Posted on 05/17/2022 6:34:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Last week I discussed propaganda from a theoretical standpoint. This week I wish to outline one prominent example, narrowing my focus to propaganda used for political ends. Those ends are essentially two: to upset the existing order, or to enforce conformity to the new order.
To review, five factors must be present in effective propaganda. First, some kernel of truth must be present. Objective facts, albeit highly selective, must be asserted. Second, some level of discontent must be present. Third, the propaganda must fall on fertile soil. Seeds do not sprout otherwise. Fourth, the propagandists must continuously use all means at hand. The 20th century spread of mass communication greatly assists in this effort. Fifth, dissent must be suppressed. There are more, but these five are at the heart of effectiveness.
There are many candidates for analysis, but far and away the best example is “Climate Change '' Unless we stop our hydro-carbon based ways, it is asserted, the world and everyone in it is doomed. The selective facts are that the world has been slowly warming over the past century or so, and this warming has been associated with the rise of the Industrial Revolution and carbon dioxide.
Then we move from facts to assertions. If the warming continues, sea levels will rise, weather will become more extreme, forest fires will be worse, the permafrost will melt, and so forth and so on. To stop this we must, among other things, wean ourselves off the use of hydrocarbons. To do that, massive changes to our standard of living and the social order must be made. Five dollar gasoline is just a start.
Discontent is propagated through the blatant use of fear. True, things may not be all that bad now, but just you wait!
Climate propaganda is everywhere.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
We are the carbon they want to eliminate( on a meme I saw the other day).
I can’t believe Yahoo published this. Must be a sign of the end times. LOL
Yes, that was the big shocker. Yahoo! let this slip through.
Every human activity and endeavor produces CO2. Control the release of CO2 and you control every aspect of human life, down to the most granular level.
That’s the goal.
Mars and Venus both have the same percentage of CO2 in their atmospheres. Venus is held up as a textbook case of runaway global warming because of its content of CO2 in its atmosphere. That is pure baloney.
Venus is hotter than mars for the same reason that Death Valley is hotter than the top of Mt. Everest.
To wit: Atmospheric pressure
We’re fine and will be.
Climate disinformation
Propaganda is everywhere!
Thanks to Resident Hussein Obama who signed legislation to make propaganda legal within the US.
I have noticed that emeritus professors seem to feel much more free to speak truths that are unspeakable when they are employed.
One of my retired geology professors has been a global warming truthspeaker for many years now.
What color is the sky on the planet I live on?
I had to check!
Outside of their “modeling” errors, the largest mistake of the climate alarmists is they totally underate the adaptability of Life writ large, and the supreme ability of the human species - knowledge and technology - to adapt to changes today. Neither Life writ large on the planet nor human life are endangered by climate change, but a large amount of human life may be engangered by the policies of the “green” agendas, due to the global economic catastrophes they are creating, and will continue to create.
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