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On 07/22/2016 09:51 AM, Rayzer wrote: > Ps. I consider that extension, even tho I don't use Chrome, an > Effective Use of Technology for Social Change. > > The possibilities are limitless! Marketable as "The de-programming > tool on your browser bar" > > For instance, Georgi, on another thread > > "Are there scientific papers calling sheeple and the financial > system with their true names?" Can't say that I see much value in toys created for the purpose of reinforcing the brand loyalty of Sheeple 2.0 with regard to whatever Identity Politics trap they have fallen into. Of course if you /want/ to deploy a stupidity amplifier, anything that constantly reminds a True Believer that he or she is better than other people will do the trick. Does your bright idea help mutually alienate people who might otherwise band together to promote their common interests at the expense of their rulers? Apply for a grant! Identity politics works by conditioning people to pin their self esteem on the inherent superiority of their racial, language, national, economic, social and/or political in-group. Strict compliance with the pseudo-gang's rigid stereotypical beliefs and behaviors makes the faithful Somebodies, and prevents them from associating with hated Others. Like all effective propaganda platforms, identity politics formalizes and exploits a pre-existing human weakness, in this case the so-called herd instinct. Identity politics is maintained and advanced through strategy that consistently scapegoats and demonizes targeted Others and, to a lesser extent, anyone else who fails to hear and obey the correct Party Line. Logic, reason and practicality are off the table, although simulating these to provide "proofs" of what Believers already believe is an important part of the complete and balanced propaganda breakfast. It's easy, because all issues are reduced to binary us versus them issues. The more valid an evidence based criticism of any article of faith, the more desperately the true believer clutches for straws: It doesn't take much to "rescue" them from wrong thinking. Otherwise sane and rational people become easily led animals when they fall under the spell of identity politics; a high IQ only means superior internal resources for rationalizing ignorant beliefs. That's where Knee Jerk Reactionary Republicans, Yellow Dog Democrats and other packaged personlike Product comes from, and how segmented markets are herded into battles that assure a populace so divided against itself that its rulers have a free hand to do whatever they want unopposed, except by easily marginalized outliers and minorities. Funny thing: Lots of readers will agree with the above assessment, because it applies to ignorant easily led Other People, proving that their own identity group is better. :o/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXkmoaAAoJEECU6c5XzmuqKSoIAIukZKpTXk8hZDCw3yyhfOpK jMHfQYI3Y4SWEoVYM/V4NTuvrM7y1NCDnN0OdSQ5H/+X8W+iW8LN5mf8RyIJuwVE uKRRP1n4HDE7/bV03K6p6T0HRjpWIViOZ7qIv87g0JXumOwz3P71GVoafdo+cLv5 3k3Uro5iXVt3tmtYqV5ga3tgFJo5MxkXBvm4DumQS+XAnNZFIqPC8Uf3XeNJGtQA 6HYXjVV66h3Xa0454ySkIc/HkQ0rwYo4yZpq3aeALLUkTZKF1YgDEruOAjMqXklV sgsoBFMsu54feAO24GK4qA44ihn01iePgSYgBVLwwLgVNiGVjHBGwuOReus7cm8= =hZj7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
