Trump appears doesn’t know difference between making a #deal & making #peace
Even if one is tempted to credit #Trump’s self-professed efforts as a peacemaker (as part of which he has renamed the United States Institute of Peace after himself) foreign policy experts categorise peace in two competing ways first conceptualised by the late Johan #Galtung, the Norwegian #sociologist and prime mover behind the emergence of the discipline of peace and conflict studies.
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...as usual - it's a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits."
(#JenniferWalter, #Sociologist)
https://www.threads.com/@itsjenniferwalter/post/DFIu3Q2q-5P
2/ Media theorist #McLuhan predicted this:
... When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged...."
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As a sociologist, I need to tell you: Your overwhelm is the goal 🧵 1/ The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist. This isn't just politics as usual - it's a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits.
Who would've thought? Canada's divorce rate is actually DECLINING to 38%. As a #sociologist, I find it fascinating how factors like later marriages and higher education correlate with more lasting unions. The post-no-fault divorce era shows our evolving social fabric isn't unravelling—it's just rewoven differently.
There are more constructive ways of thinking about #ideology. #Sociologist Teun A. van Dijk gives us some insight.
https://rodgraham.substack.com/p/a-primer-on-ideology-and-ideologues
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