update - this letter was not published.
“How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political power to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the twentieth century.” ~ Aneurin Bevan
But this article in the Guardian is edging closer to the issue.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/06/government-universal-credit-deception-asa-taxpayer-funded-features
"What the government has effectively done is use public money to gaslight poor people, denying the reality of what has been done to them.
In its eagerness to push its gargantuan failure of a welfare policy, it has swept aside the truth and peddled lies.
Politicians, campaigners and journalists have all pointed out how Rudd and her DWP predecessor Iain Duncan Smith have done so – and each time we have faced breathtaking defensiveness from a Whitehall department that is meant to be working on our behalf, rather than for the Tories."
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To the Editor
Sir/Madam
.“How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political power to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the twentieth century.” ~ Aneurin Bevan
But this article in the Guardian is edging closer to the issue.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/06/government-universal-credit-deception-asa-taxpayer-funded-features
"What the government has effectively done is use public money to gaslight poor people, denying the reality of what has been done to them.
In its eagerness to push its gargantuan failure of a welfare policy, it has swept aside the truth and peddled lies.
Politicians, campaigners and journalists have all pointed out how Rudd and her DWP predecessor Iain Duncan Smith have done so – and each time we have faced breathtaking defensiveness from a Whitehall department that is meant to be working on our behalf, rather than for the Tories."
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To the Editor
Sir/Madam
Organised, well funded media communications operations that target and manipulate peoples social woundednesses, their insecurities, prejudices and fears through public, social and private media, through marketing, and propaganda, and through lobby campaigns operating on an industrial scale: in essence manipulating vulnerable people for ideological, religious, political or economic exploitation.
It is appalling behaviour.
It is abuse.
If one were to behave that way within a relationship, it would be considered utterly abusive.
It is not new. Edward Bernays has a lot to answer for.
What is new is that we have a much more detailed knowledge of how this works, a detailed personal, paper and money trail.
Let's be real here - let us be calling out the behaviour of these political grooming gangsters.
And let us not take the easy route of blaming social media - seek out the people and companies who design these targeted campaigns, and demand they account for their abusive behaviour.
The media can do without their business.
The people can do without being triggered and manipulated.
Our politics can be cleaner, honest and worthy.
And let us not take the easy route of blaming social media - seek out the people and companies who design these targeted campaigns, and demand they account for their abusive behaviour.
The media can do without their business.
The people can do without being triggered and manipulated.
Our politics can be cleaner, honest and worthy.
Kindest regards
Corneilius
"Do what you love, it's Your Gift to Universe"
Thank you for reading this blog.
All we need to do is be honest, responsive to the evidence we find, and ready to reassess when new evidence emerges.
The rest is made easier as a result.