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pwb

(11,292 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2020, 12:48 PM Jan 2020

I don't know how any adult human being can be told what to think by any other

human. No person on this earth has ever taken control of my thoughts. Republicans are like baby ducks following their mother.

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I don't know how any adult human being can be told what to think by any other (Original Post) pwb Jan 2020 OP

He's insane, unpredictable, and has violent followers. His mouth has no filter. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #1

Advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry for a reason gratuitous Jan 2020 #2

Dr. Jerrold Post, in his new book "Dangerous Charisma" believes that Trump's devout followers Mike 03 Jan 2020 #3

Thinking is hard work. It's easier to let someone else do it. hunter Jan 2020 #4

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

1. He's insane, unpredictable, and has violent followers. His mouth has no filter.

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 12:58 PM

Jan 2020

Anyone who defies der fuehrer could at the very least be primaried or ultimately get "the Epstein treatment".

Groupspeak can save a life and a lifetime career.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

2. Advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry for a reason

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 01:04 PM

Jan 2020

Humans are remarkably susceptible to being told what to think. It's not presented that way, of course, but ever since Vance Packard came out with "The Hidden Persuaders" in 1957, advertisers and others have developed ever more sophisticated ways of telling people what to think.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

3. Dr. Jerrold Post, in his new book "Dangerous Charisma" believes that Trump's devout followers

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 01:04 PM

Jan 2020

have psyches injured in a particular way that makes them crave an authoritarian "Daddy" that tells them he can make all their problems go away. Once they locate their Leader, they experience a sense of devotion that transcends common sense or even rational self-interest.

hunter

(38,328 posts)

4. Thinking is hard work. It's easier to let someone else do it.

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 02:15 PM

Jan 2020

Bigoted incurious anti-intellectual assholes latch onto bigoted incurious anti-intellectual asshole leaders.

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