In the previous two posts I’ve gone through the depressing exercise of exploring the misconstrued world-view that led the UK to leave the EU. The picture that emerges is not limited to the UK, but is a paradigm example of…
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Web of lies and the public
Tagged with: Brexit, cognitive attraction, Demagogy, Democracy, EU Referendum, Persuasion
Posted in Politics, Psychology
Posted in Politics, Psychology
Web of lies, policies and politicians
In the previous post in this miniseries I’ve used the example of Brexit referendum to explore how allowing lies to be systematically upheld in public discourse is poisonous for democracy itself. The bleak conclusion was that people voted Brexit on…
Tagged with: Brexit, Demagogy, Democracy, EU Referendum, Neo-Liberalism
Posted in Ethics, Evolutionary Psychology, Politics, Stupidity
Posted in Ethics, Evolutionary Psychology, Politics, Stupidity
#Brexit: how systematic lying reduces democracy to a farce
I am shocked, horrified, incredulous, scared, very angry and, above all, sad. The UK has decided to turn its back to common sense, its best values, its own self-interest, and voted to leave the EU. A lot of ink has…
Tagged with: Brexit, Demagogy, Democracy, EU Referendum, European Union
Posted in Ethics, Politics, Stupidity
Posted in Ethics, Politics, Stupidity
#EURef: a how to vote flowchart
A couple of weeks ago I posted a long post complaining about the low level of the discourse around the upcoming UK’s EU referendum. Since then, I had a few discussions on- and off-line. I’ve concluded that the original blog…
The Brexit debate: no matter what, don’t mention the war!
There is something deeply troubling about how the debate about the UK’s EU referendum is unfolding. Deeply troubling and, dare I say, a little bit disgusting. Most opinion articles/interventions that I could find will start along the lines of “the…
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