They have the shittiest, most transparent ragtag team of propagandists and their bullshit still dupes ppl because the US government has spent the last 45 years making sure kids grew up dumb and religiously indoctrinated.
A general strike is more effective if we protest at the same time, but you can stay home from work too, only buy local, help the homeless, elderly and disabled. We can succeed if we peacefully push back by resisting in every way, join in local protests and a general strike. General Strike 5/1 /25!
While I see the possible effectiveness of this ideology, you are not going to get every employee of every business to do it. Not yet anyway. People will be too afraid of losing their job.
And they *will* lose their jobs. The only upside is gaining unemployment, and that's assuming it'd be enough to feed their families, pay rent, fill their cars with gas, etc until then.
As was the case when MAGAts were gathering in Florida to denounce the media when Russian bots were favoring Trump over Biden. Their claim was, ‘I don’t see any Russians at this meeting. They’re all my neighbors.’ But the Russian bots set up the event. They were being manipulated.
True. Simultaneous we all do have free will. We all have the power to choose how to behave in the moment. And it’s those moments of choice that define us.
Today more than ever, critical thinking is crucial. The hardest lies to catch are those which aren't actually lies. They feature the truth in a way that leaves a false impression. This is done by using strongly loaded words to try and influence an audience, appealing to emotion and, or, stereotypes.
"If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer….
And with such a people, you can do what you please" Hannah Arendt
The only way out is through. Prepare to respond with compassion (even though you want to shake the stuffing out of them for falling for it), or risk people staying in the cult out of fear of retribution.
I like the reach across the aisle, but I'd still have to check on what they mean by "America." You could admit Trump lied to you 30,000 times but still be adamant women shouldn't vote or all brown people deserve death. America, for most of our history, has meant just that.
And this… Carl Sagan warned in 1996 about the risks of ignorance: “People have to be educated and they have to practice their education and scepticism… otherwise we are up for grabs for the next political or religious charlatan that comes ambling along”
Yea, good advice but US is a country with 21% illiterates, & 54% can read only at the level of a 6-grader or less. In short, 75% of Americans are pretty stupid… so hoping that such parents would encourage children to read and think critically is utopia. Education in schools must improve first!
I just said again, Steven Miller is Joseph Goebbels reincarnate, except Steven is Jewish. Maybe he was adopted. His uncle went on National TV to disavow his nephew. He's not well accepted by his family, I understand. Like trump, he reeks of racism & cruelty. like Hitler's Nazis.
An interesting corollary to that is this quote from Robert Greene: "What makes people stupid is their certainty they have all the answers." I have this on my wall to make sure I don't fall into that trap. It's pretty easy to do.
That goes for the Trump-people in any case! Just saw a documentation yesterday in German TV and the Trump fans are still believing that all that will turn out positively for them. Poor believers!
“Men (people) are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions.”
― Edward L. Bernays, Propaganda
Bernays (nephew of Sigmund Freud) has plenty of good quotes, helped the US/Wilson enter WWI by massaging public opinion. Goebbels is said to have been among his biggest fans.
That meme should include brainless & brainwashed MAGAmoron cult members, Fox News Propaganda of youth & senior citizens, and indoctrination of the Trump MAGAmoron cult members children
Universities in Nazi Germany were strictly controlled by the authorities. Senior university professors were hand-picked Nazis. The subjects that were taught in universities had to fit in to Nazi ideology and few in the universities were prepared to openly defy the regime.
You can take any Goebels quote and attribute it to Stephen Miller and I don't think anyone would question the attribution unless they were a Third Reich Trivia expert.
Oh, he’s an eager student all right! But he was evil ab ovo. He was this hateful and extreme as a child. He would have sent his Jewish ancestors to the death camps in 1930s Germany.
Perhaps you have not read and retained history. Try reading William Shirer’s “The Rise & Fall of The Third Reich”-factual, specifics,and has a bibliography-sometimes almost 3/4 of a page-to back up facts.IF this admin was so “transparent”,47 wouldn’t be ticked at Amazon-who will post TARIFF increase
Reading, and understanding, are two different things. Remember the Socialist countries in South America tried to help the NAZIs build the fourth Reich, until the governments were replaced with more intelligent ones.
