[Ottawa – August 21, 2024] The Conservative Party has enjoyed a profound advantage in federal vote intention since Pierre Poilievre assumed leadership. Over the past year, this advantage has been i…
Fascism is an expression of innate qualities of human psychology. It’s barely even meaningful to consider it a political philosophy, it’s no more than exploitation of induced fear and hatred for political ends. It will never go away.
I don’t think it’s helpful to think of our family, neighbours, and friends who find comfort in fascism as stupid. They are scared, not stupid. They’re doing stupid things, but intelligence is no defense against emotional manipulation.
We didn’t say they were stupid, we said wilfully ignorant, which they are quite literally being. Women aren’t doing the same thing, so it’s clear there are ways around it that men aren’t using.
Fascism is an expression of innate qualities of human psychology. It’s barely even meaningful to consider it a political philosophy, it’s no more than exploitation of induced fear and hatred for political ends. It will never go away.
I don’t think it’s helpful to think of our family, neighbours, and friends who find comfort in fascism as stupid. They are scared, not stupid. They’re doing stupid things, but intelligence is no defense against emotional manipulation.
We didn’t say they were stupid, we said wilfully ignorant, which they are quite literally being. Women aren’t doing the same thing, so it’s clear there are ways around it that men aren’t using.
Or, that the psyop techniques researched a decade ago are just much more effective on men… </tinfoilhat>