Joe Jones
Joe Jones
Sep 4, 2018 · 1 min read

“ …the scary part of the story…”

“I’m not going to give you a homily, a jeremiad, or a lecture. Instead, I want to discuss it as calmly, analytically, and clearly as I can with you, through the lens of history, political economy, and social psychology. And that, my friends, will be far scarier than any tall tale either of us can cook up.”

Let’s rephrase that.

“I am going to spin events to be as scary as I can make them, then tell you my fear mongering is calm, rational analysis. You will notice that as I denounce authoritarianism, I appeal to nothing more than my own authority. I am not denouncing authoritarianism — I am attacking trust in one authority so you will instead trust in my authority, and by proxy, the authoritarian socialist agenda I promote….”

Or in other words, “fear mongering is not fearmongering if I do it.”

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