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Duppers

(28,117 posts)
11. Bingo! TY! "Follow the $"
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 01:27 PM
Nov 2020

Folks don't realize what first led to this.

First appeal to their prejudices, then you've got their minds to follow whatever bullshit you want to feed them.

Rachel Maddow's book Blowout explains that gaining & keeping control of oil and the Fossil Fuel industry in general is the motivation for controlling the message and minds - an easy job given America's gullible population. They already believe things without evidence.

"Rachel Maddow pinpoints the root of all evils: The fossil fuel industry"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-root-of-all-evils-the-fossil-fuel-industry-says-rachel-maddow/2019/10/03/14273cd6-de1a-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html?outputType=amp



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