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Auch die - freundlich gesagt - schwierige Kommunikationslage der #Bundesregierung wird inzwischen gezielt mit #KI - generierten Fakes zur Verschärfung von #Rechtsmimesis , Hass & Hetze genutzt.

So werden Videos verbreitet, in denen Bundeskanzler Friedrich #Merz fälschlich die Aussage zugeschrieben wird, den #Mindestlohn in 2027 senken zu wollen.

Und da das Vertrauen gegen demokratische Politikerinnen & Politiker des Bundes ohnehin auf niedrigem Niveau angelangt ist, das Misstrauen steigt, können solche Fakes den #ConfirmationBias / #Bestätigungsfehler nicht nur von jungen Menschen aktivieren... #Medien #Mimesis #Fakes #Desinformation #HassundHetze #Verschwörungsmythen #Dualismus #Demokratie https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/2026/05/29/ki-stimme-von-friedrich-merz-verkuendet-erfundene-mindestlohn-kuerzung-auf-tiktok/

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/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #confirmation #confirmationbias #conviction #disinformation #fear #ideas #justification #opinion #passion #predisposition #prejudice #propaganda #reinforcement #truebeliever

Dialoguing with Trump Detractors

Almost as pointless as dialoguing with Trump supporters:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=32&id=279

#tiereddeemocraticgovernance
#echochamber #confirmationbias

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A while ago, I saw a study which found that, in the absence of knowing the actual rules, people will make up rules to explain observed behaviour. Something happened this week which made me think "I should write about that for #FactFriday this week", but it seems I didn't save the link, and now I can't find it.

But in looking for that article, I did find this one https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds which is kinda similar and quite interesting. In part it mentions #ConfirmationBias...

@dirk_wagner_ Trau keiner Statistik und Studie ungeprüft bzgl der verfasserInnen. Gerade jetzt. #thesen #confirmationbias #Verfügbarkeitsheuristik #kriminalität #cdu #afd #populismus #rassismus #merz #xenophobie #minderheiten #faschismus #KritischesDenken #interessen #manipulation #putin #europawahl