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#376 - How Democracies Fail

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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Appeal to Emotions Over Policy

The essay suggests that Hitler and Trump both understood that people can only handle so much discussion on policies like sanitation and welfare before craving emotional stimuli like drums, flags, and loyalty parades. They pivot away from nuanced policy conversations to appeal to people's emotions with simplistic ideas and symbols.

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