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Coordinated Anti-Gun Propaganda Campaigns and How To Fight Them – The Truth About Guns

Coordinated Anti-Gun Propaganda Campaigns and How To Fight Them – The Truth About Guns

As Congress is moving legislation limiting the right to keep and bear arms, we’ve seen a flood of anti-gun propaganda in recent weeks. Those behind it want to get people to accept that there’s not only a need for gun control, but a dire one.

Before I get into who’s likely behind this and how they’re operating, I need to give readers a quick overview of what propaganda is and why it works. Only then can we see the current effort for what it is and learn to be effective in countering it.

Most Dictators Self Destruct. Why?

Most Dictators Self Destruct. Why?

These are all very human errors of judgment. Dictators are people, too, and sometimes they'll act on imperfect information or erroneous gut feeling. But Treisman makes the point that they may be prone to such errors precisely because they are dictators. They'll be fooled by polls which people don't answer sincerely, taken in by their own propaganda (like Malawi ruler Hastings Banda, who called and lost a referendum in 1993 because he'd been impressed by the high turnout at rallies in his support even though people had been forced to attend them). And sometimes they'll rule for so long that their mental faculties will be less sharp than at the outset.

Yes, It’s Horseshit

I still think it’s horseshit πŸ’©that I have to manually upload and process my taxes, when the federal and state government automatically receives all my tax information πŸ“„ from the big banks and corporations that either pay interest, dividends, or salary. πŸ€‘

On Tax Returns, Why Enter What the I.R.S. Already Knows?

Filing your income taxes is a pain, and that is not an accident

Elizabeth Warren Is Right About Pre-Filled Tax Returns

The 10-Second Tax Return