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Referendums and elections are always about human feelings, not about human rationality. If democracy were a matter of rational decision-making, there would be absolutely no reason to give all people equal voting rights – or perhaps any voting rights. There is ample evidence that some people are far more knowledgeable and rational than others, certainly when it comes to specific economic and political questions.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
And yet, a person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weaknesses, let alone on something one cannot do at all.
Managing Oneself
Peter Ferdinand Drucker
AMPLIGANDA
Propaganda is disinformation transmitted through society from the top down. Ampliganda is disinformation transmitted bottom-up, through repetition & amplification. Since it’s a decentralized form of indoctrination, it’s almost impossible to counter.
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