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[-] DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no 11 points 3 years ago

The easiest way to make an ignorant person feel special is to identify an "other" for the ignorant person to look down on/blame for their problems.

  1. Manufacture a scapegoat
  2. Charismatic speaker blames the scapegoat
  3. Get power/money

Oldest trick in the oldest of books.

this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2023
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