's why he hates real time fact checking. Not because MAGA cares that he lies, but because it makes him appear less authoritarian. A mere peon dared to question him - how embarrassing!
This is the quote that I think sums up MAGA:
"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies.
With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
- Hannah Arendt
(14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975)
German historian and philosopher
While I love this quote and agree with it, we’ve had a slow, fascist roll out in this country with the Orange monster and his enablers. Even though the MAGATs are lying to us constantly, there is still a lot we can see and hear with our own eyes and ears. It’s a tragedy that so many dunderheads watch and listen to right wing propaganda on a daily basis where they aren’t exposed to anything except lies. But when one looks a bit deeper into what is actually happening they eventually end up being a witness to the insanity. LIke those ignoramuses at a ‘town hall’ that devolved into a pointless, bizarre spectacle of their dear leader decompensating before their eyes. They can try to fool themselves but it’s impossible to unsee something
Yes, it's been a long process of brainwashing people. Fox and Murdoch have been at it for quite awhile and now it's an entire "industry". HRC was correct - a vast rightwing conspiracy
This is not the first time. We had it in pre-WW II years. See Rachel Maddow's "Prequel"
I've read that cognitive psychologists refer to this as post-truth. The goal is to make truth unknowable, with the result that the masses believe whatever the authoritarian tells them. Trump is a master of it, he knows, and his cult knows, that it doesn't matter what he says, he makes up facts and figures out of thin air. It's all entertainment.
Agreed. And I think that's why he hates real time fact checking. Not because MAGA cares that he lies, but because it makes him appear less authoritarian. A mere peon dared to question him - how embarrassing!
Wow!!!
She was probably talking about Hitler, but as we know, trump is trying to be Hitler redux so it fits just as well.
Terrible and sad and true
Outstanding! Thank you for sharing this.