And that was also simple
Another puzzle solved.

For years I've been wondering why our Dear Leaders keep saying INSTANTLY DISPROVABLE SHIT. Why do they keep telling us that Free Trade Lifts All Boats? Why do they tell us that Migrant Dreamers Benefit Everyone? Why do they tell us that QE and ZIRP are meant to improve the economy? Why do they maintain the complex lie structure of "Global Warming"?

We can see with our own eyes that lies are lies; we can look up the facts to prove INSTANTLY that lies are lies; we can even find one or two of the Dear Leaders OPENLY STATING that the lies are lies. Yet they keep doing it.

I thought it was a bubble effect. Our Dear Leaders never encounter anyone who lives in the real world, never encounter anyone whose status and career doesn't depend on agreeing with the Leaders.

No, it's simpler.

When you've already got all the doors securely locked, it doesn't matter what you say. When the tyranny has been fully established, Dear Leader can openly admit all of the lies are lies, and it doesn't make any difference. All possible feedback channels have been ripped out.

For some reason this fairly prosaic example clicked the solution into place.......

Cameron tells his own MPs to ignore reality and vote Correctly on EU exit:

David Cameron has prompted anger by telling his MPs to ignore the views of eurosceptic grassroots members and Conservative associations ahead of the European Union referendum. The Prime Minister warned backbenchers not to take a view on the vote “because of what your constituency association might say”.

And then it emerges that Cameron's "deal" with EU was never going to happen anyway:

Discontent deepened when Brussels officials indicated that a so-called “emergency brake” on benefit claims by EU migrants could take 18 months to come into force. It was revealed that the European Parliament could rip up the plan after Britain’s EU referendum if the country votes to stay tied to Brussels.

In good old Doublethink terms:

Don't worry. I've made a deal. It's not a deal. You're screwed. Don't worry. Keep voting with me. I believe in democracy. You're free to vote any way you want. You're dead if you don't vote with me. Don't worry.

This is just another "that's how you know" meme. Manholes in big cities emit a constant cloud of steam so you can tell you're in a big city. Fords emit a blue oval of oil smoke so you can tell it's a Ford. Leaders emit a cloud of perfectly obvious lies so you can tell you're in a total dictatorship with no hope of improvement.



It's just a courtesy, a sort of compass or locator service, like You Are Here on a mall map.

Labels: Asked and answered, Danbo

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