tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post7029864837118348892..comments2024-03-29T02:19:19.866-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Paul Grenier — America’s Men Without Chestsmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-42572704081849122362018-04-24T19:17:24.046-04:002018-04-24T19:17:24.046-04:00Tom, I had not heard of "anchoring bias,"...Tom, I had not heard of "anchoring bias," so I looked it up. <br /><br />You are exactly correct. Many thanks. Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-21391105216007123352018-04-24T18:15:06.651-04:002018-04-24T18:15:06.651-04:00Anchoring bias followed by confirmation bias. Stan...Anchoring bias followed by confirmation bias. Standard propaganda technique.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-77767807344217951062018-04-24T16:23:04.266-04:002018-04-24T16:23:04.266-04:00This is nit-picking, and it does not address the a...This is nit-picking, and it does not address the article’s main thesis. However but I wish to repeat a point I made before regarding propaganda. <br /><br />Quote from the article above…<br /><br />“The suffering of innocents should always concern us. But in Syria, the facts regarding who is the guilty party, including in this latest case of a gas attack in Douma, are very far from having been established.”<br /><br />As I have said before, government propaganda works by planting premises. In this case the premise is that there was a “gas attack in Douma.” <br /><br />Once people believe this premise, they argue with each other over who was “guilty” for the alleged “gas attack.” In bickering, people neutralize each other, and thereby remain submissive to government evil.<br /><br />For the U.S. government, it does not matter if people don’t believe that Assad was the person who ordered a “gas attack.” It does not matter if people do not believe that Russia was behind the “poisoning” of mysterious Skripals. What matters is that people believe that there was a “gas attack” and a “poisoning” in the first place. This belief is what keeps people bickering, divided, and helpless. <br /><br />The article above echoes the bullshit premise, and repeats the “gas attack” claim.<br /><br />Another classic example is when corporate media outlets refer to someone as a “dictator.” Once people believe the premise that the target is a “dictator,” people bicker about how “evil” the “dictator” is. In bickering, people neutralize each other. <br /><br />Today, government propaganda is not so much about controlling mass opinion, as about sewing division and confusion. False premises cause the masses to bicker with each other, while the government and the oligarchs do whatever they like. The latter are on Olympus, and when they flush their toilets, their excrement coats the chattering monkeys far below in the sewer.Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.com