Beware! A politician may be gaslighting you

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'We should not let such malicious people manipulate us. We should be able to see the reality and truth.'

Politicians are especially good at gaslighting. Some political leaders feed the people with fake news or wrong information and try to convince them it is true. – 123rf.com

If you are not confident in yourself, you may be vulnerable to gaslighting. For example, a cheating partner might try to convince you that what you have seen is only your imagination, confusing you and making you believe the cheater is right.Politicians are especially good at gaslighting. Some political leaders feed the people with fake news or wrong information and try to convince them it is true. They constantly tell lies to deceive and manipulate the people.

South Korean politicians are no exception. They, too, have been gaslighting us for a long time. In the past, for example, whenever election season came our right-wing military dictators would announce they had found an underground tunnel dug by North Korea to invade the South. People suspected the dictators found the tunnel long ago, but kept it confidential until election season began, in order to make scared people vote for them.

 

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