An
example of how the system builds the profile of the “rational” voter,
or, another conspiracy theory if you prefer
by
system failure
An article in a big newspaper in Greece focused on a
study presented in a scientific conference in Berlin by three Greek
scientists, concerning the broadness of the anti-Semitism in Greece.
At the end of the first paragraph one can read:
“In
this sense, the specific study did not show anything much different
from previous ones in Greece and abroad and which they are verified
by an objective and relatively 'suspicious' observer of the behaviour
and 'beliefs' of the Greek society.”
For a start, the "objective" and "suspicious"
observer is separated from the rest of the Greek society, as being a,
say, higher intelligence, which observes the behaviour of millions of
people without being affected by this behaviour. Subsequently, one
can read:
“The
relative originality of this study, however, is that it connects the
anti-Semitism with the trend of the average Greek to be suspicious
and his confirmed stance to accept conspiracy theories, or, to
believe in paradoxes and beliefs without rational base. The answers
absolutely support this reality since 69% of the respondents answered
that the medicine for curing the cancer has been discovered but not
circulated widely due to some big interests, 59% answered that the
9/11 attack was designed by the US in order to promote their plans
globally, 27% answered that the moon-landing of the American
astronauts in 1969 was not real but has been staged and, 75%, of
course, answered that the crisis in Greece was premeditated by
external forces to despoil the country ...”
As a first observation, one could mark that there is an
attempt for an arbitrary categorization to the same category, of
people who believe in different things and relate them with
anti-Semitism. For example, how can anyone conclude that someone who
believes that the medicine for curing the cancer has been discovered
but not circulated widely due to some big interests, is also
anti-Semitic?
Additionally, is it "paradox" and "belief
without rational base" someone to believe that the medicine for
curing the cancer has been discovered but not circulated widely
because some research organizations will lose huge amounts of
funding? Or, because some pharmaceutical industries will lose
billions from drugs in which they invested and will become useless in
such a case?
Of course, the way these questions are settled in such a
study is quite significant in order participants to be presented as
"conspiracy vulnerable". For example, a question like "do
you believe that the drug curing the cancer has been discovered, but
not circulated widely?", is quite different from a question of
type, e.g., "do you believe that there is a possibility
that the drag curing the cancer has been discovered, but not
circulated widely?" because those who will "dare" to
answer positively in the first question could be more easily
categorized at least as people vulnerable to conspiracy theories,
even if they are rational people who simply don't trust the
controlled information reaching to them.
The most remarkable, however, is the categorization of
the "average Greek" in the start of the paragraph: "The
relative originality of this study, however, is that it connects the
anti-Semitism with the trend of the average Greek to be suspicious
and his confirmed stance to accept conspiracy theories, or, to
believe in paradoxes and beliefs without rational base. The answers
absolutely support this reality ..."
Therefore, either someone belongs to the 75% of the
participants who answered that the crisis in Greece was premeditated
by external forces to despoil the country, or, to the 27% who
believes that the moon-landing of the American astronauts in 1969 was
not real, is being categorized as the "average Greek" who
adopts conspiracy theories, and all these of course, are somehow
related to the anti-Semitism.
Full article in Greek:
In other words, if someone believes that the economic
crisis was premeditated, is treated as equally vulnerable to
conspiracy theories with someone who believes that the American
astronauts never landed on moon, even when almost everyone knows now
that the big banks are totally control governments-puppets in the US
and Europe, since the powerful financial lobbies directly affect the
decisions of the European mechanisms and institutions and former bank
executives can be found everywhere in governmental key positions.
But the story does not end here. In a daily show of a
big TV channel in Greece yesterday (23/7), a researcher spoke about
this study who stated among other things that the 75% of the
participants (it appears to be the same study), believe that the
Greek crisis was premeditated by non-institutional centers and that
this is something which makes sense, according to the rhetoric
(presumably by some politicians) of the last three elections in
Greece.
What is more interesting, however, is that the
researcher related the rest 25% of the specific question to the
government coalition voters! As he said, this 25% are people who
voted for current government and, additionally, he claimed that he
and his colleagues have found that indeed there is a relation. This
means that they concluded that the voters of PASOK and Nea Dimokratia
do not believe that the crisis was premeditated!
The interview between 34:35 and 38:25:
So, now you have another proof that those who voted for
the neoliberal government are the "rationalists" while the
rest are the "irrationalists" who are threat to the
stability of the country!
But it's not only that. The 75% automatically
transformed into "sheeps" who are vulnerable to the
conspiracy rhetoric, while the 25% are the "rational" who
are smart enough not to be trapped by the anti-systemic "populism"
and trust the "official" and exclusively "valid"
information. The occultation of information and the bombardment with
lies, inaccuracies and an unprecedented propaganda by the mainstream
media, carriers of this "official" and "valid"
information, is of course a detail without significance!
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