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An Important Distinction [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal] (www.smbc-comics.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An old comic that feels oh so relevant in this tumultuous election year.

Source: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/an-important-distinction

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Except I'm not against manipulation of the masses. I'm tacitly for it, because if I don't manipulate them, someone else will.

Leaving the masses to be manipulated by Trump (or other bad actors) is obviously a bad idea. If you haven't noticed by the last 10 years of US Politics.

The reality is that 30%+ of the country (the current Trump voter base) accepts manipulation and embraces it. Its a huge cohort and a resource that can be turned to my side. Maybe not all of them, but its more than you or most people ever realized. And furthermore, anyone else who is intelligent and on my side about it will also join me and see that we have a winning strategy.

What's your strategy exactly? You want to try to beat back human psychology one-person at a time and deprogram on a mass scale? Good luck with that. I'm not sure I've seen a successful argument that breaks through the psychological games being played out here.