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Happy Cognitive Dissonance Day 🎆 #cognitivedissonance
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
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 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 the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 11 “The Totalitarian Movement,” sec. 2 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/41783/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #absurdity #belief #cognitivedissonance #cynicism #deceit #deception #lying #mistrust #propaganda #totalitarianism
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
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 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 the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 11 “The Totalitarian Movement,” sec. 2 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/41783/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #absurdity #belief #cognitivedissonance #cynicism #deceit #deception #lying #mistrust #propaganda #totalitarianism
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Schrödinger's war:
A deal has been made : A deal hasn't been made
Here's the agreed upon text of the deal : That text is fake and not agreed upon
Oil is getting through Hormuz : No oil is passing through
There's a ceasefire : There's no ceasefire
Bombing has stopped : Bombing continues
Iran's military is destroyed : Iran's military is downing helicopters, launching missiles, hitting targets
More than anything the #iranwar is a war for your mind.
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Schrödinger's war:
A deal has been made : A deal hasn't been made
Here's the agreed upon text of the deal : That text is fake and not agreed upon
Oil is getting through Hormuz : No oil is passing through
There's a ceasefire : There's no ceasefire
Bombing has stopped : Bombing continues
Iran's military is destroyed : Iran's military is downing helicopters, launching missiles, hitting targets
More than anything the #iranwar is a war for your mind.
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Danie
- enjoys #soup, #CloseHarmony, #mountainhiking, #repairing, and #vegan food, but not #procrastination, #CognitiveDissonance, #Necropolitics, or #InstitutionalRacism;
- supports fair trade and #FairChain/#FairShare (FairTrade is a colonial concept that reinforces inequality), #organic, and therefore avoids shops and online stores run by exploiters (of the earth, including people);
- believes that most people are decent, and look up to those who stand for love and radical equality and ‘drive the money-changers from the temple’, but are naturally fearful and therefore easily choose leaders who sell hatred, discrimination in service of those who exploit;
- is a militant #pacifist with an understanding of defensive violence (against mosquitoes and exploiters);
- has the privilege of being able to choose paid work that benefits the world and ...
- philosophises briefly on the world and then at length on the text he has written;
- fact-checks what he shares, and the authors he quotes, but sometimes not, or only afterwards; -
Danie
- enjoys #soup, #CloseHarmony, #mountainhiking, #repairing, and #vegan food, but not #procrastination, #CognitiveDissonance, #Necropolitics, or #InstitutionalRacism;
- supports fair trade and #FairChain/#FairShare (FairTrade is a colonial concept that reinforces inequality), #organic, and therefore avoids shops and online stores run by exploiters (of the earth, including people);
- believes that most people are decent, and look up to those who stand for love and radical equality and ‘drive the money-changers from the temple’, but are naturally fearful and therefore easily choose leaders who sell hatred, discrimination in service of those who exploit;
- is a militant #pacifist with an understanding of defensive violence (against mosquitoes and exploiters);
- has the privilege of being able to choose paid work that benefits the world and ...
- philosophises briefly on the world and then at length on the text he has written;
- fact-checks what he shares, and the authors he quotes, but sometimes not, or only afterwards; -
Trump versus The Pope
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Ring a Ding Ding!
Two guys from a pedo ring,
fighting & mudslinging.
Both make a living,
from human suffering.
One thinks he is king,
the other, that he has wings.
Watch them come out swinging.
Get popcorn & a seat by the ring. 🍿
This should be interesting.
Hark! The demons sing!Trump is demolishing a so-called democracy.
( https://we-glue-earth.gitlab.io/when-was-america-great/
)The pope sits on a pile of gold looted with genocide from all over the world for centuries, in a private city state in the middle of Rome, and professes poverty, puts on a show of washing the poor people's feet, hides behind bullet-proof glass, protects pedophiles, wears a dress & tells people that being gay is a sin. The pope could issue an edict for all catholics to resign from the armed forces. Will he do that? The pope is a fairy, see?
( https://rant.li/ashwin/why-i-am-also-not-a-christian )Telling the Truth is like taking an opium addict's rock of opium away. They react angrily, in pain from withdrawal symptoms. Cognitive Dissonance is painful.
#Earth #Peace
#Trump #Pope #Christ #Jesus
#Christian #Christianity #Bible #Church
#Poem #Sunday #lgbtq
#CognitiveDissonance #Rebel #Heretic #Freethinker
#Philospher #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Epstein #Pedophile #Pedo -
Trump versus The Pope
==================
Ring a Ding Ding!
Two guys from a pedo ring,
fighting & mudslinging.
Both make a living,
from human suffering.
One thinks he is king,
the other, that he has wings.
Watch them come out swinging.
Get popcorn & a seat by the ring. 🍿
This should be interesting.
Hark! The demons sing!Trump is demolishing a so-called democracy.
( https://we-glue-earth.gitlab.io/when-was-america-great/
)The pope sits on a pile of gold looted with genocide from all over the world for centuries, in a private city state in the middle of Rome, and professes poverty, puts on a show of washing the poor people's feet, hides behind bullet-proof glass, protects pedophiles, wears a dress & tells people that being gay is a sin. The pope could issue an edict for all catholics to resign from the armed forces. Will he do that? The pope is a fairy, see?