The NAZIs were supported by Fascist and Socialist countries.
And the sad and honest truth is that Donald Trump’s base doesn’t realize that their freedoms are being taken away from them right in front of them and they’re jumping up and down for it. It’s sad to watch that how easily they were manipulated.
Hi Michael Edward, I've been searching for a source for this Goebbels quote, and while I find a few including IMDB, I've been unable to find the speech, letter or writing source. I'm not sure it's legit. Do you have an original source for it by any chance?
Good propaganda leaves the part of making an emotional decision up to the person hearing/viewing said propaganda. When they feel they came to an opinion on their own it's harder to dissuade them after the fact even with contradictory evidence shown to them. It's psyche warfare 100%
They who rely on others to read and think for them are stuck with a world of manipulation and controlled. Being "WOKE" is self-taught understanding and being aware of what surrounds you. IMHO
This is how the GOP/Maga won. Backed by Putin they worked over the past few decades to drip feed the population into thinking they discovered how evil libtards are
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Do you believe it now?
Isn't that exactly what all of the maga people say on the news even the bush administration said that. Overwhelm the media with multiple headline stories everyday so nobody has enough energy to fight on all friends and lie all the time.
So chilling! Goebbels' book #Propaganda is the quintessential guide to manipulating the public into #Fascist #Authoritarianism. He was a propaganda genius, and an evil savant. It should be required reading. People need to understand how #FoxNews is playing them. #Resist
Indeed that is "The Trick", also why the Republicans always hark back to Goebbels, arguably the father of modern propaganda. And it still works just as well as it did in 1936.
Now imagine what it would be like if the US only elected politicians who would be willing to make lobbying illegal.
Let honesty trickle down instead of greed.
The poor South has been "educated" to undermine & destroy the federal government since the "War of Northern Aggression".
They dgaf that they'll be ruled by naked god emperor. The misogynists didn't want equality for all. The fauxbertarians & evangelicals know what they're doing
Totally agree. Actual education on what is being done to them would be beneficial. Not the propaganda they've been fed for generations. I often remark that a lot could be understood by recognizing the Confederates are in charge rn. An oversimplification but a succinct one. 🤷
I get that. I grew up in the South as a kid. The fact that they teach the civil war as the war of Northern aggression really says it all. Still, there is a willfully ignorant populace who know better. But there are some who have been led astray, and by design. No easy fix for it.
How would either side know what’s real. Are we both results of bad propaganda machines? Oh right,migrants,judges, pardons, extortion, blackmail! Yeah I know what side is doing this and which side isn’t!
Propaganda works best when the people targeted are ignorant of the facts and refuse to believe reliable sources of facts. That’s why tRump’s attacks on the media are so malignant - and effective. If real news is “fake,” fake news is real. Hence: Fox News.
Ignorance is bliss, until it becomes destructive. This "post-truth" era we are now living in far surpasses George Orwell's prophetic and dystopian outlook in 1984. Even he could not have foreseen the level of agnosis we are witnessing today. FUCK YOU VERY MUCH, MAGAts! FUCK YOU SO MUCH!
Promises Made,
Promises Broken and in shambles
On the economy,
On Tariffs
On inflation
On tips,
On job creation ,
On manufacturing coming back to US,
On layoffs,
On the war,
On vengeance
And the list goes on and on
Make sure you attend rallies and town halls
It is positively chilling. I see it all the time how they think they have their “we the people” back like they’ve been set free from being imprisoned for saying Merry Christmas. Terrifies the bejesus out of me.
It's pretty obvious given, like, everything about his strategy, that he was a huge fan of Hitler. In fact, iirc his ex wife noted he slept with a copy of Mein Kampf by his bedside. And now, the military (I'm not kidding) has been directed to carry it in its library. That's recent, new.
