William Lind writes: For a few weeks after the conventions, Republican media tried to play the psychological conditioning game on Mr. Trump himself, with the goal of getting him to resign the nomination and get out of the race. Though it visibly impacted Trump’s morale, he did not drop out.
Now, the game has shifted again. Conditioning is aimed at convincing voters Trump is doomed to an overwhelming defeat. The means is endless news stories, poll results, columns by electoral “experts”, etc. all repeating the same theme: a vote for Trump is useless because he cannot possibly win. Voters who favor Trump are being conditioned to give up, not donate to his campaign, not volunteer for him, and just stay home on election day.
The Trump campaign would be unwise to underestimate the power of the Left’s (and the Establishment’s) conditioning mechanisms, which include almost all the mainstream media. The best way to counter conditioning is to stoke voters’ anger, anger that has been created by the Establishment’s failed policies. Anger is a powerful emotion, powerful enough to overcome psychological conditioning.
In concrete terms, that means Trump needs an agenda of five issues, all of them able to remind voters why they are angry:
End the “free trade” that has allowed mercantilist countries to plunder our industry, destroying middle-class jobs.
End illegal immigration, greatly reduce legal immigration, and demand immigrants to adopt our culture.
Destroy “Political Correctness” by revealing it for what it is, a variant of Marxism.
Promise we will not fight any more avoidable wars.
Give the interests of Whites the same level of support from the federal government that blacks, Mestizos, and other Third World immigrants receive.
