The tao of the demagogue: the tweet as threat

[cheyanne]

All demagogues need to consolidate their power and silence their opposition. Scare tactics work best.

Drop a tweet the makes a company lose stock value and you've told every other company that the same could happen to them.

Drop a tweet that incites death threats and you've told every journalist, union leader that they had better think twice about criticizing Trump.

And we can see that this is working with journalists and companies. The media hesitates to "seem" biased. The companies let Trump take credit for imaginary job growth.

These tweets need to be called out for what they are. When one person has the power to kill a company or a person by what they say, we are all at risk.

[annabanana]

1. I have been calling his tweets, "weaponized" since early in the election.

You are on point. His tweets are dangerous and have been since the beginning.

[Auntie Bush]

2. What's disgusting is he brags about being able to make companies

Stock go down with one tweet. Pats self on back. He's letting everyone know he can actually destroy them if he wants to. Creep!

[cheyanne]

3. The media has not caught on to this "analysis".

They are caught up in whether he said this or that, not why he said it. He is being run by some very sophisticated and ruthless people who want him to tweet and feed him the people they want scorned.

[annabanana]

4. tao now brown cow:

1) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028452594
2) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028452630