I'm not saying those people don't deserve some of the blame, but it's important to remember just how stacked against them the situation is at this point.
The corporate media is essentially running a cult. They set themselves up as the sole arbiters of truth and take deliberate measures to prevent their audience from engaging with any alternative perspectives. Except, where most cult leaders just stumble onto these techniques, these propagandists have meticulously researched and refined them. They identified a weakness in human nature and waged a targeted assault.
It's understandable that many people who weren't even aware of what's going on would be ensnared. If we are going to reverse that, we need to recognize those people for what they are: victims. In the same way that the corporate media has developed its techniques for ensnaring them, we need to research and develop our own techniques to liberate them.
I'm not saying those people don't deserve some of the blame, but it's important to remember just how stacked against them the situation is at this point.
The corporate media is essentially running a cult. They set themselves up as the sole arbiters of truth and take deliberate measures to prevent their audience from engaging with any alternative perspectives. Except, where most cult leaders just stumble onto these techniques, these propagandists have meticulously researched and refined them. They identified a weakness in human nature and waged a targeted assault.
It's understandable that many people who weren't even aware of what's going on would be ensnared. If we are going to reverse that, we need to recognize those people for what they are: victims. In the same way that the corporate media has developed its techniques for ensnaring them, we need to research and develop our own techniques to liberate them.