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  • Think of it as the society being the victim. The clearest example is when Trump started talking about Fake News. The goal is to devoid words of meaning, to reason based only on emotional attachment, to eliminate critical thinking. This guy follows the same strategy.

    Below a definition of gaslighting, I think it applies pretty well to the kind of society these people are leaving behind:

    Examples of gaslighting behaviors are denying something the other person knows is true, spreading rumors about them, and blaming the victim. The mental health impact of gaslighting includes feelings of powerlessness, confusion, isolation, disorientation, and low self-esteem














  • it does not work, because we operate by the principle of “no news, good news” we are designed to gather information as precaution, to improve our defenses.

    However media manipulates this basic instinct towards making us reindeer looking at headlights: all fear, no judgement










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    Q. Is it not obvious to anyone that the Empire is as strong as it ever was?

    A. The appearance of strength is all about you. It would seem to last forever. However, Mr. Advocate, the rotten tree-trunk, until the very moment when the storm-blast breaks it in two, has all the appearance of might it ever had. The storm-blast whistles through the branches of the Empire even now. Listen with the ears of psychohistory, and you will hear the creaking.

    Q. (uncertainly) We are not here, Dr. Seldon, to lis

    A. (firmly) The Empire will vanish and all its good with it. Its accumulated knowledge will decay and the order it has imposed will vanish. Interstellar wars will be endless; interstellar trade will decay; population will decline; worlds will lose touch with the main body of the Galaxy. �And so matters will remain.