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1 - In days leading up to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Biden and Blinken were AWESOME and ON POINT combating Putin's FALSE pretexts for invading - WITH specificity. THIS, along with compelling heroism from Zelensky and the Ukraine people, created LOTS of global unity.
1 - In days leading up to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Biden and Blinken were AWESOME and ON POINT combating Putin's FALSE pretexts for invading - WITH specificity. THIS, along with compelling heroism from Zelensky and the Ukraine people, created LOTS of global unity.
2 - Yesterday the Jan 6 committee here at home suggested for the first time, ALSO with specificity, that Trump COMMITTED CRIMES (which they will likely refer to DOJ). The committee showed Trump's crimes used a knowingly false and invented pretext. JUST LIKE PUTIN! SAME PLAYBOOK!
3 - For our part as behavioral psychologists, we are continually awestruck by similarities between Russia (as to Ukraine), and the GOP (as to America). It's not just autocratic fetishization. Or disinformation. It's the sad effectiveness of it, and how it's morphed into a cult.
4 - In Russia, a closed dictatorial society with state media, one can understand how disinformation would easily propagate. Putin tries to never let the light in. He suppresses it, forcefully. Because to him, even more important than his lies - is his suppression of the truth.
5 - Here in America, it's different. We are still a democracy with freedom of the press. Sadly, fearmongering and false narratives have been used to emotionalize OUR electorate; it's co-opted many into cult-like beliefs. BUT that isn't astonishing. It's human nature thru history.
6 - Culture wars. Nationalism. Demonization. Xenophobia. Perversion of words (does any Trump cultist understand the actual meaning of the word "evidence"?); total politicization of every issue. In an echo chamber; with mass repetition. Lies that are shameless. This - is TRUMPISM.
7 - The future of Ukrainian democracy is unfolding now. The future of OUR democracy will unfold before and during our midterm elections. We MUST not only be more plentiful at the polls, and hopefully show progress on accountability, but we MUST also be SMARTER than the right!
8 - The sources that are pelting Americans with propaganda have become a full-on apparatus. It's Fox. It's talk radio. Right wing podcasts. Performative elected officials. Foreign actors - like Putin. And it's spread like a plague to many millions of our most susceptible.
9 - For democracy to prevail, enough TRUTH must prevail. This IS the bottom line. The other bottom line: WE NEED TO PLAY THE MATH. Not all our citizens are political creatures. Not all Republicans are Trump supporters. Not all Trump supporters are racist, rabid, or ridiculous.
10- We're making a film called #UNTRUTH. It will make sense out of where we are and why we're here. It's a behavioral perspective we don't EVER get in the media. It will speak truth to ANYONE who isn't fully entranced. It will arm us and help flip moderates. That's SMART! MATH!
11 - The film WILL be released before the midterms. It's an independent film featuring psychologists and pundits, some of which you know well. We did this in 2020 with #UNFIT about Trump. Now in 2020, it's called #UNTRUTH about TrumpISM - the TRUE foe. It WILL make a difference.
12 - You can read about the film NOW. And we hope as many people will do that as possible! Here is a link. Watch the trailer, read the "Messages of the Film," and please consider supporting the effort (if you do, choose a Reward for doing it).
bit.ly/34DmQZP
bit.ly/34DmQZP
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