Posted on 04/11/2024 4:07:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
For the totalitarian Deep State, thinking people are dangerous.
Mass media technologies such as radio and television ushered in an era of State-engineered propaganda on a global scale. Any lingering allegiance to objective truth was eclipsed by the allure of powerful narratives. Narratives create false realities that incentivize humans to accept certain ideas or pursue certain actions that they would otherwise never accept or pursue if they were thinking clearly and confronting reality truthfully.
Over the last century, television and radio have operated as gatekeeper technologies that effectively controlled who was permitted to construct false realities on a mass scale. In any country — from despotically communist to relatively free — the public is constantly bombarded with messages that reinforce certain narratives. Whether that narrative is that eating marshmallow cereal will make you happy or that “fossil fuels” are killing the planet, there is always an economic or political motive behind what you hear and see. In every nation, people with political and economic power have monopolized mass media so that they may monopolize the narrative influences that warp human minds. You will not find much on television that encourages you to think critically or question authorities. Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
The power of mass media takes advantage of human nature. Target audiences are presented with images and sounds that are naturally appealing. Then a new idea or suggested action is equated with the appealing scene, and the observer is unconsciously nudged to adopt the new behavior. For example, a commercial might show a happy family playing around the backyard swimming pool of a large house. Smiles and laughter abound....
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And most people cannot spot it even if it is played back and explained to them. They cannot imagine that there are people trying to influence what they believe to be true.
It is like Pavlov’s dog. Just as the bell when rung got the dog salivating for a meal , constant conditioning to associate Trump with bad things gives rise to Trump Derangement Snytomn.
when I was a Very young man someone influential in my life told me that one of the most important concepts to understand and take to Heart was simple and yet complex...”Perception is 9/10’s of Reality”. didn’t fully understand at first but this grew over the years into always looking into the reasons for believing what was being presented to me in every walk of my life. always liked the way Neil boortz put it...weigh everything against what you already know to be true. always amazes when even the smartest people I know can’t see the bullqwap between the cracks. some of us are just lucky but are forced to keeping to ourselves because...people.
It is said that Rush Limbaugh saved AM radio. There are scores of Limbaugh wanna-bes on radio today. Conservative talk by far outweighs left-wing influence. FM is for morons and music junkies, and as far as I can determine has little political influence. As for TV, the mainstream media continues to bleed viewers. CNN and MSNBC are a joke and attract only fanatics. The internet provides scores of conservative news sites. In other words the battle has been joined, and its only half time.
They cannot imagine that there are (well paid with large platforms)) EVIL individuals trying to DECEIVE them.
TRUE
There are two forks of the agenda. The first is political steering and control by the state. The second is commercial marketing. Those who have sold their greedy souls for that one extra penny jump on and perpetuate any new trend and narrative that might help their bottom line. Both are throwing principles, logic, and rationality out the door to further their agendas.
Good article, thank you.
A perceptive article. It explains some of the mechanisms in use by the Media-Government complex.
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