Conspiracy and Fear Buy-in to the Party Line
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0:01 - 0:04So how do people end up
letting something like this happen? -
0:05 - 0:09There are two different routes
by which people can allow this to happen. -
0:09 - 0:16The first is that people believe
that the charges against someone, -
0:16 - 0:19even a friend, or a family member,
or a fellow party member, -
0:19 - 0:22who they were closely in line with before,
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0:22 - 0:24must be guilty,
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0:24 - 0:28because to believe that the charges
against them are false -
0:28 - 0:31would mean believing
that all the witnesses -
0:31 - 0:33against the accused
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0:33 - 0:34were coerced.
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0:34 - 0:37That would mean believing
in a wild conspiracy theory -
0:37 - 0:42or believing that your entire country
is under the thumb of a dictator -
0:42 - 0:45and is totalitarian already.
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0:45 - 0:48People don't want to believe this
and don't think it's rational. -
0:48 - 0:51People believe that the accused is guilty,
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0:51 - 0:53because that's less
of a conspiracy theory. -
0:53 - 0:56And then, on the other side,
you have sort of the opposite. -
0:56 - 0:58You have people who realize
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0:58 - 1:01that if they speak out
against the party line, -
1:01 - 1:04if they say that the person is not guilty,
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1:04 - 1:06that they will be in trouble.
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1:06 - 1:07They're afraid.
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1:07 - 1:09Either people believe it,
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1:09 - 1:12because they don't want to believe
the conspiracy theory -
1:12 - 1:15or they don't believe
that everyone is being coerced, -
1:15 - 1:18or they know that everyone
is being coerced, -
1:18 - 1:21and so they're afraid to speak out.
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1:21 - 1:23Transcriber: Michel Smits
Reviewer: Maurício Kakuei Tanaka
- Title:
- Conspiracy and Fear Buy-in to the Party Line
- Description:
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http://mruniversity.com/courses/economic-history-soviet-union/conspiracy-and-fear-buy-party-line
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- Marginal Revolution University
- Project:
- Other videos
- Duration:
- 01:31
Maurício Kakuei Tanaka edited English subtitles for Conspiracy and Fear Buy-in to the Party Line | ||
Maurício Kakuei Tanaka edited English subtitles for Conspiracy and Fear Buy-in to the Party Line | ||
Michel Smits edited English subtitles for Conspiracy and Fear Buy-in to the Party Line | ||
Michel Smits edited English subtitles for Conspiracy and Fear Buy-in to the Party Line | ||
Michel Smits edited English subtitles for Conspiracy and Fear Buy-in to the Party Line |