Maxims with Scattered Agendas
The article examines several famous sayings and how they’ve been used politically and economically, including Keynes on inflation and James Carville’s role in popularizing “It’s the economy, stupid.” It also notes how some governments fabricate crises to distract from economic problems.
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· "No one can rule...without committing a sin" ..!!.."Sainte-Justa".
· It was said in essence: one of the indicators of failure to acknowledge what we do not know...!: that if medicine fails to diagnose a disease it does not recognize, it attributes it to allergy...! And if a politician is surprised by an unforeseen emergency...........he attributes it to a conspiracy..!
· It was said in essence: through continuous inflation, governments can secretly confiscate, without anyone noticing...!..a significant part of their citizens' wealth..!! John Maynard Keynes…..
· In former US President Clinton's 1992 election campaign, his campaign was able to adopt the slogan "It's the economy, stupid" "انه الاقتصاد يا غبي...' It's the Economy, stupid”..!
· The presidential race between President George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton was leaning in favor of Bush; "especially since he had returned from the Middle East at that time after securing adequate oil supplies during the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwaiti territory in 1991, in addition to the recent disintegration of the Soviet Union, which indicated rising popularity for Bush, making his reelection for a second term a foregone conclusion. In March 1991, a referendum on Bush's performance was held, and Americans were satisfied with his performance at a rate of 90%, but the surprise occurred. The political adviser, "James Carville", was leading the presidential campaign for the then candidate Bill Clinton, and although Clinton was politically smaller than Bush; "Carville" excelled in leading Clinton's campaign by distilling Clinton's goals into three sentences:
· "Change versus more", "It's the economy, stupid", "We won't forget health care." These goals were posted at Clinton's campaign headquarters. The charm of the word economy was rampant.....!, especially since Bush had overlooked the recession ravaging some states; Carville exploited the recessionary situation and courted Americans with it, directing attention to the deterioration of economic conditions inside the United States, which resulted in the decline of Bush's popularity, according to an opinion poll in August 1992 to only 64%.
· Clinton reached the seat of power and was able to remain in the White House for two consecutive presidential terms, thanks to his focus on the economy, and the phrase "It's the economy, stupid" became one of the clichés of American politics, because the economy is the important measure for the peoples."..Regardless of the ordinary man's lack of understanding of the nature of inflation, budget deficit and other technical terms."...., by contrast, some governments resort to fabricating crises that do not actually exist, in order to distract peoples and divert their attention from the economic problems those governments are experiencing.."....!
· Date: 19-1-2021
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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “Maxims with Scattered Agendas” (English translation of «أقوال مأثوره.... ذات أجندات مبعثره», originally published 13 September 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/maxims-with-scattered-agendas
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