Modern debate has devolved into marketing.  Arguments have been replaced with slogans, logic with labels, and thought with repetition.  You aren’t expected to think—just repeat.  Repeat it enough times and it becomes “common sense.” That’s not reason.  That’s branding.

Slogans don’t explain, they imply.  They don’t argue, they assume.  Once a slogan becomes dominant, any attempt to question it sounds like heresy.  If you challenge the slogan, you must be against whatever it claims to represent.  That’s how simple it’s become.  Question the slogan, and you’ve already lost in the eyes of the crowd.

The real power of a slogan lies in its ability to shield itself from scrutiny.  You aren’t supposed to ask for definitions.  You aren’t supposed to break it down.  “Follow the science.” “Love is love.” “Democracy is at stake.” Try to dissect any of these and you’ll be treated like you’re attacking morality itself.  This is the brilliance of slogan logic: it fuses identity with argument so completely that disagreement becomes personal.

It’s no accident that these phrases dominate.  They’re easy to remember, impossible to define, and emotionally charged.  They give a sense of intellectual participation without the effort.  They’re short, loud, and vaguely virtuous—just enough to sound informed without having to be informed.

Political slogans, social slogans, economic slogans—they’re all tools of control.  They close the door to discussion and declare it settled.  You don’t need to ask questions.  You just need to repeat the phrase.  If everyone around you is repeating the same thing, it starts to feel like truth.  That’s not an argument—it’s a chant.

This is how serious discussions are killed before they begin.  Instead of debate, we get buzzwords.  Instead of clarity, we get clever branding.  Instead of truth, we get whatever makes us feel most righteous.

Real thinking is harder.  It requires definitions, distinctions, and doubt.  It involves risk—especially social risk.  If you want to escape the prison of slogan logic, you have to start asking questions no one else is asking.

You can’t reason your way out of a trap built to bypass reason.  You have to stop playing the game entirely.  Stop repeating, start questioning.  That’s the only way out.

Reference

Gary Michuta; Revolt against Reality