Essentially, this is similar to the construction of departments such as Public Relations (the soft label of Propaganda), NSA, and the Department of Homeland Security.
I list these others so the reader can get a clue as to the scale of power and expected influence coming out of this new department. It's headed by two former presidents, Bush Senior and Clinton. That's no small task. It's being set up by a guy from Harvard, and claims:
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research on such areas as "cognitive science and how the brain responds to continual sort of outrage and how do you keep this going. Sort of, how do you keep a great democracy going when everyone is always ready to man the barricades?"
the institute might even be able to influence "the dark arts of cable TV." Greta Van Susteren, host of the Fox News Channel's "On the Record," is among those named to the institute's board.
"We here uniquely know what he meant," he said. "And we here begin that work."
the institute might even be able to influence "the dark arts of cable TV." Greta Van Susteren, host of the Fox News Channel's "On the Record," is among those named to the institute's board.
"We here uniquely know what he meant," he said. "And we here begin that work."
People, if this isn't something to be concerned about, it's either because you are suicidal or because you just don't give a s**t about the entire spectrum of law and politics.
