ha, good one
War is peace, Freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, destruction is conservative
He was a genius visionary of the darker side of the human condition, which is why he's so well remembered and widely referred to.
He knew that those who lack education and sophistication will readily be drawn in by ad hominem attacks, values based judgements, simplistic slogans and misdirection.
Sound familiar?
This is WHY the average Republican's IQ is lower than that of Democrats, because the arguments lack logical merit. Thus, two groups emerge; the suckers, who are carefully protected from gaining much real influence, and the smart core who understand the mass manipulation going on and position themselves to take advantage of the situation.
But it doesn't stop there; two more mass manipulations help cement the current power structure. The first is the notion that politics is too rancorous, divisive, angry, remote, complicated, peurile, opaque... name your distasteful adjective and attach it to provide an excuse, to keep as many people as possible FROM voting in the first place.
Artificial barriers to voting are an extreme example of such disenfranchisement, all made possible by the distracted complacency of the average citizen who chooses on some level not to vote.
The second is that the Democratic party has also been manipulated into the same trap and thus has provided little more than difference without distinction. Entertainment- AND pointless rancor, the perfect cocktail to turn off those who are struggling to make ends meet in their own lives- thus disenfranchising themselves. Their new job is to capitulate as much as possible without appearing too obvious about it.
I'm not going to change any minds with this analysis. Simple thinkers will always be drawn to totalitarianism because its perils are not concepts they fully understand or think make a real difference in their quality of life. The hard core 'conservative' already knows I'm right but feels they have something to gain by manipulating their fellows. These are deeply sociopathic and dangerous people, the kind who would pull the lever to kill if it meant a million bucks in their own pocket.
