Patriotismo, infantilização e verdade

Estava a ler este artigo "A claim of patriotism is the last refuge of a busted government", no Telegraph inglês, quando o pop-up do Twitter me anunciou este atigo no Público "José Sócrates: PEC deve ser assumido “pelo país”".

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"Financial markets have little difficulty seeing through the assurances of a discredited administration. Disingenuous promises of solidity backfire, as was pointed out by Robert Johnson, a former chief economist to the US senate banking committee: “In trying to soothe markets, officials often elevate the sense of unease. Investors in uncertain times ask themselves: 'Why do they feel the need to reassure us? Are they not just drawing attention to how anxious things really are … Is this talk a substitute for concrete action?’ ”"

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Outra semelhança, acerca da infantilização do eleitorado:

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"In keeping with his rivals, Alistair Darling and George Osborne, Mr Cable fears telling us the truth. He dreads the impact it will have on an infantilised electorate, trained by Labour to believe that it can keep demanding more and more, because there will always be another fool to foot the bill. Very soon cruel reality will smash this illusion." (Trecho retirado daqui.)