In every Nordic country the main sector has dictated whether the public votes yes or no on the EU. In Sweden and Finland the manufacturing sectors, in Denmark the agriculture export industry and in Norway oil, fish and agriculture.
Their access to politicians is such that the public does not stand a chance once their propaganda campaigns get underway.
The fishing industry is winning the battle in Iceland. They’ve strategically bought and built up influential media companies and hogged the spin zone all year long with a message of evil foreigners, loss of independence and Iceland not needing anyone else’s help.
Iceland will most likely vote no on the EU. But the public discussion leading to the vote will not be one of facts and figures. It will be one of viewpoints, and right now it is much easier to convince people that everyone is against them.
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Silvia Planchett
10 months ago
Flock mentality shall prevail. That’s the plan and that´s how it will be.
“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly – it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over”
Joseph Goebbels
Kjartan
10 months ago
“Iceland will most likely vote no on the EU. But the public discussion leading to the vote will not be one of facts and figures.”
I think you would be hard pressed to find any public discussion leading to any vote that revolves around facts and figures. Politicians and lobby groups will always spout their version of reality and the media in some misunderstood effort to remain impartial will not present any evidence contradicting said fabrications.