A thought

[R00k]

The only things neccessary in order to control a country, are being able to manipulate the media polls and the vote count. The rest simply depends on a good political game.

[Transient]

Assuming the country is braindead and complacent, sure.

...so yes, I agree.

[Massive Quasars]

It was worth it.

Only too happy to share her wisdom.

[Whiskey 7]

Are you in the political game R00k?

If not you're onto something here I feel :icon16:

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It was worth it.

Only too happy to share her wisdom.

Who knows what we'd do without the brilliant term "Racial Stockholms"

[Massive Quasars]

No feedback... no. That was the icing on this cake.

One of these days before I die, I hope to see a shift in the attitudes of so many of my black brothers and sisters in this great country we share, from perpetual victimhood, to pride in their achievements on the road from slave to American citizen.

Quoting this specimen:

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OH

[Ryoki]

The only things neccessary in order to control a country, are being able to manipulate the media polls and the vote count. The rest simply depends on a good political game.

With critical press it's gonna be hard i think. You'd need some influence over that too, be able to push some stories and sink others.

[bitWISE]

The only things neccessary in order to control a country, are being able to manipulate the media polls and the vote count. The rest simply depends on a good political game.

That's pretty much the plot behind Killer7.

[R00k]

Are you in the political game R00k?

If not you're onto something here I feel :icon16:

Nope, no political game here, just a reader and vocal critic.

[R00k]

The only things neccessary in order to control a country, are being able to manipulate the media polls and the vote count. The rest simply depends on a good political game.

With critical press it's gonna be hard i think. You'd need some influence over that too, be able to push some stories and sink others.

That's true, but the ability to control media polls has to assume some level of control over the media in general.

And part of the political game is marginalizing the remaining media that is critical.

[plained]

well i sugest thinnking that thought through alot more thoroughly .

[Ryoki]

Oh, i see what you mean now.

PS can i head the Office for Special Information when you take over? I'll be diligent & loyal!

[R00k]

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Oh no, my post was not hypothetical at all. It is not even in future tense.

The question is, with a fairly cowed population, if everyone actually believes that there is this invisible majority in the hills somewhere who support what is happening today, then it would become perfectly possible for government leaders to do whatever they wish for the most part - what a powerless feeling everyone had after the 2004 reelection. Not many at all these days have the constitution to fight for what seems a hopeless cause, after all. And our country was founded on the idea (or so everyone believes), that if a majority of the population supports an agenda, then by definition it is a mandate for the government to advance that agenda. How can you oppose such a mandate, and claim to be a patriot?
It would also make it very easy for the Executive branch to coerce Congress into voting for its interests, instead of the interests of their constituency. After all, why would a career politico cater to the interests of those who had no control over the votes?

Man, I bet a President wouldn't have to use a single veto his whole term if he could find himself in a situation like that.