Do Americans Easily Accept Lies From Politicians? Hook Line And Sinker?

Question

I will change my "name" to voodoo funk if that makes it sound better. Names are just labels. A secret - Im not Karl Marx ok?

Answer 1

Sort of. But then again, its easy to manipulate people when the entire media refuses to ever contradict you or ask you tough questions or make you answer them.

If it was just Bush lying, it wouldnt be that big of a deal, but the media backs up every lie he says and treats it like valid information because hes president.

Of course there are a few exceptions. Chris Matthews does his best to ask tough questions and get answers, which is why very few politicians go on his show. Joe Scarborough also tries, but hes very lukewarm about it, and so it doesnt really work.

The people of the United States are wonderful people overall. They have good hearts and really do mean well, but sadly the "education" that they get is god-awful and so they are left with no other recourse than to listen to the media and the government, who are both working for the same giant corporations who control the country. Its easy to manipulate people when you keep them ignorant and in a constant state of fear, which is what both the US government and the media do.

Seriously, people in other countries, such as Spain for example, have been dealing with terrorist attacks for years, but you dont see them making up idiotic color-coded threat charts, nor do you see their governments using the terrorist threats to scare the living hell out of them. Only in the US...

Answer 2

It would be wrong to say that they accept lies. I feel it is the fact they take political spin at face value, and fail to look into the context of the issue or statement being spun. Decisions are made on 30 second commercials payed for by PACS that are campaigning for their benefit and not the country.

If we had to vote for ideas, and not see the canidates name or political affiliation the government would look a lot different then it does now. Since that isn't going to happen it's to the voters to take the time to learn about what they are voting for not who, without the spin.

Answer 3

Karl Marx was an idiot.

And the answer to your question is: No, American's aren't especially gullible when it comes to lying politicians. Your bigotry is showing, and it's not pretty.

Answer 4

Apparently a lot of us do--especially those who try to simplify the political process into "good guys" and "bad guys," because that leads to them only focusing on the bad things they hear about the bad guys, and accepting lies from those they think are good guys. I think it was Mark Twain who said that you can tell a politician is lying by checking to see if his mouth is moving :-)

Answer 5

Yes. Americans generally are willing to be told what to think and do little of their own research.

Socialists, who are masters of psychology, have mastered the techniques of inducing 'hate' to close the minds of the public to truth. They are also masters of "The Big Lie", a term perhaps coined by the Socialist Dictator Adolf Hitler.

Here is an explanation of the brain activity that is utlized by political propagandists...

Answer 6

Some do - for example, some Americans think that Hillary would be a good president. They believe her lies.

Answer 7

Yup. Politicians and everybody else. People wouldn't lie if nobody believed them.

Answer 8

Nope, I don't believe any politician, or the government at all for that matter.

Answer 9

No ,they are just naive about the processes involved in making changes occur in our government.

Answer 10

Many do. That's why there are so many Democrats in office.