demagoguery

is a matter of forgetting any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed.

The process of mass-media deception has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt. . . To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies all this is indispensably necessary. George Orwell

is democracy feeding on itself, and thereby destroying itself.

Aristotle described Cleon and his fellow platform-shouters as 'gadflies,' which captured not just how annoying he found them to be, but also how destructive: When large animals are pestered into a frenzy, one thing that can result is a stampede that sends them, collectively, over a cliff. For Aristotle, demagogues people who used democracy, he felt, against itself were potential threats to the political system he and his fellow democracy-designers were trying to build. 'Revolutions in democracies,' he declared, 'are generally caused by the intemperance of demagogues.'. . . . . In all that, he may well represent just what Aristotle feared: democracy, feeding on itself. And thereby destroying itself. . . .

is a narrow brand of leadership. Being the master in a system is not the same as being the master of it. Indeed, to be dominant in an autocratic system is to be dominated by it as well.

Being the master in a system is not the same as being the master of it. Indeed, to be dominant in an autocratic system is to be dominated by it as well: the slave is ruled by the iron fist, the master by the hand in the velvet glove.

is the term democrats use when democracy frightens them.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 61. Taken from an excellent collection of translations of Dávila's aphorisms by Stephen. Please be sure to check out his amazing website. https://t.ly/qK8Zp

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demagoguery