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The "rationalists" and the "anti-Semitic irrationalists"

An example of how the system builds the profile of the “rational” voter, or, another conspiracy theory if you prefer

by system failure

An article in a big newspaper in Greece focused on a study presented in a scientific conference in Berlin by three Greek scientists, concerning the broadness of the anti-Semitism in Greece. At the end of the first paragraph one can read:

In this sense, the specific study did not show anything much different from previous ones in Greece and abroad and which they are verified by an objective and relatively 'suspicious' observer of the behaviour and 'beliefs' of the Greek society.”

For a start, the "objective" and "suspicious" observer is separated from the rest of the Greek society, as being a, say, higher intelligence, which observes the behaviour of millions of people without being affected by this behaviour. Subsequently, one can read:

The relative originality of this study, however, is that it connects the anti-Semitism with the trend of the average Greek to be suspicious and his confirmed stance to accept conspiracy theories, or, to believe in paradoxes and beliefs without rational base. The answers absolutely support this reality since 69% of the respondents answered that the medicine for curing the cancer has been discovered but not circulated widely due to some big interests, 59% answered that the 9/11 attack was designed by the US in order to promote their plans globally, 27% answered that the moon-landing of the American astronauts in 1969 was not real but has been staged and, 75%, of course, answered that the crisis in Greece was premeditated by external forces to despoil the country ...”

As a first observation, one could mark that there is an attempt for an arbitrary categorization to the same category, of people who believe in different things and relate them with anti-Semitism. For example, how can anyone conclude that someone who believes that the medicine for curing the cancer has been discovered but not circulated widely due to some big interests, is also anti-Semitic?

Additionally, is it "paradox" and "belief without rational base" someone to believe that the medicine for curing the cancer has been discovered but not circulated widely because some research organizations will lose huge amounts of funding? Or, because some pharmaceutical industries will lose billions from drugs in which they invested and will become useless in such a case?

Of course, the way these questions are settled in such a study is quite significant in order participants to be presented as "conspiracy vulnerable". For example, a question like "do you believe that the drug curing the cancer has been discovered, but not circulated widely?", is quite different from a question of type, e.g., "do you believe that there is a possibility that the drag curing the cancer has been discovered, but not circulated widely?" because those who will "dare" to answer positively in the first question could be more easily categorized at least as people vulnerable to conspiracy theories, even if they are rational people who simply don't trust the controlled information reaching to them.

The most remarkable, however, is the categorization of the "average Greek" in the start of the paragraph: "The relative originality of this study, however, is that it connects the anti-Semitism with the trend of the average Greek to be suspicious and his confirmed stance to accept conspiracy theories, or, to believe in paradoxes and beliefs without rational base. The answers absolutely support this reality ..."

Therefore, either someone belongs to the 75% of the participants who answered that the crisis in Greece was premeditated by external forces to despoil the country, or, to the 27% who believes that the moon-landing of the American astronauts in 1969 was not real, is being categorized as the "average Greek" who adopts conspiracy theories, and all these of course, are somehow related to the anti-Semitism.

Full article in Greek:


In other words, if someone believes that the economic crisis was premeditated, is treated as equally vulnerable to conspiracy theories with someone who believes that the American astronauts never landed on moon, even when almost everyone knows now that the big banks are totally control governments-puppets in the US and Europe, since the powerful financial lobbies directly affect the decisions of the European mechanisms and institutions and former bank executives can be found everywhere in governmental key positions.

But the story does not end here. In a daily show of a big TV channel in Greece yesterday (23/7), a researcher spoke about this study who stated among other things that the 75% of the participants (it appears to be the same study), believe that the Greek crisis was premeditated by non-institutional centers and that this is something which makes sense, according to the rhetoric (presumably by some politicians) of the last three elections in Greece.

What is more interesting, however, is that the researcher related the rest 25% of the specific question to the government coalition voters! As he said, this 25% are people who voted for current government and, additionally, he claimed that he and his colleagues have found that indeed there is a relation. This means that they concluded that the voters of PASOK and Nea Dimokratia do not believe that the crisis was premeditated!

The interview between 34:35 and 38:25:


So, now you have another proof that those who voted for the neoliberal government are the "rationalists" while the rest are the "irrationalists" who are threat to the stability of the country!

But it's not only that. The 75% automatically transformed into "sheeps" who are vulnerable to the conspiracy rhetoric, while the 25% are the "rational" who are smart enough not to be trapped by the anti-systemic "populism" and trust the "official" and exclusively "valid" information. The occultation of information and the bombardment with lies, inaccuracies and an unprecedented propaganda by the mainstream media, carriers of this "official" and "valid" information, is of course a detail without significance!

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