Posted on 08/26/2016 6:17:29 AM PDT by tcrlaf
WHO is Psychologist Robert Cialdini, and what is he working on for the Clinton Campaign??
Apparently this guy is an expert on MASS PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION, and has written several books on the subject, including "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion".
Frankly, I'd never heard of this guy until last night, but other places on the Internet are saying that this is the guy who came up with the "All Criticism of Obama is based in RACISM!" and several other memes used against McCain and Romney for the Obama campaign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cialdini
We are “herd” animals which even Aristotle knew. Eddy Bernays (Freud’s Nephew) who wrote Propaganda put psychological control over people into newspapers and adds to literally control our “thinking” since 1910. We have had agitprop since JP Morgan bought all the APs and own most of Hollywood to control what we “think” is true. We erased God (banned God) and now only allow propaganda in schools and TV-—which only controls emotions (and how we vote and “think”). We erased Reason and now only use Emotions and Rhetoric to control our “truth” since wisdom and true education (Classical Curricula) has been eliminated.
We LOVE to feel like we are part of the GROUP. WE HATE REJECTION.
They use this principle in kindergarten to destroy Free Will and Individualism in our children-—to brainwash them into group think. They will be unable to think coherently since emotions will determine what they “know”.
People who are not embedded with Virtue (the ability to think for themselves (Classical Education), will be able to go against the mob think, because they are filled with Wisdom (Truth/God) from experience and readng the Great Books which is habituated, so they can not easily be controlled and “persuaded” by lies and misinformation.
“Trust” maybe for a moment—but not until they always verify with original sources. When you have embedded Truth from early childhood (male/female paradigm where individualism and Free Will and understanding of self and natural instincts only occur)-—you will be able to detect fraud to an extent. (It is called having Common Sense).
The Wisdom and Classical Education (tools for thinking critically) have been removed from children INTENTIONALLY-—so people like above can influence the herd “think”.....and make them literally jump off of the cliff.
People who can not “think” and are easily persuaded by anyone into irrational philosophy like socialism/ Herd think-—mob philosophy is always EMOTIONAL ONLY—It is ALL emotional manipulation.
Fifty percent of all democrats have IQs under 100.
After perusing the comments, websites, etc... My take away is that basically Cialdini is right, but there is one premise that escapes many readers, and perhaps practitioners of the Cialdini concepts.
What would that be?
Simply put - truth. If there is no truth then the responses just won’t be the same. It might work for a while but after lots of smoke, mirrors, fire (that does exist BTW), the untruthfulness breaks down the concepts.
The Republicans hire Political Scientists who can tell you how many Democrats there are on a block.
The Democrats hire Psychologists who tell them how to get more votes.
How about this for Mass Psychological Manipulation: A strong truthful successful leader who respects his supporters and advocates common sense policies?
Hey, Liberal RATS! Get ready for the mass brainwash! Here it comes! Blacks to be the primary target! Incoming!
Great post. Once in awhile a disruptor comes along. The founding fathers were disruptors, Trump is a disruptor.
So how will calling conservatives racists and clam members make us want to vote for Hillary?
Bookmarked. You can always learn from the enemy.
I’ve seen it before, but I don’t remember the PIAPS abbreviation.
President in all ??
It is part of a four-way gain for Hillary.
It makes trump look like a racist, bigot, homophobe, hate-filled male misogynist fear-mongering nationalist (ewr, Nazi) white supremacist. (Did I miss anything?) So those who support trump look like ...., and therefore have no credibility to an independent or wavering voter.
It makes trump look like a racist, bigot, homophobe, hate-filled male misogynist freak-mongering nationalist (ewr, Nazi) white supremacist. (Did I miss anything?) So those who vote FOR trump will be “trended” into not voting, or feeling uncomfortable voting, or willing to accept ANY excuse for not voting for trump, or for not “promoting” trump to their friends, associates, casual acquaintances, or family.
It makes trump look like a racist, bigot, homophobe, hate-filled male misogynist fear-mongering, freak-mongering, nationalist (ewr, Nazi) white supremacist. (Did I miss anything?) So promoters of trump can be safely ostracized and sidelined and ignored by potential associates or neighbors or family who “might” otherwise be talked to. (I keep MY mouth shut about trump lest YOU feel uncomfortable about ME!)
It makes trump look like a racist, bigot, homophobe, hate-filled male misogynist fear-mongering, freak-mongering, nationalist (ewr, Nazi) white supremacist. (Did I miss anything?) So voters FOR Hillary feel better about THEMSELVES, and are MORE resistant to any efforts to convince THEM about ANYTHING evil or corrupt about Hilary. (This picks up 97% of the media: They CANNOT AFFORD to hear or admit anything bad about Hillary into their minds, and so immediately attack ANY person who comes with “bad news” that might threaten their viewpoint/religion/biases. (Because trump is a racist, bigot, homophobe, hate-filled male misogynist fear-mongering, freak-mongering, nationalist (ewr, Nazi) white supremacist and MUST be defeated.
To answer the question: It does not make a trump voter a hillary voter, but rather attack trump, attacks trump voters, attacks trump persuaders, and boosts hillary excuses and promoters to existing hillary voters.
>>Scott Adams (Dilbert) had this person identified weeks ago.<<
Yes, in an interview with the WSJ’s Taranto he identified the person that he’s been referring to in his blog as “Godzilla” (as in the Godzilla of persuaders.)
Interestingly, Adams’ most recent blog post argues that HIllary’s ad with the KKK in it effectively accuses ALL Trump supporters, i.e., nearly half the voters, of being racist. He thinks that to be a huge mistake.
His blog is well worth reading as Adams is an expert on persuading as well.
>>Fifty percent of all democrats have IQs under 100.<<
Given the definition of IQ, there’s an excellent chance that you’re very close, just as you would be if you had written “Fifty percent of all democrats have IQs over 100.”
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
Target: Trump & supporters
Freeze it: Brand the target, give it a name (”alt right”)
Personalize it: racists, extremists, “dark ideology”, etc.
Polarize it: denigrate
Waving hand Hillary says, “These are not the corrupt politican’s you are looking for.”
Interesting. I doubt those 31 million care what Hillary or her sycophants think.
She just angered me even more.
That psychologist ought to know that shaming already angry people who KNOW they aren’t being heard does not result in capitulation to the bully.
Hee Hee
Ping myself for later
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