The one thing I notice with Trump that people have said before, is that he always tells you what he is going to do. He is like the teen who asks if they can go to the party when the parent is half asleep and the parent says yes. Later on, when the parent asks the teen where they’re going, they reply with “I asked you last night and you said I could go…” I also find it curious that Trump targets some people relentlessly, while others who have done him wrong he is completely silent about. Most everything coming out of this WH is false. It forces folks to really do their due diligence and look for at LEAST 3 sources on said subject to confirm. Your perspective is so needed, especially being that you are an American who lives abroad. With your background and expertise you provoke thought and awareness and I’m so grateful for your knowledge and information. Thank you for your content.
His dad was unbelievably abusive and domineering. His mother was a craven materialist and social climber who latched on to her husband who only thought about money, and how to get it at all costs. For starters.
Thanks so much for this clear articulation of a phenomenon I've been noticing regularly of late, but I didn't have the language to articulate it fully.
You should write a book breaking down all of these propaganda strategies! All of this is so prevalent, especially right now. A whole class could be taught on this!
Thank you for sharing this excellent & cohesive presentation. Having been on the receiving end of a projecting spouse for 14 years I have been watching what’s happening in our country with horror. "Thou shall not bear false witness" seems to be forgotten in our trash heap of non-humanity.
Thank you for perfectly encapsulating my life as constant target. From elementary school to middle age this has been impossible for me to dispel. The political conditions I find myself experiencing in America cause me to want to find the right words to shout about it. I had the word propaganda, but not the phrase and definition of projection propaganda. Having that helps me greatly.
It really is like being the parent of a 12 year old psycho. You know they're lying. You know every accusation is a confession. You know their willingness to lie constantly makes them impossible to reason with. But, you must somehow take the high road and not just ground them without some civil discourse.
Thank you for such well thought out analysis and excellent presentation of the use of propaganda.
To what extent do you think Trump is a master expert who is consciously and cleverly wielding psychological ops and propaganda methods? And to what extent is he a seriously mentally ill person who was severely psychologically (his dad slugged him in the face when he opened his dorm door at military school and knocked him flat on the floor in front of his roommate) and physically abused, who is full time crudely telling lies, gas lighting and manipulating to kill, win, get revenge, steal cash, dominate and bully everyone all the time, because of his tiny weak demented inner soul? Serious question. I’m inclined to think it’s just bad luck for us all that he is so sick and tortured that he can succeed at being evil and a demagogue, rather than he is so well read and intellectually armed that he can masterfully execute well conceived plans. Putin may be that person. Maybe Hitler was to an extent, that person. But I think Trump is just a self entitled millionaire bully from birth and childhood, and his self serving bullying and screwing over others is all he’s ever known and done since childhood. Thank you. I’m 69 years old. So sad we have to learn so much about this crap now. It seems like the world will not be able to return to a simpler time when everyone was not subject to this craziness and full on manipulation of ubiquitous propaganda, mostly due to the ubiquity of smart phones, computers, the internet, social media, and a few nasty actors like Trump, Thiel, Alex Karp, Vance, David Sacks, Andreessen, Curtis Yarvin, Musk, and folks in other countries like Putin. Thank you.
Thank you so much for explaining this so succinctly. I’d figured out this tactic with our current administration the first time Trump was in office, but lacked the vocabulary to explain it. I always told people that every accusation was an admission. The most interesting projection propaganda I’ve seen with Trump and his minions is the idea that people protesting against him are “paid protesters.” I was genuinely confused the first time I heard it, having protested many times and obviously showing up for free, never having heard of anyone getting paid. The only way he’d come up with that is if he’s paid people/protesters/crowds himself. I’m still shocked when people can’t figure this one out, but I hope more and more people realize that it’s projection propaganda.
It seems to me that the Right in the U.S. has mastered the techniques you discuss, and have a related tendency to use all the positive, patriotic-sounding lingo to name any of their endeavors from legislation to book titles. It's all heritage, freedom, liberty, truth, justice, etc. when the aim is to subvert, discredit, destroy the very thing mentioned in the name. They think we're all idiots and won't notice.
Also, what language do you hear used in this type of propaganda? Any particular phrases?
The one thing I notice with Trump that people have said before, is that he always tells you what he is going to do. He is like the teen who asks if they can go to the party when the parent is half asleep and the parent says yes. Later on, when the parent asks the teen where they’re going, they reply with “I asked you last night and you said I could go…” I also find it curious that Trump targets some people relentlessly, while others who have done him wrong he is completely silent about. Most everything coming out of this WH is false. It forces folks to really do their due diligence and look for at LEAST 3 sources on said subject to confirm. Your perspective is so needed, especially being that you are an American who lives abroad. With your background and expertise you provoke thought and awareness and I’m so grateful for your knowledge and information. Thank you for your content.
