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“What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.”
Interesting thought, especially when you consider the role of the music or movie industries or even advertising in popular culture. I often find people in the biz that consider others - especially consumers - as fools. Then they deliver mediocrity of a kind that is really unacceptable, but it is often lapped up!
Unfortunate that those words are Hitler’s and we still see his vision play out day after day around us. Isn’t it time that people became less naive to the phenomenon? It might be wise to heighten awareness and learn how to see through sugar-coated manipulations. But more than anything else, I wish we would all pay just a little heed to to our intuition.
Marie Waiss said,
May 15, 2008 at 5:10 am
It’s also rampant in US presidential election. Hillary Clinton and John McCain proposed a gas tax holiday a few weeks ago. This idea was unanimously booed by economists and pundits because it would eliminate taxes normally used for infrastructure and there would be no guarantee the oil companies would pass the savings on to consumers. Clinton had the hutzpah to say she didn’t give a hang what economists thought. Political analsysts feared “low information voters,” those that don’t follow the news much, would lap it up. Not suprisingly, Clinton has a strong following among voters without a college degree.
altconsens said,
May 16, 2008 at 12:38 am
Well said, Marie! Disturbing stuff.