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EffieBlack

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48. They didn't create racism. It's been right there all along. They just exploit it.

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Academics think they've figured out why people voted for Trump and Brexit [View all] Soph0571 Apr 2018 OP

We already know: PROPAGANDA sharedvalues Apr 2018 #1

Yes!!! Thank you. rainin Apr 2018 #4

As someone who works in a big city with fancy media people sharedvalues Apr 2018 #7

I live with one and it is clear as day to me. rainin Apr 2018 #16

How do we get someone to do this? sharedvalues Apr 2018 #18

That's a really good idea! lunatica Apr 2018 #28

Start small :) I bet the NYT or another national paper would publish a letter/oped like this sharedvalues Apr 2018 #29

I agree lunatica Apr 2018 #32

The propaganda is what makes them anxious Bradshaw3 Apr 2018 #27

There is one very good academic study showing Fox is propaganda sharedvalues Apr 2018 #31

Interesting and confirms what one would expect Bradshaw3 Apr 2018 #35

Yup sharedvalues Apr 2018 #38

That's a little too neat and let's people off the hook EffieBlack May 2018 #42

This Meowmee May 2018 #45

How do you explain Murdoch in 1980s UK? Or 1930s Germany? sharedvalues May 2018 #47

Youre not listening Meowmee May 2018 #52

You need both. But propaganda is an essential ingredient. sharedvalues May 2018 #53

Murdoch did the exact same thing in the UK sharedvalues May 2018 #46

They didn't create racism. It's been right there all along. They just exploit it. EffieBlack May 2018 #48

True sharedvalues May 2018 #49

I wonder how many of them have bought a timeshare or something OnDoutside Apr 2018 #2

I'm not sure you can call it xenophobia if the threat is real elias7 Apr 2018 #3

"Melting pot". "Bring me your tired, your poor..." sharedvalues Apr 2018 #8

I was out walking the dog in my downtown Raleigh neighborhood yesterday and overheard mnhtnbb Apr 2018 #11

You should have asked. By the way IluvPitties Apr 2018 #13

And how did the locals feel about that? Igel Apr 2018 #15

So what? The world changes, so does life. IluvPitties Apr 2018 #12

So what? elias7 Apr 2018 #17

I'm also sure "the Native American population felt similarly threatened by the influx of Europeans" EffieBlack May 2018 #44

We need to ask why the growth of minority populations is such a threat lunatica Apr 2018 #30

The xenophobia comes from the assumptions that: meadowlander Apr 2018 #36

You may safely call it xenophobia if it is not in fact, a threat. LanternWaste Apr 2018 #40

The disappearing middle class loyalsister Apr 2018 #5

Shifted the blame away from billionaires- using their propaganda machine sharedvalues Apr 2018 #9

Sort of loyalsister Apr 2018 #14

Many causes of course. But why sharedvalues Apr 2018 #19

Different academic disciplines identify different factors from Hortensis Apr 2018 #6

There is a way sharedvalues Apr 2018 #20

Why do you imagine we didn't? Cannot force people to listen, Hortensis Apr 2018 #23

Write where? sharedvalues Apr 2018 #24

Have a nice day. Hortensis Apr 2018 #25

I'm serious. Counter-propaganda can be effective. It's not instant gratification, but it works. sharedvalues Apr 2018 #26

This is not what I was talking about, but Hortensis Apr 2018 #33

Fair. Yes. You have to speak to liberals and conservatives differently. sharedvalues Apr 2018 #37

Right wing leadership CANNOT message without lying. Hortensis Apr 2018 #39

Interesting analysis sharedvalues May 2018 #41

Its all socioeconomics. Were no different from ppl in the Middle East, or Africa. Oneironaut Apr 2018 #10

New Gilded Age sharedvalues Apr 2018 #21

Short version: they built a better dog whistle ucrdem Apr 2018 #22

Also known as: Marketing to the Reptilian Brain Donkees Apr 2018 #34

anyone want to break it to PRof Mutz that we already knew all this? lol Takket May 2018 #43

Demagoguery is extremely effective Major Nikon May 2018 #50

Like studying the brains of Turbineguy May 2018 #51