1. First, destroy labor unions, so people have no way to bargain for higher wages and less capacity for political organization.
2. Crack down on college students, so they won’t oppose you (hint:
burden them with so much student debt and make it so hard for them to
find good jobs that they won’t dare rock the boat).
3. Undermine public education, so people are less able to think critically for themselves.
4. Cut deals with rich business executives and billionaires that if they back you you’ll reduce their taxes, slash government spending on the poor, and eliminate regulations that impinge on their profits. (Better yet, be a billionaire yourself.)
5. Make most people economically anxious, frustrated, angry, and insecure.
6. Convince them their problems stem from “them” – foreigners, immigrants, racial or ethnic or religious minorities, intellectuals.
7. Make them cynical about democracy.
8. Convince them all they need is a strongman who will fix everything.
9. Fill the airwaves with your big lies.
10. Get elected, and then take over.
What do you think?
3. Undermine public education, so people are less able to think critically for themselves.
4. Cut deals with rich business executives and billionaires that if they back you you’ll reduce their taxes, slash government spending on the poor, and eliminate regulations that impinge on their profits. (Better yet, be a billionaire yourself.)
5. Make most people economically anxious, frustrated, angry, and insecure.
6. Convince them their problems stem from “them” – foreigners, immigrants, racial or ethnic or religious minorities, intellectuals.
7. Make them cynical about democracy.
8. Convince them all they need is a strongman who will fix everything.
9. Fill the airwaves with your big lies.
10. Get elected, and then take over.
What do you think?
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