I wonder if the phenomenon Schumpeter describes is because politicians use infantile, vibes-based rhetoric in order to get the vote, which leads people to unconsciously assume that all politics is infantile and vibes-based
Here we get into my personal opinion: some things are right and some things are wrong, and if your mind is clear enough, it’s possible to tell them apart regardless of your ideology.
Doubt.
At first I thought he would argue from a right-wing standpoint with talking points like:
Also, let’s stop mincing words for a second: a big part of the issue is that these messages are progressive, and reflect a progressive agenda.
But then he has these points:
The blog has had an aside on the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, but not on the brutal murder of Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi by US ally Saudi Arabia. More recently, the blog had nothing to say about the political persecution and extradition of Julian Assange to the US. The blog hasn’t mentioned the criminal murder of Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli military.
So that's kinda based. Now I'm confused.
Yes, the issues the blog mentioned were real human rights issues, but selective coverage of human rights is propaganda. It serves a specific, US-centric agenda.
The cherry-picking of issues really seems to be kinda problematic (one of them being a "slava Ukraini" statement from the Rust devs).
