tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post3561134201958102579..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: George Lakoff on Michigan's Corporate Servitude Lawmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-86421423541775627492012-12-13T21:00:21.714-05:002012-12-13T21:00:21.714-05:00Right, what happens is that the neural pathway tha...Right, what happens is that the neural pathway that carries the information including the emotion that accomplies the idea gets opened, where as associated potential pathways remain closed. Following the law of least action, energy flows toward the path of least resistance. Through repeated use, the open pathway becomes a channel of that packet of information that is difficult to deflect into a new pathway. Lakoff contends that conservative framing (policy) has been imposed for years through a very deliberate strategy of creating think tanks, media presence, etc, that feed into the media echo chamber and get reinforced. Countering that is going to be an uphill battle but if we don't start now, when?<br /><br />I don't believe for a moment that the people behind this are morons. They have a clear policy agenda that is ideologically driven and they have created a successful strategy and deployed tactics successfully to dominate the debate through the framing. The debate is now largely framed in terms of that ideology, which in economics is neoliberalism. Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-59882276596884616452012-12-13T20:42:30.237-05:002012-12-13T20:42:30.237-05:00"The more an idea is activated in the brain t..."The more an idea is activated in the brain the stronger it gets."<br /><br />I definitely see this.... <br />rsp,Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-36873371317223075552012-12-13T20:29:12.475-05:002012-12-13T20:29:12.475-05:00Are we beginning to go on the offense with these m...Are we beginning to go on the offense with these meme's? sorry Mike, didn't know what else to call it.<br /><br />I hope so.paul melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604543110795683837noreply@blogger.com