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The article falls apart because its written for the communist heart. The entire point of the article is promoting cancel culture in a roundabout way as if its
by trod123 2y ago
The article falls apart because its written for the communist heart.
The entire point of the article is promoting cancel culture in a roundabout way as if its justified, and suggesting inducements into frames of thinking that are not healthy (or rational), but still plausible. It has many structures commonly used in thought reform. Cancel culture is also just one more derivation of Marxism and other Critical Theory.
The problem with anything derived from these dubious origins is that it has no basis in reality, and doesn't follow rational thought. They lie more than they tell the truth; and who would bother wasting time on people that do that.
To them, its all about power dynamics, manipulative emotional ploys, dissembling opinions, and other deceits such as associative priming (relating unrelated things so you can't even carry a conversation without thinking the other thing) or the foregone conclusion (another fallacy), that and a formulaic mix of truth with fiction in about a 49-51% split.
This is clearly soft propaganda meant to entice those uneducated, and of weak heart and mind into supporting communism only without calling it that.
Its fairly obvious for anyone who has developed any significant measure of discernment. It hits all the common rhetoric talking points.
- constantcrying 2y agoI think it is just another entry in the genre of "why I get to enjoy everything capitalism has to offer, but still am actually opposing it".
- raincole 2y agoCalling a propaganda piece might be a stretch. I read this article and briefly skimmed the latest article on their site (about AI). My conclusion is that this person just enjoy making nothing-burger.
- trod123 2y agoNot really. When the structures and elements are observable and present, it is fair to call something exactly what it is so long as it is from a rational basis. Also, these types don't tell the truth often, and regularly seek to dissemble, mislead, and muddy the water. Noise is harmful to signals and communication systems in general. There's only one way to deal with liars. You accept they have no credibility and stop paying attention, and you hold them to full account when they inevitably cross the line from free speech into traitorous action that is actually punishable. There is no goodfaith presumption warranted in defense of destructive false ideologies.