( https://rant.li/ashwin/why-i-am-also-not-a-christian )Telling the Truth is like taking an opium addict's rock of opium away. They react angrily, in pain from withdrawal symptoms. Cognitive Dissonance is painful.
#Earth #Peace
#Trump #Pope #Christ #Jesus
#Christian #Christianity #Bible #Church
#Poem #Sunday #lgbtq
#CognitiveDissonance #Rebel #Heretic #Freethinker
#Philospher #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Epstein #Pedophile #Pedo -
#eu #israel #palestine #gaza #genocide #warcabinet #humanrights #sanctions #cognitivedissonance
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… ways, distancing itself morally from individual leaders while continuing to finance, normalize, and legitimize the very state structure that empowers them.“
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#eu #israel #palestine #gaza #genocide #warcabinet #humanrights #sanctions #cognitivedissonance
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… ways, distancing itself morally from individual leaders while continuing to finance, normalize, and legitimize the very state structure that empowers them.“
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#eu #israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #warcabinet / #humanrights / #sanctions
„The European Union is a study in #cognitivedissonance. It threatens Netanyahu with arrest. It bans Ben Gvir & Smotrich from entering European soil. Yet it continues to uphold preferential trade relations with Israel itself. It sanctions individual Israeli leaders but shields and sustains the state apparatus and political system that empowers them. The EU cannot have it both …
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/29/stop-blaming-netanyahu-stupid/ -
#eu #israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #warcabinet / #humanrights / #sanctions
„The European Union is a study in #cognitivedissonance. It threatens Netanyahu with arrest. It bans Ben Gvir & Smotrich from entering European soil. Yet it continues to uphold preferential trade relations with Israel itself. It sanctions individual Israeli leaders but shields and sustains the state apparatus and political system that empowers them. The EU cannot have it both …
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/29/stop-blaming-netanyahu-stupid/ -
Trump versus The Pope
==================
Ring a Ding Ding!
Two guys from a pedo ring,
fighting & mudslinging.
Both make a living,
from human suffering.
One thinks he is king,
the other, that he has wings.
Watch them come out swinging.
This should be interesting.
Get popcorn & a seat by the ring.
Hark! The demons sing!Telling the Truth is like taking an opium addict's rock of opium away. They react angrily, in pain from withdrawal symptoms. Cognitive Dissonance is painful.
https://rant.li/ashwin/why-i-am-also-not-a-christian
#Earth #Peace
#Trump #Pope #Christ #Jesus
#Christian #Christianity #Bible #Church
#Poem #Sunday #lgbtq
#CognitiveDissonance #Rebel #Heretic #Freethinker
#Philospher #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Epstein #Pedophile #Pedo -
Trump versus The Pope
==================
Ring a Ding Ding!
Two guys from a pedo ring,
fighting & mudslinging.
Both make a living,
from human suffering.
One thinks he is king,
the other, that he has wings.
Watch them come out swinging.
This should be interesting.
Get popcorn & a seat by the ring.
Hark! The demons sing!Telling the Truth is like taking an opium addict's rock of opium away. They react angrily, in pain from withdrawal symptoms. Cognitive Dissonance is painful.
https://rant.li/ashwin/why-i-am-also-not-a-christian
#Earth #Peace
#Trump #Pope #Christ #Jesus
#Christian #Christianity #Bible #Church
#Poem #Sunday #lgbtq
#CognitiveDissonance #Rebel #Heretic #Freethinker
#Philospher #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Epstein #Pedophile #Pedo -
Yes, #cult messaging & dependency on a Supreme leader who endeavors to 'program' thought patterns by 'association' and repetition. ✓
Ask Goebbels. 1984Lots of research on #cults and also on 'deprogramming', which is quite resistant, given the strong foundation and 'wiring', along with 'peer pressure' and #CognitiveDissonance.
And then there is the "Stockholm Syndrome".
All good until the conclusion, not so simple as "stupid people... easy to program". https://bit.ly/Sostupid
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Yes, #cult messaging & dependency on a Supreme leader who endeavors to 'program' thought patterns by 'association' and repetition. ✓
Ask Goebbels. 1984Lots of research on #cults and also on 'deprogramming', which is quite resistant, given the strong foundation and 'wiring', along with 'peer pressure' and #CognitiveDissonance.
And then there is the "Stockholm Syndrome".
All good until the conclusion, not so simple as "stupid people... easy to program". https://bit.ly/Sostupid
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The spat vividly illustrated a psychological phenomenon called the “meat paradox”: the #cognitivedissonance and deep discomfort people feel when their behavior of eating meat and other animal products clashes with their fondness for #animals.
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The spat vividly illustrated a psychological phenomenon called the “meat paradox”: the #cognitivedissonance and deep discomfort people feel when their behavior of eating meat and other animal products clashes with their fondness for #animals.
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Trump versus The Pope
==================
Ring a Ding Ding!
