Slouching Towards Oblivion

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Listen To What They Don't Say



First, you accomplish nothing by trying to shame them. You can't shame someone who's deliberately and studiously abandoned their principles. These people have no honor - they've traded it away in order to gain power.

When "conservatives" talk, they're saying a lot that we don't hear.

And that's kinda the key. Listen for the subtext. Take whatever their literal pronouncement is, and flip it - or turn it inside out - in order to hear what they're really saying.
  • They're not looking to avoid a constitutional crisis - they're trying to create one
  • They're not saying we can't have someone as president who's constantly under investigation - they're saying you can't investigate the president (as long as that president is Republican of course)
  • They told us the Dems were engaged in political theater when they impeached Trump for legit reasons, and then when they got a majority in the House, they went completely into theater mode like it's their fucking college major
They're playing the same dangerous game they've played for 50 years. ie: just keep hammering away with "government sucks". "They're all liars". "You can't trust the media".

There will be plenty of rubes who swallow every little turd you float down to them, but the main thing is to destroy the middle. Make that big squishy faction that thinks they're immune to the hype feel pure disdain for the whole mess. Get enough of them apathetic enough to withdraw from the process, and all you have to do is make sure your little gang of 20% - the rubes, the devotees, and the bluff-n-bluster thugs who keep the mob amped up - get them to show up, make lots of noise, and vote the way you need them to vote.

It's long been a ridiculous thing about American elections: on average, 50-60% of people eligible to vote can't be bothered to take part in a democratic system that they either pretend to be knee-jerk proud of, or who've swallowed the propaganda that it's all a sham anyway so why bother.

And voilĂ  - all you need to "win" the election is 20% + 1.

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