RolStoppable said:
palou said:
Building more nukes at this point only makes Trump look like a moron. They're useless, expensive and dangerous, and everyone knows it. Maybe he might succeed in aliniating some american allies.
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Gosh, you people who take everything Trump says literally. On one hand it's annoying, but on the other hand it's exactly the reason why Trump is so good. People who don't like him believe pretty much everything he says. He doesn't need to build more nukes because merely saying that he will is going to be treated as the exact same thing.
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RolStoppable said:
Soundwave said:
This is such a phony cop out. So basically he can say whatever he wants and afterwards say "just joking! lulz" and there's zero accountability for anything said, right? This is how the presidency works now?
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Nope, that's not what it means. It's just a reminder that people should think about whether things Trump says will actually become reality.
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There's our post-factual world in a nutshell. Facts and statements don't matter, play on the feelings of the voter to win.
It was once believed that the internet would provide a tool for people to find facts and truths. However it has only become the greatest instrument for confirmation bias. You can always find something to back up your bias, while it has become an even more effictive tool to influence the masses than news outlets.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwynne/2016/11/14/public-relations-in-a-post-factual-world/#5c363f394825
Gizmodo has covered this issue extensively. “It’s hard to visit Facebook without seeing phony headlines like 'FBI Agent Suspected in Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide' or 'Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for President, Releases Statement' promoted by no-name news sites like the Denver Guardian and Ending the Fed."
We now live in a world where we're taught not to trust anything that's said, written down or published. Everyone lies, history has been selectively rewritten and the truth is buried by fabricated doubts and misinformation. Everyone is pushing an agenda, no one can be trusted. Playing on the basic fears of humans has become the only strategy to convince people. Whether it be fear of strangers, fear of global destruction by climate change or fear of losing some imaginary arms race.
