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no more banksters

(395 posts)
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:01 PM Feb 2016

Artificial ideological confusion: A common practice by the establishment

Now that the establishment sees that Bernie Sanders' popularity is rising stormily, despite that he says openly that he is a Democrat Socialist, the mouthpieces in the mainstream media, social media, etc., are using logical leaps to present Socialism as something evil and authoritarian. One common practice to do this, is to equalize the Nazi ideology of National Socialism with Bernie's Democratic Socialism.

The manipulation here is based on the fact that in both these ideologies - apart from the fact that both contain the term Socialism - the state plays a significant role in many aspects who determine the everyday life of citizens. By isolating this simple characteristic, the establishment mechanisms reproduce a totally distorted perception about Socialism, based on a ridiculously simplified logical leap: the state plays a central role = Democratic Socialism coincides with Nazi ideology.


http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2016/02/artificial-ideological-confusion-common.html
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Artificial ideological confusion: A common practice by the establishment (Original Post) no more banksters Feb 2016 OP
How will they argue that Bernie is both a Nazi and a Communist at the same time? pangaia Feb 2016 #1
You're right, most of us are too ignorant to know the contradiction... Human101948 Feb 2016 #2
Thanks. I like these kinds of dissection of the process of minimization of a candidate. Gregorian Feb 2016 #3
What many afraid of no more banksters Feb 2016 #4

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
1. How will they argue that Bernie is both a Nazi and a Communist at the same time?
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:04 PM
Feb 2016

Oh, wait. I forget. This is American.
 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
2. You're right, most of us are too ignorant to know the contradiction...
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:06 PM
Feb 2016

Just look at the people b eing interviewed at the polling sites who are going into the voting booth and flipping a coin.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
3. Thanks. I like these kinds of dissection of the process of minimization of a candidate.
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:27 PM
Feb 2016

Bernie has a brain, and the abililty to fight; rare characteristics in my experience. Those who will allow a soundbite and some visuals of the failures of socialism will be in the minority nowadays.

Bernie only needs to point out the flaws of capitalism by repeating his stump speech. They used to use the term teflon. Bernie is different. I don't know the metaphor, but it's just something people know when they meet. Is he honest? Hell yes. Is he smart? Yes. He's got 25 years in Congress, so they're going to have to be really creative to get anything to change his momentum.

no more banksters

(395 posts)
4. What many afraid of
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 07:07 PM
Feb 2016

, is the possibility that the system will be forced to turn to the most undesirable, final option in order to get rid of Bernie. If you know what I mean ...

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