POLS 264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Adam Curtis, Falkland Islands, Existential Crisis
5 Apr 2017
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Trump"s cession will have a series of dialectics at work especially in the global sphere. Dialectics = existence or working of opposing forces. Trump and the oldest play in the book he will begin to wag the dog . Normally, dog wags and tails and a situation where the tail wags the dog focusses on the possibility that the less important factor begins to shake and dominate situations usual roles are reserved. Expression particular to foreign policy from the movie wag the dog (1997) A purposeful creation of external crisis to divert attention from domestic problems. Falklands islands/islas malvinas war 1982: set of islands near argentina occupied by britain since 1833, but were argentinian according to argentina. Huge violations of human rights by the argentine military regime and the subsequent suffering of the economy. External crisis was created invade and seize the falklands islands to restore the islands to the motherland. This success turned the government into heroes overnight but.
