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Steve, I hope this is helpful: <br>
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I think you are preaching to the choir. Imagine three groups, right,
center, left. Conservatives would not accept Stalin as one of them, of
course, but would suggest he is closer to liberalism, since modern
liberalism has been excessively influenced by socialism and Marxism. So
conservatives would reject it out of hand. They are generally well
educated, and some studies have shown that conservatives actually know
more about history than liberals. (More later)<br>
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Moderates would see this as manipulative and distrust it. You are
using a label pejoratively, and they would say, "If he does that to
conservatives, he will turn on us next!" E.g.: The label/photo
violates the reciprocity/reversability principle: Would you want
someone pushing pejoratively labeled photos attacking liberalism? Since
that is one of the three ways to determine what is ethical, moderates
will be repelled. They will see it as unethical. (rightfully so, IMHO)<br>
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Only the liberals would see that with glee, and why are you catering to
them? <br>
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If you want to influence people, you have to base your communication on
deep truth, not on arbitrary labels. What you fail to understand is
that the sine qua non of conservatism is the notion that government
cannot perfect humanity. It is one of the tenets of the faith (from
reading history - <grin>). Liberals seem to believe that
government can help perfect society. Stalin had huge faith in
government's ability to perfect humanity, hence his disasterous embrace
of Lysenko, causing famines and deaths of millions of peasants. So
Stalin is a liberal run amok. (So also: Hitler, same basic idea; for a
similarly flavored idea, study the essay by Virginia Postrel on
Forbes.com: Resilience vs. anticipation - free but registration
required. If you can't find it, let me know)<br>
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Have you read <i>Radical Son</i> by Horowitz? He can help you
understand the actual conservative mind set, if you want to influence
conservatives. If you want to influence moderates, you have to
understand moderation. Read "<i>How Good People Make Tough Choices</i>"
by Kidder. It will explain the three bases of ethical behavior and that
will improve your communication. So far, your labeling does violate the
reciprocity ('golden rule') principle. Would you approve of someone
labeling Keynes as "baby killer" or FDR as "warmonger"? <br>
LJ<br>
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Steve Hovland wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Thanks for your comments.
Now, with your mind viewed as a neural net,
evaluate this:
Steve Hovland
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.stevehovland.net">www.stevehovland.net</a>
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From: Lynn D. Johnson, Ph.D. [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:SMTP:ljohnson@solution-consulting.com">SMTP:ljohnson@solution-consulting.com</a>]
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 4:50 PM
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Subject: [Paleopsych] How can Steve be successful with propaganda?
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