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crazytown

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39. doublethink - in practice
Thu Aug 22, 2019, 12:23 AM
Aug 2019

"In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true. The mixture in itself was remarkable enough, because it spelled the end of the illusion that gullibility was a weakness of unsuspecting primitive souls and cynicism the vice of superior and refined minds. Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow. The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such conditions, one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they would take refuge in cynicism; instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness."

Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism

meth DBoon Aug 2019 #1
Don't stop him, he's on a roll... Scurrilous Aug 2019 #2
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Bob Loblaw Aug 2019 #25
Good gawd MontanaMama Aug 2019 #3
Hot Messiah Blue Owl Aug 2019 #4
Congress keep investigating, SDNY keep investigating, New York AG keep investigating, Democratic NoMoreRepugs Aug 2019 #5
OMG! Impeachment sounds really good right now. djacq Aug 2019 #6
He must have snorted an extra rail this morning htuttle Aug 2019 #7
He IS The Chosen One -- Chosen By PUTIN nt smb Aug 2019 #8
Trump thinks the trade deficit is because China is ripping us off William Seger Aug 2019 #9
China holds all the cards - how right you are! rurallib Aug 2019 #12
Trump is taking Nixon's Madman Strategy a bit literally... RockRaven Aug 2019 #10
This IS YOUR trade war ol self-chosen one. Deal with it. You can not disown it. You own it! riversedge Aug 2019 #11
And I thought xxqqqzme Aug 2019 #46
He is demented. MBS Aug 2019 #13
Yep, heading into full-blown dementia now. PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #14
Deuteronomy 4:16 Historic NY Aug 2019 #15
25th Amendment now Mz Pip Aug 2019 #16
I don't like this episode. Ramsey Barner Aug 2019 #17
I am sorry, but... Newest Reality Aug 2019 #27
Victory Announcement: Employment has increased by 501,000 fewer jobs! crazytown Aug 2019 #35
++ Newest Reality Aug 2019 #36
4, 3, 2, 1 crazytown Aug 2019 #37
Vaporized Unpersons Newest Reality Aug 2019 #38
doublethink - in practice crazytown Aug 2019 #39
How amazingly Newest Reality Aug 2019 #40
I think it is a recurring and inevitable pattern crazytown Aug 2019 #41
Thanks for your view on that. Newest Reality Aug 2019 #42
Addendum: 'Ignorance is Strength' crazytown Aug 2019 #43
Pretty bold statement coming from a universally known lier Wash. state Desk Jet Aug 2019 #18
Eh, Sam Neill did it better. Grokenstein Aug 2019 #19
The man (child) is mentally ill. Firestorm49 Aug 2019 #20
Cult45's Beatles moment. ffr Aug 2019 #21
The Beatles actually had talent and a message. n/t gldstwmn Aug 2019 #30
Queue Obi-Wan line here...... FreeLookMode Aug 2019 #22
25th amendment time Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 #23
Isn't he the cutest thing? Sugar Smack Aug 2019 #24
You spelled beat wrong Bob Loblaw Aug 2019 #26
Chosen by Putin. Kid Berwyn Aug 2019 #28
If anyone has watched Netflix's The Family gldstwmn Aug 2019 #29
Putie's choice. BHDem53 Aug 2019 #31
I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this. yardwork Aug 2019 #32
Yes MustLoveBeagles Aug 2019 #34
Didn't we used to make fun of N. Korea for this shit? MustLoveBeagles Aug 2019 #33
The Nazi republican is trying to cause more mass murders. All in the name of him rockfordfile Aug 2019 #44
Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Nitram Aug 2019 #45
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