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Drawing on George Orwell’s "1984," Professor Desmet explains that totalitarian leaders must constantly invent new "objects of anxiety" to maintain control over the masses. If the population lacks an enemy to focus their fear upon, they may turn their aggression toward their leaders. Consequently, both political parties have a vested interest in keeping the public "jacked up" on issues like CRT to ensure their own political survival.
The sight of all-white crowds protesting for Black Lives Matter is described as an Orwellian absurdity where "good is bad" and "up is down." The elite's disregard for "flyover states" and the "trash" who live there is linked to the indifference toward the fentanyl crisis in those communities. This "calling" of the population is seen as a deliberate strategy to remove those who do not fit the elite's vision.
