Re:More Information About Last Week’s Takedowns
by bilbo0s on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @05:39PM
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>Most people would be apathetic to those issues, if it wasn't for the media...
Just wanted to point out though that these issues were chosen precisely BECAUSE most people are NOT apathetic to them.
That's what makes them good wedge issues. For instance, whether the media would cover them or not, people would still want marijuana. (And another set of people would still want marijuana banned.) People care about the issue regardless of whether or not the media covers it.
That's why these are good issues to use if your intent is to destabilize a society. They are latent, un-"dealt with" issues. I'd imagine those are the sort of issues you'd look for when trying to increase discord in target nations.
Just wanted to point out though that these issues were chosen precisely BECAUSE most people are NOT apathetic to them.
That's what makes them good wedge issues. For instance, whether the media would cover them or not, people would still want marijuana. (And another set of people would still want marijuana banned.) People care about the issue regardless of whether or not the media covers it.
That's why these are good issues to use if your intent is to destabilize a society. They are latent, un-"dealt with" issues. I'd imagine those are the sort of issues you'd look for when trying to increase discord in target nations.