'sell' well. People respond to messages that play to their fears, hatreds and superstitions. Unfortunately, the truth usually takes more time to tell. It's not as simple as bumper sticker slogans. I think what you meant was we need to develop more effective ways of getting the truth out to people. THis is not an easy task. Bullshit always sells well because it appeals to many people's feelings that they somehow got cheated.
There are many people who wake up one day realizing they aren't going to be living the Good Life they thought they would. I guess nobody told them that if they wanted to achieve something they would have to sacrifice and work hard - or at least harder than the other guys who also want to 'get somewhere'. Not having made the sacrifices and not having put in the hard work required, they find they are not living 'the high life' (as they imagine it: "the gravy train" ..("Money for nothin' and your chicks for free"
... which they don't know does not exist) and they feel they have been cheated. It's a human trait to prefer to blame other people for things you didn't get accomplished. The blacks, the Jews, the "they" or, all rolled up into one:.....THE GOVERNMENT (fall guy provided by the GOP) - which is run by the pinko Democrats to give freebies to blacks and homos and fellow commies. The largess the put-upon feel should have been theirs - is going to 'other' people.
This is what the GOP are so masterful at playing to. THe GOP is good at this because they attract those who gravitate to being con-men. That is their answer to 'working for a living'. All cheaters cheat because they don't have the confidence to believe they could win in a fair competition and also because it's easier than working for something, honestly earning it.
But we do need to do a better job of getting the truth out to people. But it is hard to get message out when the Corporations (who the GOP serves) own the networks. That's why I believe getting the message out via the internet is so important. I believe if people start speaking up on the internet we can turn things around. I believe this, because I have to believe it. Without this, the future looks pretty bleak..... and something like the French revolution.
This brings me to the one thing the GOPers never ever grasp. That if you screw people out of everything - when there is nothing left for them to be screwed out of - they then will wake up to what's been going on. At this point, having nothing left to lose, these are very dangerous people. At this point there is hell to pay for the usurpers.
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