Two guys from a pedo ring,
fighting & mudslinging.
Both make a living,
from human suffering.
One thinks he is king,
the other, that he has wings.
Watch them come out swinging.
Get popcorn & a seat by the ring.
Hark! The demons sing!Trump is demolishing a so-called democracy.
( https://we-glue-earth.gitlab.io/when-was-america-great/ )The pope sits on a pile of gold looted with genocide from all over the world for centuries, in a private city state in the middle of Rome, and professes poverty, puts on a show of washing the poor people's feet, hides behind bullet-proof glass, protects pedophiles, wears a dress & tells people that being gay is a sin. The pope could issue an edict for all catholics to resign from the armed forces. Will he do that? The pope is a fairy, see?
( https://rant.li/ashwin/why-i-am-also-not-a-christian )Telling the Truth is like taking an opium addict's rock of opium away. They react angrily, in pain from withdrawal symptoms. Cognitive Dissonance is painful.
"Help Save Jesus"
One can reach one's higher power through any number of ways. Some are better than others, and history bears witness.
Having a book or a teacher is fine.
Fancy words are Ok.
Yet, the ultimate Truth is in the outcome. Does the religion make people better? Do they make the world better?With regard to Christianity, there are three types of people:
1. Good Christians
2. Bad Christians
3. Non-ChristiansGood Christians ( sheep ) act as the cover for the Bad Christians ( wolves ).
Bad Christians have so much blood on their hands, they killed 2 people, every minute, of every hour, of every day, 24x7, non-stop, for 100 years. And that was just last century.
So good Christians should:
1. stop turning a blind eye to the Bad Christians.
2. stop trying to preach to the Non-Christians.
3. turn to the Bad Christians and talk with them. Get their own house in order, before they dare preach to others, through pamphlets, brochures, media advertising, or door to door proselytizing etc. Jesus is in need of being saved, or the world will learn the Truth of history, and the Christian church, die out within a generation.#Earth #religion #Jesus #Christ #Christian #Christianity #church #bible #catholic #catholicism #truth #philosophy
#Peace
#Trump #Pope #Christ #Jesus
#Christian #Christianity #Bible #Church
#Poem #Sunday #lgbtq
#CognitiveDissonance #Rebel #Heretic #Freethinker
#Philospher #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Epstein #Pedophile #Pedo -
Trump versus The Pope
==================
Ring a Ding Ding!
Two guys from a pedo ring,
fighting & mudslinging.
Both make a living,
from human suffering.
One thinks he is king,
the other, that he has wings.
Watch them come out swinging.
Get popcorn & a seat by the ring.
Hark! The demons sing!Trump is demolishing a so-called democracy.
( https://we-glue-earth.gitlab.io/when-was-america-great/ )The pope sits on a pile of gold looted with genocide from all over the world for centuries, in a private city state in the middle of Rome, and professes poverty, puts on a show of washing the poor people's feet, hides behind bullet-proof glass, protects pedophiles, wears a dress & tells people that being gay is a sin. The pope could issue an edict for all catholics to resign from the armed forces. Will he do that? The pope is a fairy, see?
( https://rant.li/ashwin/why-i-am-also-not-a-christian )Telling the Truth is like taking an opium addict's rock of opium away. They react angrily, in pain from withdrawal symptoms. Cognitive Dissonance is painful.
"Help Save Jesus"
One can reach one's higher power through any number of ways. Some are better than others, and history bears witness.
Having a book or a teacher is fine.
Fancy words are Ok.
Yet, the ultimate Truth is in the outcome. Does the religion make people better? Do they make the world better?With regard to Christianity, there are three types of people:
1. Good Christians
2. Bad Christians
3. Non-ChristiansGood Christians ( sheep ) act as the cover for the Bad Christians ( wolves ).
Bad Christians have so much blood on their hands, they killed 2 people, every minute, of every hour, of every day, 24x7, non-stop, for 100 years. And that was just last century.
So good Christians should:
1. stop turning a blind eye to the Bad Christians.
2. stop trying to preach to the Non-Christians.
3. turn to the Bad Christians and talk with them. Get their own house in order, before they dare preach to others, through pamphlets, brochures, media advertising, or door to door proselytizing etc. Jesus is in need of being saved, or the world will learn the Truth of history, and the Christian church, die out within a generation.#Earth #religion #Jesus #Christ #Christian #Christianity #church #bible #catholic #catholicism #truth #philosophy
#Peace
#Trump #Pope #Christ #Jesus
#Christian #Christianity #Bible #Church
#Poem #Sunday #lgbtq
#CognitiveDissonance #Rebel #Heretic #Freethinker
#Philospher #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Epstein #Pedophile #Pedo -
In nationalist thought there are facts which are both true and untrue, known and unknown. A known fact may be so unbearable that it is habitually pushed aside and not allowed to enter into logical processes, or on the other hand it may enter into every calculation and yet never be admitted as a fact, even in one’s own mind.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46211/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #acceptance #alternatefacts #cognitivedissonance #delusion #facingfacts #factcheck #facts #nationalism #reality #selectivememory #truth
