Linguistic manipulation is part of the very root of the issue. Humans are hackable both from an individual perspective as well as a generational mass society building perspective. The various linguistic theories have been weaponized by engineers over the last 150 years and "validated" by post structural and continental philosophers. Almost to peak absurdity we now have deconstructionists. Anything to subvert and obfuscate meaning.
I was originally drawn to this understanding by Kenneth Burke. The war on words and the weaponization of anthropology is not something that is understood easily. Small chance the common man can understand it enough to get how hoodwinked we already are. Mass society and its symbolic order is fully artificial.
Propaganda has certainly come a long way, but I think we under state the extent to which this is driven by intellectual laziness on the part of the citizenry. Civic citizenship calls on us to actively engage in political debates and educate ourselves sufficiently to vote intelligently. This is more than the majority of the population is willing to do.
Linguistic manipulation is part of the very root of the issue. Humans are hackable both from an individual perspective as well as a generational mass society building perspective. The various linguistic theories have been weaponized by engineers over the last 150 years and "validated" by post structural and continental philosophers. Almost to peak absurdity we now have deconstructionists. Anything to subvert and obfuscate meaning.
I was originally drawn to this understanding by Kenneth Burke. The war on words and the weaponization of anthropology is not something that is understood easily. Small chance the common man can understand it enough to get how hoodwinked we already are. Mass society and its symbolic order is fully artificial.
Propaganda has certainly come a long way, but I think we under state the extent to which this is driven by intellectual laziness on the part of the citizenry. Civic citizenship calls on us to actively engage in political debates and educate ourselves sufficiently to vote intelligently. This is more than the majority of the population is willing to do.
https://hoisttheblackflag.substack.com/p/civic-participation
The 24hr IV-in-your-arm nature of modern mania has thrown all of this into overdrive!