Not bizarre at all Rockfish.......
Pretty much anybody with a sense of history, and the capacity for a BIG PICTURE / world view - instantly recognizes the tactics of the cheap authoritarian, facist wannabe. Declare an enemy ... change the language ..."nobody can be trusted but ME, or the party" /"come to only ME for the answers". Start lying, tell big lies, keep repeating them over, and over....people will believe it.
Russian / KGB studies long ago confirmed how easy it is to brainwash people. Look no further than the Nazi's late 1920's, early 1930's. The Germans were a more sophisticated, intellectual bunch than we are 100% (in worse shape financially sure) - a weird, awkward - total loser soon became a GOD/rock star, by telling them what they wanted to hear. Speaking passionately, with great confidence, is really all it took. The media was soon declared the ENEMY, since the Jeews were doing well (relative to most Germans), they soon became the enemy as well, along with IMMIGRANTS, homosexuals, and commies (always popular choices). Uncle Adolph promised to make Germany great again! (seriously) - he promised a return to law and order.....
Anyone recall how this worked out?
Currently, pretty much any MAGA will proudly tell you:
* historians don't know nuttin' bout history ......doctors know nuttin' bout medicine / vaccines.....economists don't know nuttin' bout the economy .....climate scientists know absolutely nuttin' about climate science.....educators know nuttin' bout education... scholars, and especially the media cannot be trusted to tell you the truth. INSTEAD .....only TRUMP, and his band of ignorant criminals.....can be trusted to look out for your interests. WUT. An anti-intellectual, anti-science, anti-logic culture.
>> will never forget, speaking with a prominent CEO about the pandemic/Covid crap - he asked me what I thought:
* "well I turn to epidemiologists, virologists, or aerosol scientists for advice" - his (enthusiastic) response, "well I think ALEX JONES makes great points" .... I actually thought he meant maybe (another) AJ. Nope.
I like to read Timothy Snyder (historian/holocaust researcher) ..... the term he uses is:
SUPERPOWER SUICIDE
https://snyder.substack.com/p/superpower-suicide
Government, instead of serving all Americans, becomes a vehicle for the wealthiest 10% - to USE the lower 90% (lower class, middle class) to essentially pay their bills, enhance their wealth. The old .... "rich get richer, poor get poorer". SCIENCE / RESEARCH / EDUCATION is no longer important.
It is better to be feared - than to be loved.