Senior Editor @TheDispatch, contributing writer @TheAtlantic, ... Iraq vet
What's the sociology/philosophy term for people like this? I doubt he's stupid. He's been an influencer or pundit for a long time, so he knows what he's doing, and he knows that we know what he's doing. He's not a politician himself so it's not like he's trying to get elected. He's a naked propagandist whose sole job is to carry water for establishment powers and use pilpul to distract from and diminish regime malfeasance, or attack their enemies. He's like an anti-Assange, yet he can live with himself.
I don't want to know how someone becomes that kind of person, but they are a constant in politics and corrupt states.
What's the sociology/philosophy term for people like this? I doubt he's stupid. He's been an influencer or pundit for a long time, so he knows what he's doing, and he knows that we know what he's doing. He's not a politician himself so it's not like he's trying to get elected. He's a naked propagandist whose sole job is to carry water for establishment powers and use pilpul to distract from and diminish regime malfeasance, or attack their enemies. He's like an anti-Assange, yet he can live with himself.
I don't want to know how someone becomes that kind of person, but they are a constant in politics and corrupt states.
The word you’re looking for is “demon”.
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