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Looks so much similar to Modi in India. At some point we are all helpless in front of blatant rhetoric. We will destroy our institutions just for the hatred for
by neel8986 5y ago
Looks so much similar to Modi in India. At some point we are all helpless in front of blatant rhetoric. We will destroy our institutions just for the hatred for "others"
- hutzlibu 5y agoRhetoric on its own is nothing. But rhetoric that adresses needs and fears of a big size of the people - does. So I do not see the solution in fighting populist rhetoric, but in adressing the cause of the fear of the people.
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago>but in adressing the cause of the fear of the people. If you address it they won't have a reason to vote for you next time. This problem plagues many US cities.
- zo1 5y agoThere is a huge disconnect between the accepted "truths" in "public discourse" or "mainstream" opinion, and what people really believe. This is a consequence of who knows how many years/decades of punishing "incorrect" opinions. Just look at the example presented in this thread about illegal and/or wide-scale immigration. 100% a thing that people can sanely and without being hateful hold as an opinion, yet it is stigmatized and punished when espoused in any sort of public forum or as a political platform. So everyone that doesn't want to be clumped into "that right-wing/hate group" category of people, just decides to shut up and go with it performatively.