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Divide and conquer at it's best. We, the people, are supposed to stop making decisions based on rational thinking and vote according to a social identity that i
by dakna 8y ago
Divide and conquer at it's best. We, the people, are supposed to stop making decisions based on rational thinking and vote according to a social identity that is shoved into our faces constantly. And if enough people have nothing to trust anymore, and think there are conspiracies everywhere, it is easy to fill the void with just one loud person to trust. It is the last resort based on emotions and identity. Well played, well played indeed.
- ipython 8y agoThis - a thousand times. Read this story: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/21/kent-sorenson-was-a-tea-party-hero-then-he-lost-everything-220522 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/21/kent-sore... It’s a great story for a bunch of reasons, but what I would like to point out for this thread is how effective pitting ethnic and racial groups against each other in prison is at surpressing organized dissent. That’s exactly the tactic employed here with the virulent tribalism egged on by this administration.