And perhaps worse of all, the ADL has rubber stamped all of this by ignoring it and telling people Elons Hitler salute wasn't what it was. They are deliberately putting Jewish people in this country at risk to suit both Netanyahu and their vile hatred of Muslims in a bid to confront Iran.
He married a white woman who is a prolific Trump zealot. I don't personally understand but it does happen. There are other cases I've seen on the news.
Here in the UK we have politicians like this too… Tories like Badenoch, Braverman, Kwarteng, Cleverly, Patel… all descendents of immigrants but fiercely anti-immigration. All f*cked up suffering from a Stockholm syndrome - creeping up to their white racist masters trying to outdo them in being mean.
I never thought I'd have to live in a country where Nazi propaganda has become relatable. Maga is pulling 35% approval ratings and yet you'd think they're saving the world, arresting one "violent rapist" at a time while an orange one dallies in favors and cruelty from his gilded perch.
Certain algorithms like those on Facebook can make one believe a conspiracy theory is truth. If one is not on Facebook and indoctrinated,one realizes the fallacy of that conspiracy theory. It explains why otherwise rational people believe the unbelievable. Republicans have been indoctrinated
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"USA! USA! USA!"
And with such a people, you can do what you please" Hannah Arendt
Himmler: Stephen Miller
Goebbles: Minister of Propaganda - Elon Musk
Goring: Architect of the police state - Peter Navarro
Ribbentrop: Foreign minister - Marco Rubio
https://www.britannica.com/question/Who-were-Adolf-Hitlers-most-important-officers
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIJuY20...
But if you choose wrong it’s eternal death
So…how to glorify eternal death is the challenge
When the economic Great Depression 2.0 “second coming” arrives, the Trump administration reality show will be seen for what it is.
Even the MAGA cult camp followers will have a epiphany of their Trump messiah with clay feet.
https://youtu.be/_XOdhqDybKU?si=jKfi49ENdBq3yfBe
― Edward L. Bernays, Propaganda
Bernays (nephew of Sigmund Freud) has plenty of good quotes, helped the US/Wilson enter WWI by massaging public opinion. Goebbels is said to have been among his biggest fans.
https://historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 9 Mar 2015.)
The NAZIs were supported by Fascist and Socialist countries.
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Joe Biden got 81 million votes
Do you believe it now?
- Edward R. Murrow
It’s part of the plan !!
Let honesty trickle down instead of greed.
The poor South has been "educated" to undermine & destroy the federal government since the "War of Northern Aggression".
They dgaf that they'll be ruled by naked god emperor. The misogynists didn't want equality for all. The fauxbertarians & evangelicals know what they're doing
They know they're making a devil's bargain. They don't care. They're spiteful.
Msm doesn't grasp or doesn't care about how these folks think so they frame it how non-sociopaths operate.
Promises Broken and in shambles
On the economy,
On Tariffs
On inflation
On tips,
On job creation ,
On manufacturing coming back to US,
On layoffs,
On the war,
On vengeance
And the list goes on and on
Make sure you attend rallies and town halls
Resist,
RESIST,
Resistance
That's why they remove history and tell us to "move forward, stop looking in the rear view mirror," since that's where all the dead bodies lie
Russian disinfo-spreading maskirovka https://globalnews.ca/news/4260938/russia-strategy-maskirovka-military-politics-putin/ Billionaires run media platforms, which spread disinfo faster. https://eddmarv.medium.com/change-has-come-do-not-go-back-144da1187937 USA should know better. https://www.rand.org/research/projects/truth-decay.html
You a far easier to manipulate. Always choosing the lesser of two evils is letting you put yourself in the prison
Where is my $1 million DOGE rebate check from the 50% Pentagon cuts now that he has ended the wars in Ukraine and Palestine?
Instead, there are
*OVER 1000 CHILDREN STILL SEPARATED FROM PARENTS*
since Trump ONE:
https://msmagazine.com/2025/04/23/trump-family-separation-immigration/