Dictator Series - Plays from the Playbook

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Title: Dictator Series - Plays from the Playbook
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My Notes
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Figure out how to model plays from a dictator/autocrat's playbook.
 - The Autocrats' Playbook
An autocrat may push the envelope wwith lies, unexpected claims/ideas
Compare Trump (T) and Mussolini (M).
Generate a bunch of numbered scenarios/plays.
 - they are numbered to indicate that they've been cataloged and can be dismissed as just another example of something that's already known.
 - numbering might diminish the impact, or will make it easier to counteract the play
One problem is that we should be surprised by these things; they shouldn't become normal
Each "play" is like a little story.
 - it may actually be an effective way to present these; as fiction/drama/play-acting/dramatic-roles
 - as in "What will the Great Dictator do next?"
Possibly treat autocrats like poisonous snakes - with respect for their danger, but with knowledge about how to avoid the danger (know what to expect, have snake-bite antidote handy)

Possible structure of a scenario/play:
- have T or M say or do sometthing outrageous or unexpected
 - the Xholon avatar/class could have a list that can be selected from randomly or purposely
 - sometimes there will be a specific purpose  (ex: to distract from some other play/crisis/scandal)
- other people can respond in various ways
 - laugh  ex: SNL  (I could do a short Fountain script)
 - seriously argue against it  ex: NYT
 - ignore
 - protest

TODO
- write a behavior that says things (as in Chatbot)
 - a Trump twitterbot
- as a side activity, maybe challenge people to decide who said X (was it T or M or someone else)
- look at how SNL does this
- try to think how people with authoritarian personalities will deal with T or M, and how to create something that they can understand
 - are they motivated mostly by fear?
- classify Trump tweets
 - use these as the start of scenarios/plays
- maybe use as starting point for each scenario/play:
 - an existing Trump tweet
 - something that Mussolini said, presented as a tweet (he also knew how to use the media)


References
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(1) https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/american-authoritarianism-under-donald-trump/495263/
    An American Authoritarian, by RUTH BEN-GHIAT  AUG 10, 2016
    The Republican presidential candidate is not a Fascist, but his campaign bears notable similarities to the reign of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

(2) google: The Autocrats' Playbook
    this query provides lots of good links

(3) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-autocrat-media_us_57601ee1e4b0e4fe5143bfc5
    Donald Trump Takes A Page From The Autocrat’s Media Playbook, by Michael Calderone, 06/14/2016 06:23 pm ET | Updated Jun 15, 2016
    Revoking The Washington Post’s press credentials invites comparisons to governments known for cracking down on press freedom.
    KSW this might be a good example to work on
    2016 Trump tweet: "Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record seeting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post."

(4) google: trump tweet analysis
  ) http://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=490523985:490523986
    Data Scientists Find Consistencies In Donald Trump's Erratic Twitter Strategy, NPR, Aug 18, 2016

(5) google: trump tweet generator

(6) http://varianceexplained.org/r/trump-tweets/
    Text analysis of Trump's tweets confirms he writes only the (angrier) Android half
    has R (twitteR package) code for obtaining text of tweets
    https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tidytext/
    http://saifmohammad.com/WebPages/NRC-Emotion-Lexicon.htm

(7) google: trump tweet formula
  ) http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/02/donald_trump_is_the_best_at_twitter_here_s_why.html
  ) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/us/politics/95000-words-many-of-them-ominous-from-donald-trumps-tongue.html

(8) http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fascism/2017/03/how_nazi_propaganda_encouraged_the_masses_to_co_produce_a_false_reality.html
    How Hitler Conquered Germany, by Nicholas O’Shaughnessy
    The Nazi propaganda machine exploited ordinary Germans by encouraging them to be co-producers of a false reality.

(9) 

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