Bannon may finally have inserted his mammary into the Maytag with the news that he founded
Cambridge Analytical with a $15 million investment from the Mercer's. He also served as vp and board member. Not likely he can escape the stench of traitorous corruption now enveloping C.A.
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This mess is still very much coming to light, but my guess from everything I've read is that many of the masterminds are in the employment of Robert Mercer and his empire. This is part of what his companies do. There's almost certainly other similar groups in other parts of the world. Other right-wing organizations such as the Heritage Foundation also play a part in this psychological game.
There is a subset of psychology research that studies how to manipulate human attitudes and choices. This expertise grew largely in advertising during the early 1900s in an effort by retailers to encourage Americans to buy more stuff (buy what you want vs what you need) and lately has expanded more into politics. They are a sinister bunch that stays in the shadows and we'll probably never know who most of them are. Their job is to dream up covert and overt methods of swaying public opinion and igniting our emotions. They know exactly how to hit all of our hot buttons and how to activate any and all human emotions - but mainly play us with fear, masculinity/femininity, xenophobia, racism, nationalism, patriotism, individualism and personal greed.
This is nothing new to America but it's been turbocharged since the advent of social media, and they're using it for all it's worth. Why waste money on mailers or billboards when you can reach millions within hours with nothing more than a data dump.
Russia obviously has it's own cadre of those types - most likely far better and meaner than ours. And, Mercer has plenty of willing accomplices outside the elected political realm such as Rupert Murdoch.
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