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Starting recipe for a revolution of a more cultural nature, from a half-dozen historical cases: - Target schools as centers of dissent and either co-opt or fai
by z2 1y ago
Starting recipe for a revolution of a more cultural nature, from a half-dozen historical cases:
- Target schools as centers of dissent and either co-opt or failing that, dismantle them.
- Portray 'intellectuals' as enemies of the people or agents of foreign/cosmopolitan influence. Use the state apparatus is to punish, exile, or eliminate intellectuals to make examples of them and enforce ideological conformity.
- Elevate the the "common man" or "true proletariat" as the ideal citizen embodying folk wisdom, in opposition to educated elites.
- Frame any opposition as existential threats to the nation's values or vitality; invoke religious or nationalist themes.
- xk_id 1y agoWould you say this comment needed major changes, in order for a MAGA supporter to feel that it is applicable against his own political adversaries?
- tremon 1y agoThe choice of words doesn't affect how a MAGA supporter "feels" about anything. It matters much more who says them and in what tone.