Who has done trump wrong?
His dad was unbelievably abusive and domineering. His mother was a craven materialist and social climber who latched on to her husband who only thought about money, and how to get it at all costs. For starters.
Thanks so much for this clear articulation of a phenomenon I've been noticing regularly of late, but I didn't have the language to articulate it fully.
You should write a book breaking down all of these propaganda strategies! All of this is so prevalent, especially right now. A whole class could be taught on this!
Thank you for sharing this excellent & cohesive presentation. Having been on the receiving end of a projecting spouse for 14 years I have been watching what’s happening in our country with horror. "Thou shall not bear false witness" seems to be forgotten in our trash heap of non-humanity.
Okay, this is all serious stuff but I giggled when I read this sentence
I’m rubber and you're glue;
whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you!
I didn't grow up speaking English and hearing these kids sentences in another language it's so funny.
In Portugal we used to show the palm of our hand (like holding a mirror) and say, "mirror! Who says it is who is it" :D
Good old times :)
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Thank you for perfectly encapsulating my life as constant target. From elementary school to middle age this has been impossible for me to dispel. The political conditions I find myself experiencing in America cause me to want to find the right words to shout about it. I had the word propaganda, but not the phrase and definition of projection propaganda. Having that helps me greatly.
It really is like being the parent of a 12 year old psycho. You know they're lying. You know every accusation is a confession. You know their willingness to lie constantly makes them impossible to reason with. But, you must somehow take the high road and not just ground them without some civil discourse.
Thank you for such well thought out analysis and excellent presentation of the use of propaganda.
To what extent do you think Trump is a master expert who is consciously and cleverly wielding psychological ops and propaganda methods? And to what extent is he a seriously mentally ill person who was severely psychologically (his dad slugged him in the face when he opened his dorm door at military school and knocked him flat on the floor in front of his roommate) and physically abused, who is full time crudely telling lies, gas lighting and manipulating to kill, win, get revenge, steal cash, dominate and bully everyone all the time, because of his tiny weak demented inner soul? Serious question. I’m inclined to think it’s just bad luck for us all that he is so sick and tortured that he can succeed at being evil and a demagogue, rather than he is so well read and intellectually armed that he can masterfully execute well conceived plans. Putin may be that person. Maybe Hitler was to an extent, that person. But I think Trump is just a self entitled millionaire bully from birth and childhood, and his self serving bullying and screwing over others is all he’s ever known and done since childhood. Thank you. I’m 69 years old. So sad we have to learn so much about this crap now. It seems like the world will not be able to return to a simpler time when everyone was not subject to this craziness and full on manipulation of ubiquitous propaganda, mostly due to the ubiquity of smart phones, computers, the internet, social media, and a few nasty actors like Trump, Thiel, Alex Karp, Vance, David Sacks, Andreessen, Curtis Yarvin, Musk, and folks in other countries like Putin. Thank you.
Trump ALWAYS accuses others of doing what HE is doing, has already done or is planning to do. ALWAYS.
Thank you so much for explaining this so succinctly. I’d figured out this tactic with our current administration the first time Trump was in office, but lacked the vocabulary to explain it. I always told people that every accusation was an admission. The most interesting projection propaganda I’ve seen with Trump and his minions is the idea that people protesting against him are “paid protesters.” I was genuinely confused the first time I heard it, having protested many times and obviously showing up for free, never having heard of anyone getting paid. The only way he’d come up with that is if he’s paid people/protesters/crowds himself. I’m still shocked when people can’t figure this one out, but I hope more and more people realize that it’s projection propaganda.
People need this basic psychological explanation of how people and nations work
It seems to me that the Right in the U.S. has mastered the techniques you discuss, and have a related tendency to use all the positive, patriotic-sounding lingo to name any of their endeavors from legislation to book titles. It's all heritage, freedom, liberty, truth, justice, etc. when the aim is to subvert, discredit, destroy the very thing mentioned in the name. They think we're all idiots and won't notice.
Based on this comment, I’d love your feedback on my MAGA glossary!
how do I find that? Sounds interesting
https://open.substack.com/pub/usamomingermany/p/the-maga-glossary?r=327idr&utm_medium=ios
All this reminds me of one genocidal state