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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 07:59 AM Feb 2014

The genius of using ignorance as a weapon...

Is that, if you can convince a person that their own ignorance is a natural state of being, then that person would have no concept of how ignorant they actually are, especially about things that you want them to be ignorant about.

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The genius of using ignorance as a weapon... (Original Post) MrScorpio Feb 2014 OP
Yes Turbineguy Feb 2014 #1
You can thank Edward Bernays. SamKnause Feb 2014 #2
A lot of people like being ignorant. It's easy. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #3
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