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About @marwilliamson changing the subject. Watch how she turns on @franifio in this clip (cue at 10:55).
Francesca has a basic question about strategizing against fascists. MW opens with one bit of comms advice, but then pivots to sanctimony. /1
Francesca has a basic question about strategizing against fascists. MW opens with one bit of comms advice, but then pivots to sanctimony. /1
She needs to *quickly* land in her wheelhouse, to model non-defensiveness and non-aggression, and to scold the naively reactive and emotional younger woman across from her. The next minutes are pure tone policing. She’s avoided the question and has zeroed in on F’s attitude. /2
It’s tricky, because MW always throws in reality-based items like “on the political level you have to seize the levers of power.” But that’s not what she can elaborate on. That’s secondary to her expertise and instinct. /3
What she can elaborate on is how if younger people like Francesca were less angry, if she only worked on herself more, if she accepted that only love was real, the world would miraculously change. It's a kind of shaming that is hard to see, because it's delivered with a smile. /4
If this feels good to you, it was designed to. Changing the subject from mundane complexities to spiritual simplicities is MW's primary skill, honed over decades, and not unique to her. It is a redirection schtick you'll hear 1000 New Thought / New Age influencers do. /5
It might have psychological value sometimes. But I think everyone should be clear that if MW is good at making people feel disarmed by a suddenly-cosmic view, it's because her 40 years of training has taught her to change the subject to God when things get heavy. /end
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