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[SkylineChili]

121. YES! to this

"glittering generalities," "the broken record technique," and the "bandwagon effect."

Wow I just had a flashback to my 4th grade class, in the mid 60's, where we had a semester long "Propaganda Unit" in which we learned how advertisers and politicians try to sway and control our actions through images and language. We studied commercials and political speeches to identify the various methods of propaganda used. It has served me well. I haven't heard the phrase "glittering generalitites" in a while, and that's a shame. Breaking down the messaging and understanding what they are trying to do with it is key. Today, people simply swallow it whole.

We were also the generation that read and studied Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, also at fairly young ages, early HS, and discussed them in depth.

The first thing any autocratic movement does is begin to control the language. Trump is stupid but he (and his minions) know that much and they have already begun the "down is up" "war is peace" tango.