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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/

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I saw this guy sitting behind Mar-Kwanye and had to get the deets. Truth is, the #union leader caved to his members who've become Tr^mpers.
-> Finally, an article written from the viewpoint of the #workers(!)
[We should all call him Mar-Kwahnyay and if he corrects us, call him a #pronoun pushing #snowflake and to stuff it]
#fascist #USA #DHS #ICE #GOP #KKK #OurPutin #PresidentMusk #AnotherOrban #Senate #confirmation #hearings #Markwayne #no #you #stand #up #Mullin
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/21/wlqt-m21.html

I saw this guy sitting behind Mar-Kwanye and had to get the deets. Truth is, the #union leader caved to his members who've become Tr^mpers.
-> Finally, an article written from the viewpoint of the #workers(!)
[We should all call him Mar-Kwahnyay and if he corrects us, call him a #pronoun pushing #snowflake and to stuff it]
#fascist #USA #DHS #ICE #GOP #KKK #OurPutin #PresidentMusk #AnotherOrban #Senate #confirmation #hearings #Markwayne #no #you #stand #up #Mullin
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/21/wlqt-m21.html

I saw this guy sitting behind Mar-Kwanye and had to get the deets. Truth is, the #union leader caved to his members who've become Tr^mpers.
-> Finally, an article written from the viewpoint of the #workers(!)
[We should all call him Mar-Kwahnyay and if he corrects us, call him a #pronoun pushing #snowflake and to stuff it]
#fascist #USA #DHS #ICE #GOP #KKK #OurPutin #PresidentMusk #AnotherOrban #Senate #confirmation #hearings #Markwayne #no #you #stand #up #Mullin
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/21/wlqt-m21.html

I saw this guy sitting behind Mar-Kwanye and had to get the deets. Truth is, the #union leader caved to his members who've become Tr^mpers.
-> Finally, an article written from the viewpoint of the #workers(!)
[We should all call him Mar-Kwahnyay and if he corrects us, call him a #pronoun pushing #snowflake and to stuff it]
#fascist #USA #DHS #ICE #GOP #KKK #OurPutin #PresidentMusk #AnotherOrban #Senate #confirmation #hearings #Markwayne #no #you #stand #up #Mullin
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/21/wlqt-m21.html

I saw this guy sitting behind Mar-Kwanye and had to get the deets. Truth is, the #union leader caved to his members who've become Tr^mpers.
-> Finally, an article written from the viewpoint of the #workers(!)
[We should all call him Mar-Kwahnyay and if he corrects us, call him a #pronoun pushing #snowflake and to stuff it]
#fascist #USA #DHS #ICE #GOP #KKK #OurPutin #PresidentMusk #AnotherOrban #Senate #confirmation #hearings #Markwayne #no #you #stand #up #Mullin
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Bascule, ballottage et confirmation… ce qu’il faut retenir du premier tour des municipales 2026

Quelles sont les leçons à retenir dans les communes de la métropole rennaise, après le premier tour des…
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https://www.europesays.com/fr/803637/

https://www.europesays.com/fr/803637/ Bascule, ballottage et confirmation… ce qu’il faut retenir du premier tour des municipales 2026 #2026 #actu #Actualités #ballottage #bascule #bretagne #confirmation #EU #europe #faut #FR #France #Métropole #municipales #News #qu #Rennes #RépubliqueFrançaise #retenir #Tour

Sitting in a Greek-owned cafe, reading. There's a group of four pensioners close by. Germans. They are having a conversation. I'm not listening, but I suddenly noticed, that the current speaker reduced his volume. #redflag, I immediately suspected, #racist or #xenophobic shit will be uttered. I changed my sensory focus, and was able to hear #confirmation of my suspicion. Something about Albanians not being compatible with #local #culture, supposedly, "it's the little things."

Sitting in a Greek-owned cafe, reading. There's a group of four pensioners close by. Germans. They are having a conversation. I'm not listening, but I suddenly noticed, that the current speaker reduced his volume. #redflag, I immediately suspected, #racist or #xenophobic shit will be uttered. I changed my sensory focus, and was able to hear #confirmation of my suspicion. Something about Albanians not being compatible with #local #culture, supposedly, "it's the little things."

A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS:                     But why
Be sure of the worst, and weep too soon?
 
[ΧΟΡΟΣ: μὴ πρόμαντις ἀλγέων
προλάμβαν᾽, ὦ φίλα, γόους.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 338ff (412 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1954)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/78984/

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Vincenzo Crupi has revised his SEP-entry on Confirmation, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/confirmation/

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Does anyone else feel like they're suffocating when listening to RFK Jr. speak?

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Perception is something we use each day, but be careful in how you use it because it can skew how you see the world around you in a bad way if not careful. #perception #skew #world #bias #selective #haloeffect #confirmation