Someone once said, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." (There's no need to Google who said it...) It seems like the current Democratic leadership has replaced that wise ethos with, "If there's a crisis, people might get mad at me." It has led them to become scared and feckless. I don't understand how the leadership of our party has gone so astray.
Harness the crisis. Blame the bad guys. Point a finger at them. Demagogue the issue. Direct the anger. It's basic politics that our side seems to have willingly forgotten. Absolute madness.
Over 15 years ago now there was spirited debate and investigation in my research pod about the Internet (or really, social media) becoming not a place you you enter and exit at will but instead ubiquitous and ever present like air. A slow motion train wreck indeed.
"Most of Trump’s two presidencies have been defined by his opposition seeking to avoid any kind of crisis. Democrats and liberals have preferred to lower the temperature, avoiding the language and politics of crisis so they could make careful arguments, centered around issues and topics they deem most persuasive: health care, kitchen-table economics, food prices.
"The problem is, by lowering the temperature and sticking to mundane topics, Democrats and liberals have also ensured that most Americans remain caught in the diffuse, fragmented information ecosystem that predominates during normal times. They have kept the information ecosystem from entering its more centralized, focused crisis formation — a state that would allow bad news about Trump to reach many more Americans, much more quickly.
"It’s time to abandon this timidity. Trump’s opponents should stop trying to ward off the sense of crisis his politics creates, and instead foster it. Americans should not be prevented from entering a state of fear and panic about the economy, about civil rights, about the Constitution, about the basic functioning of government or the safety our nation. They should be encouraged to slip into fear and panic. Once they do, we’ll find it much easier to speak to them."
Oh gosh, yes, Will! Let's induce fear and panic among the masses! It worked *SO* well for the "witches" in Salem, Massachusetts; those persecuted by Joe McCarthy during the Red Scare in the 1950s; and it's working for trans people, immigrants, and other "Others" today! No need to think about collateral damage that might be suffered as long as attention is brought to the Problem Of The Moment! 🙄😒
This, this, and more of this.
Someone once said, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." (There's no need to Google who said it...) It seems like the current Democratic leadership has replaced that wise ethos with, "If there's a crisis, people might get mad at me." It has led them to become scared and feckless. I don't understand how the leadership of our party has gone so astray.
Harness the crisis. Blame the bad guys. Point a finger at them. Demagogue the issue. Direct the anger. It's basic politics that our side seems to have willingly forgotten. Absolute madness.
What's the crisis they should focus on?
Over 15 years ago now there was spirited debate and investigation in my research pod about the Internet (or really, social media) becoming not a place you you enter and exit at will but instead ubiquitous and ever present like air. A slow motion train wreck indeed.
The American population is the ultimate example of propaganda and mind manipulation. We have been breed to not even understand what a crisis is.
Whoah. Thank you.
How often do you post. I have NOT been getting your posts????????????
"Most of Trump’s two presidencies have been defined by his opposition seeking to avoid any kind of crisis. Democrats and liberals have preferred to lower the temperature, avoiding the language and politics of crisis so they could make careful arguments, centered around issues and topics they deem most persuasive: health care, kitchen-table economics, food prices.
"The problem is, by lowering the temperature and sticking to mundane topics, Democrats and liberals have also ensured that most Americans remain caught in the diffuse, fragmented information ecosystem that predominates during normal times. They have kept the information ecosystem from entering its more centralized, focused crisis formation — a state that would allow bad news about Trump to reach many more Americans, much more quickly.
"It’s time to abandon this timidity. Trump’s opponents should stop trying to ward off the sense of crisis his politics creates, and instead foster it. Americans should not be prevented from entering a state of fear and panic about the economy, about civil rights, about the Constitution, about the basic functioning of government or the safety our nation. They should be encouraged to slip into fear and panic. Once they do, we’ll find it much easier to speak to them."
Oh gosh, yes, Will! Let's induce fear and panic among the masses! It worked *SO* well for the "witches" in Salem, Massachusetts; those persecuted by Joe McCarthy during the Red Scare in the 1950s; and it's working for trans people, immigrants, and other "Others" today! No need to think about collateral damage that might be suffered as long as attention is brought to the Problem Of The Moment! 🙄😒