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I agree. Is that a reference to a quote? The more popular anti-establishment rhetoric becomes, the more that rhetoric will be adopted by those who wish to use
by tambienben 9y ago
I agree. Is that a reference to a quote?
The more popular anti-establishment rhetoric becomes, the more that rhetoric will be adopted by those who wish to use it toward their own ends. Be wary of what you assume to be true.
I'm thinking of the dual parties purpetrating this specifically, but no blind eye should be turned to /any/ outside influences.
- SomeStupidPoint 9y agoIt's extremely old strategy to fund internal divisions in a state you want to undermine... I actually have had trouble finding a first citation of it happening, because every reference I've ever found to it (dating back a few thousand BCE) treats it as an old and established problem to social order. The newness is in the mechanization of that attack via social networks to amplify your damage-per-cost and impact several groups at once from across the globe, but that's merely the industrialization of an old and established strategy. This is what warfare between nations looks like. It's what it's always looked like.
- tambienben 9y agoI would argue that it is (also) warfare waged against the citizenry by established domestic political parties/players.