#demagogue — Public Fediverse posts
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They must be a pretty simple species to keep falling for this same trope from demagogues over and over again.
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And the people fall for that do they? For some demagogue faction of the elite pretending he's one of them and against the elite? They voted for it?
Haha. Twice.
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The aliens discover a planet where a rabble rouser speaking in insolent terms reinforces people's prejudices, whips up the emotion of the crowd, points their anger at an outgroup, starts wars for resources, and loots the state.
Or if you prefer youtube, here's that new episode there:
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The aliens discover a planet where a rabble rouser speaking in insolent terms reinforces people's prejudices, whips up the emotion of the crowd, points their anger at an outgroup, starts wars for resources, and loots the state.
Here's our peertube upload of the new Observers episode:
https://dalliance.network/w/gHN5MS58Bxo7i7hhDjwgi1 -
Observers Episode 14 is here!
The aliens discover a planet where a rabble rouser speaking in insolent terms reinforces people's prejudices, whips up the emotion of the crowd, points their anger at an outgroup, starts wars for resources, and loots the state.
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
DEMAGOGUE, n. A political opponent.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Demagogue,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1882-01-20)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83994…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #demagogue #demagoguery #opponent #opposition #politics #populist #rabblerousing #mobrule #emotionalism
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With his every word & deed, #Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the #Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin.
The #Founders of our nation foresaw a figure like Trump, a #demagogue who would ascend to the presidency & refuse to relinquish #power to a successor chosen by the American people in a free & fair #election.
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"There’s nothing in how Charlie Kirk “debated” that aimed to get at nuances or understanding. They were entirely designed to seek to humiliate his opponent. They’re full of red herrings, lies, and attempts to deflect from any actual logic, as the video link above showed.
The point is not about getting to any level of understanding. It’s to try to quip and dunk in the manner most likely to go viral when shared on social media in 20-second snippets.
The format actively discourages the kind of thoughtful, nuanced discussion that might actually change minds—the kind actually designed for persuasion. Instead, it rewards the most inflammatory takes, the most emotionally manipulative tactics, and the most viral-ready soundbites. Anyone going into these situations with good faith gets steamrolled by participants who understand they’re playing a different game entirely.
When trolls demand debates, they’re not interested in having their minds changed or genuinely testing their ideas. They want one of two outcomes: either you decline and they get to claim victory by default, or you accept and they get to use your credibility to legitimize their nonsense while farming viral moments.
None of this means we should avoid authentically engaging with different viewpoints or challenging ideas. But there’s a crucial difference between good-faith intellectual engagement and feeding trolls who are just looking for their next viral moment."
#Debate #OnlineTrolls #Demagoguery #Demagogue #CriticalThinking #MarketplaceOfIdeas
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Someone tell this #bigly #ugly #orange #eyesore that #slavery IS reprehensible, against #humanity, and against the very sentence in the #declaration of #independence that states "... that all men are created equal..."
But then what else can one expect of a #racist #felon #demagogue #POTUS. #Impeach this #abomination.
#government #smithsonian #museum #truth #history #USPolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/politics/trump-slavery-museum-smithsonian
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A quotation from Abraham Lincoln
Is it unreasonable, then, to expect that some man possessed of the loftiest genius, coupled with ambition sufficient to push it to its utmost stretch, will at some time spring up among us? And when such an one does, it will require the people to be united with each other, attached to the government and laws, and generally intelligent, to successfully frustrate his designs.
Distinction will be his paramount object, and although he would as willingly, perhaps more so, acquire it by doing good as harm, yet, that opportunity being past, and nothing left to be done in the way of building up, he would set boldly to the task of pulling down.Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1838-01-27), “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions,” Young Men’s Lyceum, Springfield, IllinoisSourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/7732…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #lincoln #abrahamlincoln #abrahamlincolnquotes #ambition #autocrat #demagogue #despot #destructiveness #menace #teardown #tyrant
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But this is an unalterable Truth, that the People can never be enslaved but by their own Tameness, Pusillanimity, Sloth or Corruption. They may be deceived, and their Symplicity, Ignorance, and Docility render them frequently liable to deception. And of this, the aspiring, designing, ambitious few are very sensible. He is the Statesman qualifyed by Nature to scatter Ruin and Destruction in his Path who by deceiving a Nation can render Despotism desirable in their Eyes and make himself popular in Undoing.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/77256/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #citizenry #deception #demagogue #despot #dictator #leader #marks #people #populace #vulnerability #wethepeople
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1947 people have just been the same. They even made short movies about it ... #demagogue #ice #losangeles #gop
https://youtu.be/nsC8A5xOASM?si=WVbLRaU3csDNKvVD -
Voegelin defines #stupidity as a “loss of reality.” The loss of reality means a “stupid” person cannot “rightly orient his action in the world, in which he lives.” The #demagogue, who is always an idiote, is not a freak or social mutation. The demagogue expresses the society’s #zeitgeist, its collective departure from a rational world of verifiable fact.
https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelmoore/p/american-idiots?
