Re:"God help you. You're on dialysis."
by rdtsc on Sunday November 21, 2010 @03:27PM
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> I'm not sure when socialism became a dirty word.
I think certain interests in US have put a considerable effort into their propaganda to make it so. It stems from the "Red Scare" and what used to be the fear-du-jour for us before it was replaced by "terrorism". But the previous fear hasn't been completely replaced. It was planted there and periodically, when appropriate, politicians and other interests are able to tap into it to further their purposes.
Think of these fears as backdoors into into a system. The typical access to a system is through a rational, objective argument. The faster and more effective is to bypass that use the "fear" backdoor.
These fears take a while to cultivate. Once they are there, they are ready to be used and abused.
I think certain interests in US have put a considerable effort into their propaganda to make it so. It stems from the "Red Scare" and what used to be the fear-du-jour for us before it was replaced by "terrorism". But the previous fear hasn't been completely replaced. It was planted there and periodically, when appropriate, politicians and other interests are able to tap into it to further their purposes.
Think of these fears as backdoors into into a system. The typical access to a system is through a rational, objective argument. The faster and more effective is to bypass that use the "fear" backdoor.
These fears take a while to cultivate. Once they are there, they are ready to be used and abused.