it's in our interests...

Political rhetoric is often sprinkled with phrases like "it's in our interests", or
"it's in Australia's interests", or "it's in the best interests of this country", or "in the interests of the economy", etc, etc.

I've come to realise that whenever a politician trots out one of these phrases, they're peddling highly questionable bullshit which they don't want you to question at all. These phrases are designed to have you accept as "the obvious truth" something which is highly questionable.

It's one of the classic ways they try to hypnotise us into going along with them.

So, dear blog reader, your eyelids are getting heavy... you are feeling tired... you are drifting into a deep, deep sleep... but you can still hear my voice... From this moment onwards, whenever you hear a politician tell you that "it's in your interests", you will feel a sharp pain in your brain, you will sit bolt upright and experience a blinding flash of light, and you will scream in your loudest voice, "Fucking bullshit !!!" On the count of three, you will be wide awake, feeling really good. One... Two.. Three...