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Trump is doing two things at the same time:

🔹He is blaming the states for inadequate testing, and
🔹He claims that his testing program is a success.

It's the "Firehose of Falsehoods" propaganda method: Deploy a rapid and continuous stream of lies.
The goal of the Firehose of Falsehoods isn't to persuade you.

The goal is to numb you and exhaust you.


The antidote is to turn your frustration into action.

Have I posted my to-do list lately?
Stand by.
I revised my list recently so that the list emphasizes the 2020 election, because that's first and most important.

terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
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I see it as an example of governing by crisis and spectacle.

It's a general way of undermining truth by preventing people from focusing on facts.

The idea is to kick up dust, wear people out, and create a "bothsides" argument.

I'll attach an explainer for new followers.
Here you go:


Expect a lot more of this over the next 6 months. It's a way of controlling the media narrative.
To quote Yale professor @jasonintrator, Trump is cynically using a set of fascist tactics to gain and maintain power.

(From a lecture that I linked to somewhere on my blog)

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(Thread) How to Oust an Autocrat

Lessons from Chile

(Updating an earlier thread)

I’m using Chile as an example because my husband’s family experienced the Pinochet dictatorship, so I have first hand accounts.

Bonus: I’ll also explain why I get so testy with the doomsayers.
1/ Sources for facts and quotations are from⤵️

Chile is a good example because—like the US, and unlike other countries who have experienced right wing uprisings—Chile had a long tradition of democratic institutions prior to the Pinochet dictatorship.
2/ Ziblatt and Levitsky say Chile had one of the strongest democracies in the region prior to Pinochet.

In Sept, 1973, far right wing Gen. Pinochet pulled off a military coup and installed himself as a dictator.
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I think it comes down to the distinction between people who support hierarchy v. people who support democracy and fairness.

Those who think the purpose of government is to maintain hierarchy support Trump.

Those who think government should create fairness oppose him.
Libertarians think there is a third option: No government.

But no government creates a hierarchy very quickly.
Actually, I'll fine tune my language.

"People who think the purpose of government is to allow for hierarchy" is probably a better phrasing.

They think nature naturally forms a hierarchy, and governments "imposing" fairness disrupts the natural order.
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