In his recent Davos speech to world leaders in Switzerland, President Donald Trump chastised European countries for falling for the climate-change hoax and wasting billions of dollars on green-energy scams. Trump sees himself on a crusade to disabuse the world of the greatest environmental con in hi...
most people modify their conclusions based on new information and evidence. these fascists throw away information and evidence that don’t align with their per-conceived conclusions. “oh, the ‘experts’ say vaccines are good and global warming is happening? DEMONIZE THE EXPERTS”
not only that, but https://truthout.org/articles/texas-gop-declares-no-more-teaching-of-critical-thinking-skills-in-texas-public-schools/
“No more teaching of critical thinking skills”?
I have to see how the admin phrases that.
Yep, they said it. Unambiguously.
That was in 2012 btw.
yes, “believe what you’re told to believe, regardless of what’s happening in actual reality”
it’s the bullshit they were banking on when they tried to say renee good was a “terrorist”
there are people who actually fit this mold, literally watching footage from multiple angles showing CLEAR MURDER, and yet will still say the victim was in the wrong, and “deserved it”
that’s why they oppose people thinking for themselves–to get away with murder.
and of course it’s not enough for their own kids to be mindless obedient sheep, they need everyone else’s kids to be mindless obedient sheep too, otherwise these kids will figure out that the “parental authority” they’re being brought up in is bullshit compared to the rationality that their peers exhibit. so we demonize the experts, demonize the press, demonize fucking progress itself-- all of it specifically designed to keep the 99.999% enslaved
I don’t think the 0.001% are free either, but I get your point.
And yes, this grand project of cowing the masses has been going on for a long while, and especially in the US of NA. Just look at what Big Oil did, all through the past 100 years.
It’s doublethink.
thank you for using the correct term instead of “cognitive dissonance” that so many people seem to think it is