Why do politicians think we are stupid ?
Politicians in all countries think voters are stupid. They use semantics to try and bamboozle us.
Tony Blair was a prime example. Bring in spin doctors, change the words and pacify the masses.
A war becomes an "engagement". A policy becomes a "pilot study" etc etc
Now Obama has gone a step further..
The 'war on terror' is now 'overseas contingency operations'
A message sent recently to senior Pentagon staff explains that "this administration prefers to avoid using the term Long War or Global War On Terror (Gwot) ... please pass this on to your speechwriters". Instead, they have been asked to use a bureaucratic phrase that could hardly be further from the fiery rhetoric of the months immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The global war on terror is dead; long live "overseas contingency operations".
Because the media controls the government, and the media think we are stupid... ergo... we are all a bunch of numpties
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Well they keep getting voted in and even when they sacked for corruption (mandelson) etc they still end up back in government. Guess after a while they realise they can get away with anything and still stay in power.
We need either a one party system where you vote for the individual cabinet people or more referendums.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/25/obama-war-terror-overseas-contingency-operations
ONEmakikomoto : exactly...
They think that we are differently wise (ignorant)
different words, same BS, is that what you're sayin, BRIT?
c'mon, give Obama a chance it hasnt even been a year. :)
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call me ONE.
Brit: Can you quote the source for ur info in the last para?
As for spin doctoring, the world spins on it, no matter which field you take. Its upto the individual to make sense of things and call a spade a spade. Tough but thats life.
Also, to see it in a positive light, couldnt it be just that obama wants to repair the damage done to the image of US administration by his predecessor? Whats wrong in trying to sound less threatening? An immediate US withdrawal from the region will only result in ultimate chaos. So till then if tries a change on words to reassure all concerned whats wrong in it?
well, those policiticians are elected (after all) hence they believe that the voters are stupid:-)
mo lang!
Ignorant...I would not say stupid. The average IQ of the world is astoundingly low as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AverageIQ-Map-World.png
Hey, what's up with the Aussies on this map?!?!
Anyway, the "smart" (I use the term loosely) people who run our governments will always assume the masses are ignorant dolts and continue to take advantage.
it's a way of life! nothing you can do about it, play in the game, that's all.
Its fact.... public is stupid.
Though everyone of us know that all politicians are thief's, still we vote them and elect as our leaders.
Syed Qadeer