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Have you considered... Pol Pot good? in c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works

[–] weirdwallace75@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements is a non-fiction book authored by the American social philosopher Eric Hoffer. Published in 1951, it depicts a variety of arguments in terms of applied world history and social psychology to explain why mass movements arise to challenge the status quo.

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Hoffer argues that mass movements are broadly interchangeable even when their stated goals or values differ dramatically. This makes sense, in the author's view, given the frequent similarities between them in terms of the psychological influences on its adherents. Thus, many will often flip from one movement to another, Hoffer asserts, and the often shared motivations for participation entail practical effects. Since, whether radical or reactionary, the movements tend to attract the same sort of people in his view, Hoffer describes them as fundamentally using the same tactics including possessing the rhetorical tools. As examples, he often refers to the purported political enemies of communism and fascism as well as the religions of Christianity and Islam.

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Successful mass movements need not believe in a god, but they must believe in a devil.

The Real Purpose of Affirmative Action in c/best_of_mastodon@sh.itjust.works

[–] weirdwallace75@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

You're saying that as if it isn't possible to be opposed to both for the same reasons.

firefox rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] weirdwallace75@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

uBlock Origin (the good ad blocker) works best on Firefox because Google made it impossible for it to work as well on Chrome, and all browsers based on Chrome inherit that flaw. uBlock Origin is better because the developers don't have an "acceptable ads" program where they let some ads through, like Adblock Plus does.