Buckley’s Chance, Cultural Thinking of Trumpism, and History
A Review of 70 Years in American-Australian Intellectual History and
Regional Studies (Sociology of Education and Urban Sociology)
By Neville Buch, MPHA (Queensland)
Dr Neville Buch ABN 86703686642
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Buckley’s Chance, Cultural Thinking of Trumpism, and History
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It amazes me that the reaction thinking can swallow up social movements into the madness of the mob. Yes, when layout on a spectrum, it is only a minority position, but, in which case, the reaction thinking becomes the majority outlook through the echo chamber of the techné .
Think of what Eric Hoffer said in 1951, in The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements.
A mass movement with a concrete, limited objective is likely to have a shorter active phase than movement with a nebulous, indefinite objective. The vague objective is perhaps indispensable for the development of chronic extremism. Said Oliver Cromwell: “A man never goes so far as when he does not know whither he is going.” (Hoffer, The True Believer, Perennial Harper, 157)
Cromwell, as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (16 December 1653 – 3 September 1658), was in power five years and turned the nation, ultimately, to opposition of his policies.
Sources:
Buch, Neville (2019). The Changing Definition of Peace, Part 1: The Status Quo of Thinking in Queensland during the Armistice. Queensland History Journal, Royal Historical Society Queensland. Volume 24, No. 1, May 2019.
Buch, Neville (2019). The Changing Definition of Peace, Part 2: The Shifting of Thinking in Queensland during the Armistice. Queensland History Journal, Royal Historical Society Queensland. Volume 24, No. 1, May 2019.
Buch, Neville (1995). American Influence on Protestantism in Queensland since 1945, Ph.D. thesis, Department of History, University of Queensland, August 1994, Awarded April 1995.
Buch, Neville (1987). Protestant Churches and their Attitude to Public Issues in Queensland 1919-1939, Honours Thesis, Department of History, University of Queensland, November 1987.
2. The unaddressed problem in political rhetoric: See (7) Buckley’s Chance, Cultural Thinking of Trumpism, and History A Review of 70 Years in American-Australian Intellectual History and…
3. The failures in the Australian economy and higher education policies: See (7) The Role of the Intellectual in the Australian Economy
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