(Thread) You're the Puppet
People call this projection.
Projection (as a psychological term) is an unconscious process. See:
psychologytoday.com/us/basics/proj…
healthline.com/health/project…
This is, in fact, a deliberate propaganda technique.
I'll quote an expert in fascism. . .
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“Fascists always deny what they are and ascribe their own features and their own totalitarian politics to their enemies.” Prof. Frederico Finchelstein, from ⤵️
h/t @jasonintrator for the quotation.
It's a way of undermining truth by creating confusion.
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It overlaps with "whataboutism." As a deliberate way of deflecting from Trump's mental weakness, Rudy accuses Biden of weakness.
Similarly, Trump deflects from his own corruption by calling everyone else corrupt.
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Trump's followers say, "Trump is corrupt, but all politicians are corrupt."
If all politicians are corrupt, politics dissolves into tribalism.
"He's a lying crook, but he's OUR lying crook."
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Yup, fascism overlaps with personal psychology. Talking about abusive relationships is probably just another way of talking about fascism. The overlap (I'm sure) comes from the fact that only certain personality types can (or will) behave like dictators.
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