Post #3982006

It is important to be aware of how information shapes our view of the world – and, given that information is often in the hands of the rich and powerful, it is easy to peddle the nonsense needed to get certain things done. Excerpt from *Kultura Liberalna* [the article concerns WOLVES]: “And what about farmers and livestock breeders? This is the second major area of manipulation. A farmer with sheep that have been mauled is a powerful image. And again: I’m not saying there’s no damage. There is. There are wolves that get used to easy prey. There are situations that are very distressing for a particular person. But the scale of the phenomenon is incomparably smaller than the anti-wolf narrative suggests. In the case of cattle, it’s a matter of parts per thousand. With sheep, the figure is higher, but we’re still talking about a small percentage. Meanwhile, it’s easy to turn this into a story of a plague.” [end of QUOTE] It’s the same with Ukrainians – oh dear, oh dear, oh dear – “they’re taking advantage of our country’s luxuries and healthcare! And we can’t!!! [In the stories of many outraged people, there are ‘facts’ such as how they—the outraged ones—have been waiting for years, whilst a Ukrainian just walked in off the street and was given treatment] But no one checks the figures to see what the reality is. We prefer the bogeyman’s tales. I’m bantering with a mate about how the Ukrainians paid 15.26? billion? in taxes. And he says they don’t like us anyway and just want to take advantage of us. Will the Poles ever agree to make peace with our neighbours? And MrShitBraun [polish populist] is riding this wave, peering out from under his cap with a Terminator-like gaze as he snatches up the suckers. I know – I was at the DEMO in Wrocław; I saw how many of them there were.