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#543 - Scott Galloway - Why Is This Generation Struggling So Much?

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The CCP and the Vaccine Controversy: A Propaganda Strategy

In the discourse about vaccines, the majority of thoughtful opinions suggest getting vaccinated on a risk-adjusted basis. Only a small percentage of doctors claim it alters DNA. However, if the CCP wanted to create controversy and division, they could make it seem like these viewpoints are evenly split. The US has a potential Trojan horse within its borders, which is more powerful than aircraft carriers. By subtly manipulating the younger generation's opinions, they can create a vast impact without anyone realizing it. We are all victims of propaganda, but it's easier to deceive someone than to make them admit they've been deceived.

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there's thoughtful discourse on both sides, I would argue 90 plus percent of the thoughtful discourse about vaccines says on a risk-adjusted basis, you should get a vaccine. then 10% or less is doctors saying it alters your DNA. If I'm the CCP and I want to create controversy and I want to get us hating each other more, let's make that content 50-50. Let's have everyone go at each other over the vaccines. So I always say just quite frankly, if I were them, that's what I would do. Why spend money on aircraft carriers? Why compete on 11 playing field when we've had this Trojan horse the size of Montana residing in the U.S. and we have this vehicle that the upcoming generation of Americans love in just a few small tweaks. And slowly but surely, they won't even know the movie The Sting. I don't know if you saw it with Robert Redford and Paul Newman. But the key to a great con is the mark never knows they were conned. We're all victims of propaganda right now. We all see on the left and on the right that sways our view. But we don't think we've been fooled. It's much easier to fool someone than convince them they've been fooled. Because to acknowledge you've been fooled, it's like saying, I acknowledge I'm an

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