The Politics of Humiliation | Richard A. Greenwald
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The Politics of Humiliation | Richard A. Greenwald
What’s striking … is the apparent shift from a politics of reason to a politics of experience… In the eyes of many, personal experience has become the new way of being at home in the world. It’s like the bubble that holds the foam at a distance. Experience nowadays trumps reason… We’re led to believe that sensibility, emotions, affect, sentiments... See more
Benjamin H. Bratton • Touchlessness
Don’t Panic, Know Where Your Towel Is 9.22.2020 Medium
1. The basic technique is to maintain a ferment of strong emotions and attach them to the topic of the moment.
2. The technique is profitable and a path to political power.
3. Politicians give the illusion of stability by creating a narrative that it’s us vs. them; we’re the good guys, and they’re... See more
1. The basic technique is to maintain a ferment of strong emotions and attach them to the topic of the moment.
2. The technique is profitable and a path to political power.
3. Politicians give the illusion of stability by creating a narrative that it’s us vs. them; we’re the good guys, and they’re... See more