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If you are using the term "small boats" as a code to dehumanise desperate, vulnerable human beings then you actively siding with the likes of Suella Braverman and those promoting repression and protofascism in Britain.
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Feb. 2019:

"Shockingly, they completely ignore two of the most significant economic events: the market crashes of 1929 and 2008."

Plutocrats are controlling too much of our edu and media.

Koch Network Pushes Deceitful Textbook on Cash-Strapped Schools truthout.org/articles/koch-…
Nov 2021:

"School officials specifically instructed [teachers] to avoid books by authors of color and women...for fear we may violate [HB 1775]...can possibly face formal admonishment or lose their Oklahoma teaching licenses if...found to be in violation"
aclu.org/news/free-spee…
Dec 30, 2019:

"Tens of millions of Americans live hermetically sealed inside the vast media and educational edifice controlled by Christian fascists."

#ChristianNationalism

Onward, Christian Fascists
truthdig.com/articles/onwar…
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What is the Experiment, again?

"And #Covid is a project, however one tweezes it apart, of an unelected #billionaire #class that continues to amass enormous almost unthinkable amounts of money and property, beginning a #project of reshaping the #planet."

john-steppling.com/2021/07/what-i… Image
"& their influence is now expressed in global corps &, more, in NGOs & institutions such as the #WHO & #WorldBank, the UN, & the #WEF. That they are ignorant of their own hubris is perhaps the most terrifying part of this entire scenario. This is the age of the rigid & weak ego." Image
"The eradication of the unconscious, of archaic dreams & collective imagination, the disenchantment of the world, & of the self, has taken place rapidly over the last 30 yrs ... & this disenchanted human is one who finds it hard to grasp the ideas of #class & economic #coercion." Image
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DEEP THREAD No: 4

Politicians and the media are trained to influence the way we think. This thread looks at how they do that.

Media Manipulation Tactics
1/17 #ManufacturedOutrage Image
DEEP THREAD No: 4

Media Manipulation Tactics
2/17 #TacticalFraming Image
DEEP THREAD No: 4

Media Manipulation Tactics
3/17 #Scapegoating Image
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The current dialogue about #DACA affects everyone in the US. How?

#Racism & #scapegoating & affect all minorities.

Deporting #DREAMers & undocumented #immigrants will have very negative impacts to the #economy. That affects everyone else. THREAD 1 #DreamActNow #immigration
The sociological concept of the “other” is important to this discussion. If you haven’t heard of it before, here is a brief overview from othersociologist.com/otherness-reso…. 2 #identity #race #sociology #Science
People in power define social identities as they have the means to control the narrative – news coverage, platforms to broadcast their platforms, & the power to influence law enforcement and legislation. Social identity affects how people perceive themselves and others. 3
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