Monday, May 30, 2011
That Goebbels thing
All politicians and commentators enjoy 'beasting' their opponents by connecting the 'lies' of their opponents to that Goebbels quote.
Goebbels had it wrong. Effectiveness of a lie doesn't depend mainly on repetition, though I suppose a lie that's said only a few times wouldn't gain any coverage. The most important variable is the flatness and certainty of the lie. If you say it defensively, or wade into the weeds of details, your lie won't stick.
Carbon Cultists are the absolute champions of flatness and certainty. Everything said by every leader in this fucking idiotic suicidal world starts with an unarguable assumption that 'climate change' is the biggest problem we face. There's never an if, never a provided that, never a detail, never a scrap of evidence to defend the criminal claim. 'Climate change' is simply taken as the ground and basis of all reality. It needs no introduction in the same way the existence of matter needs no introduction. ¶ 3:38 AM
Goebbels had it wrong. Effectiveness of a lie doesn't depend mainly on repetition, though I suppose a lie that's said only a few times wouldn't gain any coverage. The most important variable is the flatness and certainty of the lie. If you say it defensively, or wade into the weeds of details, your lie won't stick.
Carbon Cultists are the absolute champions of flatness and certainty. Everything said by every leader in this fucking idiotic suicidal world starts with an unarguable assumption that 'climate change' is the biggest problem we face. There's never an if, never a provided that, never a detail, never a scrap of evidence to defend the criminal claim. 'Climate change' is simply taken as the ground and basis of all reality. It needs no introduction in the same way the existence of matter needs no introduction. ¶ 3:38 AM
