Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

That class warfare uses this very myth of the marketplace of ideas by pouring tons of money into think talks and media to frame debate.

That's how something fraudulent like trickle-down economics can become common sense, even after being decisively debunked.

There are other examples of skewed discourse, including climate change and ethno-nationalism, which is used to keep the GOP in power.

Again, unrelated. This is about how to defeat an idea. Any idea.

The reason is that power can be employed in different ways, and when power blocks one avenue you need others.

What other avenues are there to defeat ideas other than through education?

Ideas don't exist by themselves. Ideas live in people who have goals, needs, social lives. Shame can work, but lots of things do.

Threat of violence can stop the pursuit of certain goals, even if the idea was never refuted. Ppl are self-interested, not logic machines.