ok so there are arguments your not supposed to make in politics these are arguments specifically likely to cause people to make lizard brain decisions
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under normal conditions a--say--temperamentally centrist coalition can form to brand people who use this class of arguments as demagogues and cast them out of discourse
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if conditions worsen however you can imagine that everyone will defect eventually if the "demagogues" get a foothold, because these methods are potent political weapons
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I mean, never pass up a death as a pretext for revolution. As Bruce Bueno de Mesquita says, that's prime revolution time.
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in a stable state deaths are easily molded into an endorsement of the status quo
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i legitimately cannot make heads nor tales of this whenever I see it
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im not saying theyre bad or incorrect arguments
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don't forget the good old "the Outgroup wants come and take your shiny!"
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“the outgroup eats babies” is getting an unbelievable amount of play these days as well
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