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
A caustic observer once remarked that when Dr. Johnson spoke of patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, “he was ignorant of the infinite possibility contained in the word ‘reform.'”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #cover #demagogue #facade #justification #reform #reformer #scoundrel #selfrighteousness #villain
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HECUBA: O gods, spare me the sight
of this thankless breed, these politicians
who cringe for favors from a screaming mob
and do not care what harm they do their friends,
providing they can please a crowd!
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἀχάριστον ὑμῶν σπέρμ᾿, ὅσοι δημηγόρους
ζηλοῦτε τιμάς· μηδὲ γιγνώσκοισθέ μοι,
οἳ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε,
ἢν τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγητέ τι.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 254ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/76300/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #amorality #crowd #demagogue #mob #politician #ruthlessness #thankfulness
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Je pense que c'est plus compliqué quand même J'ai pas lu l'article! Mais ceux qu'ont inventé le mot: #Démocratie, bah c'était les grecs Et en même temps à la même période ils ont crée le mot #Démagogue C'est pas pour rien! Tu pourras dire ce que tu veux, Hitler a été mis en place par le suffrage
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CW: Politics
Judging from the books I've read on people who became power-mad and/or unhinged, e.g., Stalin, Howard Hughes, they generally become their own undoing.
I'm fairly confident history will rhyme with Trump and Musk, but the problem is how many victims will they leave in their wake of putrid glut and treason towards humanity.
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#ElonMusk #Muskuito #DonaldTrump #bully #treason #GeoPolitics #demagogue #idiocracy #swasticar #fascism -
A quotation from Roosevelt, Theodore:
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The man who, if born to wealth and power, exploits and ruins his less fortunate brethren is at heart the same as the greedy and violent demagogue who excites those who have not property to plunder those who have.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/74048/#quote #quotes #quotation #anarchy #demagogue #exploitation #oligarch #power #property #wealth
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Andy Griffith on his debut film "A Face in the Crowd" (1957)
"Lock her up!" "Promises made. Promises kept." "Drain the swamp." "I am your retribution." "Like and subscribe"
HT Threads @sharonecrump @wordclown
#Trump #AntiMAGA #Republicans #Antifascism #fascism #demagogue #andygriffith #afaceinthecrowd #HalfHeartedFanatic
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How to Organize an #Assembly
Preparing to Respond in an Era of #Disasters and #Despotism#Crimethinc
2024-11-10"There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a #hurricane has just torn through the state, or a #demagogue has just won reelection on an explicitly #fascist electoral platform. For many people, this is one of those moments right now. But how do we connect with them—or at least connect them with each other? One answer is to host an open assembly.
"Here, we’ll offer a brief guide, along with some sample discussion questions you could use to discuss how to prepare for the second Donald #Trump administration.
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"If you want to organize with a modicum of confidentiality rather than turning out the largest possible crowd, you could limit your announcement to #handbills and #Signal messages. Generally speaking, you’ll want to maximize the number of earnest participants while keeping your assembly off the radar of people with bad intentions.
"Hopefully, you’re already connected to local projects that have some reach through which to make the announcement. These could include #MutualAid projects, #CommunitySpaces, #bands, #SignalLoops, #ReadingGroups, #DJs, #StudentGroups [I would include neighbors and folks already involved with #activism whom you know and can trust and rely on]. Consider approaching other groups at the outset and inviting them to help organize or at least publicize the assembly. The more different groups are on board from the beginning, the wider the range of people you will bring together, and the less the gathering will feel like the private property of any one group."
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Quite hypocritical considering you endorse “warmly congratulating” one of the biggest bullies of them all: Donald Trump. Please grow a backbone.
https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/113435223810157124
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@EUCommission #bullying #bully #USPol #hypocrisy #demagogue #disinformation #troll
