The most stupid people are the most emotional. The problem is that the majority of people are stupid, therefore they are completely affected by emotional speeches. The church knows this, independent preachers know this, con men know this, the politicians know this, the mass media know this. Anybody who has to successfully talk to random strangers knows this. When you switch off from the mass media, the first thing you notice is the lack of emotional bullshit speeches.
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capnflummox ago
“People are stupid. They can be made to believe any lie because either they want to believe it's true or because they are afraid it's true.”
Wizards' First Rule by Terry Goodkind
Horrux ago
Crappy author, I slogged through that whole series and OMG I was so glad when, was the last title "Confessor"? was finished. I swore to never, ever read anything by him again.
And a decade or two later there was a TV show "the Seeker of Truth" which I promptly renamed "The Sucker of Trouts" for its unbearable shittiness.
Still, a good quote and very valid. Upvoted. ;-)
capnflummox ago
Yeah I agree some parts of those books are just a slog to read through. I made it up to book 8, I think. It's been a long time since I re-read them.
Horrux ago
Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" is a lot better, although it seems needlessly complicated and long for no reason, you can just skip from book 5 to book 10 or so LOL. I think it has 14 total? If you like fantasy, you have got to read Brandon Sanderson, the very best in the genre, IMHO.