OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[Gary Gutful]

It’s called dog whistling.

...and it works.

 

[Gronk]

...and it works.

It sure does. Low information republican voters just hear; Trump - transgender - schools - children - democrats.

 

[hindy111]

It sure does. Low information republican voters just hear; Trump - transgender - schools - children - democrats.

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Exactly. But also the the educated people can't help but repeat it and put down people who vote for him calling them dopes ,hicks etc. So that makes more of them want to vote for him even more due to being angry.
Low information will remain low information. His real puppets are the ones who love high information. They do the leg work

 

[Gronk]

Exactly. But also the the educated people can't help but repeat it and put down people who vote for him calling them dopes ,hicks etc. So that makes more of them want to vote for him even more due to being angry.
Low information will remain low information. His real puppets are the ones who love high information. They do the leg work

There are always rusted on political campaigners. That is not unique for Trump or anyone.

The difference here is the deliberate lies, the dog whistles, that merkins pick up and actually believe. Like this one that Trump spun and his low information (low enquiry) supporters repeat, no matter how ridiculous.

 

[Twizzle]

I find it a little comical. I mean yeah he is off his tits. Do you think he actually believes what he says?

well his response to his ex-staffer asking him "why do you lie so much?", he says, "if you say it enough, people will start to believe you"

his words, so he knows he is lying

 

[Gronk]

well his response to his ex-staffer asking him "why do you lie so much?", he says, "if you say it enough, people will start to believe you"

his words, so he knows he is lying

Straight out of the Nazi Goebbels playbook.

Goebbels says repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it

As I follow the news on the so called "Obama gate" so called scandal, I am reminded of the famous statement by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth#Trump #Obamagate

scholar.harvard.edu

 

[Gronk]

Tonight's Q&A is about housing affordability. So I am agnostic about this.

I assume that they argue that if they stop me owning more than 3 (residential) properties, it frees up more into the pool for first home buyers ?

Does that then shrink the pool for those that rent ? That group who don't have 10-20% of the Sydney property market saved ? Do we assume wrongly that everyone wants to or can afford to own a home ?

Does it solve one problem, only to create another ?

Is the assumption here that the investment properties I own are all "affordable" ?

Isn't the solution to the rental and first home buyer markets just a supply issue ?