#demagogue — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #demagogue, aggregated by home.social.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“It allowed government officials and entities funded by taxpayers to elevate the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals over the rights of the rest of the population,” he wrote. “Everyone should be treated equally, period.” -- A classic #demagogue. Not bothering to review history because he's a fucking bigot.
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“It allowed government officials and entities funded by taxpayers to elevate the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals over the rights of the rest of the population,” he wrote. “Everyone should be treated equally, period.” -- A classic #demagogue. Not bothering to review history because he's a fucking bigot.
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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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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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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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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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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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On va maintenant voir QUI est #RESPONSABLE et QUI est #DÉMAGOGUE dans cette #AssembléeNationale : Et je vise en particulier les #Socialo #Bobos avec à leur tête au #PartiSocialiste #Olivier_FAURE ...
Vu qu'ils vont forcément obtenir des "avancées" ou ce qu'ils considèrent telles, je les vois MAL *censurer* #Lecornu (?)
Restent les #Ripoublicains et leur façon aberrante de réagir, quelles que soient les circonstances politiques en situation ... Ils veulent gouverner, mais envisagent une censure ? -
"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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A story about a demagogue and a cautionary tale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May?wprov=sfti1#Plot
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A story about a demagogue and a cautionary tale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May?wprov=sfti1#Plot
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A story about a demagogue and a cautionary tale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May?wprov=sfti1#Plot
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A story about a demagogue and a cautionary tale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May?wprov=sfti1#Plot
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(Lt. Gov. Kerry Healy Pictured)
The Forward Party calls nationalizing DC police a "symptom of government dysfunction." But the "dysfunction" is the disease, not the symptom. It's what allowed us to get so politically wayward. We need a party that gets it.
#PoliticalDysfunction #ForwardParty #Demagogue -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 -
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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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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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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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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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?
