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Originally Posted by Kiopa_Matt
The Tea Party is just a prime example of how easily average idiots can be manipulated.
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I have to respectfully disagree with this statement. I do not think they are idiots, instead I think they are intellectually lazy. They do not take the time and effort to do their own research, to read about the issues they support. They do not question the buzz words that are being thrown at them.
The best lie contains some truth - old axiom
So if someone wants to control a large segment of the population they pepper in truths with half truths and flat out lies and mix in plenty of 'us against them' and a healthy dosage of fear... gotta have that fear.
Once the segment of the population is good and worked up, they can be easily controlled and moved to act for those doing the controlling. I know it sounds like tinfoil hat area, but if you step back and really look you will see that is exactly what is happening here.
These people have been moved to angrily oppose things that are clearly in their own best interest... it is brilliant, but it is bad for the country. The government no longer fears the populace, the populace fears the government and any boogieman they decide to create.
Keep a population in debt, in fear and uneducated and they wont even notice the new American caste system you slid under their soft round asses
just my
