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Unfortunately, the truest and the most logical arguments are rarely the most persuasive. Rhetoric and reason are therefore always in tension.

18/4/26, 11:57 am0 reposts0 likes

Previnder

@previnder.com

18 Apr

If you wish to rally people to your cause, to win arguments, to mobilize masses for strategic ends, I’m afraid you’ll have to simplify things, speak half-truths and quarter-truths, present one side while denying others, exaggerate some things and downplay others.

Previnder

@previnder.com

18 Apr

You won’t have to explicitly lie in order to do this, but you won’t present the truth as objectively as you can, because that won’t convince many people.