Metagoebbels

For some reason I started thinking about the standard Goebbels Big Lie lie.

As I’ve often repeated, repetition is NOT the key to enforcing belief in an obvious lie. Repetition is necessary to learn ANY fact or statement or skill, whether true or false, evil or neutral. That’s just how learning works.

Creating belief in an obviously false fact requires Flat Assertion and Flat Omission. The statement must be treated authoritatively as something we already know, not a new and salient fact. When a fact is salient we pay close attention and try to check its validity.

Reprint from 2019, dealing with the Skripal stageplay:

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The following sentence is a classic flat assertion, showing how the liar uses our internal syntax templates to slide past our conscious filters.

In the case of the attempted murder of Sergei and Julia Skripal by nerve-agent poisoning in Salisbury, there have already been a minimum of 32 different narratives suggested by the Russian state as possible “explanations”, most of which are absurd and indeed contradictory.

The main clause of the sentence is the narratives suggested by Russia. In ordinary reading you focus on the main clause. This main clause is narrowly true because Russian media have suggested many explanations.

If you’re not accustomed to Deepstate’s tricks, you’ll look at the main clause and say “Yup, that’s true”, and go on to the next sentence. You’ll miss the ASSERTION which is also a sneaky INSERTION into your mind. In the case of the attempted murder is a background subordinate clause, positioned as an already known fact which doesn’t need to be checked.

The sentence follows an ordinary and expected pattern.

In the case of houses with shingled roofs, there are a minimum of 32 different techniques suggested by contractors as possible “fixes” for a lifted shingle, most of which are ineffective and costly.

You already know that some houses have shingled roofs and some have tile or metal. This is a background fact that doesn’t require skeptical attention. You focus on the techniques so that you can question your contractor about the techniques before contracting for roof repair.

A second trick: The sentence focuses on Russia’s many explanations and DOESN’T MENTION the UK/US media’s many contradictory and false explanations. Those explanations should be the sole target of your discernment.

When you use REAL discernment, you can discern the ASSERTION-INSERTION, and you can also discern that the false explanations suggested by UK/US media are NOT EVEN MENTIONED.

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Now back to Goebbels. Why do the liars want us to treat repetition instead of assertion as the key mechanism for fake belief? Because they know what they’re doing. The Goebbels lie about lies is now FLATLY ASSERTED BACKGROUND INFORMATION. When we hear Goebbels or Big Lie we know what it means.

We don’t discuss ANY of the real propaganda tricks because ALL of them are omitted and unmentioned.

THEY KNOW IT’S A HOAX BECAUSE THEY MADE THE HOAX.