[FRIAM] How democracies die

[steve smith]

glen wrote:

> I agree. The crossover terms constrain the ungrounded phrases. The 
> more crossover terms, the more constrained the ungrounded terms. Had 
> Kevin said "What have you done to land you in that place in the 
> world?", then it would imply a more constrained space of possible 
> groundings. Prolly wouldn't have the necessary moralized narrative, 
> though.

I took it to be specifically manipulative, suggesting both credit and 
blame to double-team the person being confronted with a "header and a 
heeler", "a carrot and a stick"...

Is that in fact, the point of moralized narratives?  To "herd" ?

Though I think Kevin's goal was actually "cutting" or "singling" in the 
herding vernacular.