#133 - Proselytes & Militants Revisited: Indoctrination's Long March

Published: May 3, 2024, 9:35 a.m.

A followup to the last episode. After watching our indoctrinated sleeper cells come to life, it's a good time to revisit Ellul's book, Propaganda, and put it thru the filter of the last few weeks.\xa0\n\xa0\nNotes from 2019: Ellul's ideas on pre-propaganda, propaganda's conditioned reflexes, myths, and "orthopraxy". Including the triggering of active and passive action (activists, influencers, collaborators), widespread participation by "committed" zealots, the separation between thought and action, exploiting the abyss between what we say and what we do, mobilizing men for action counter to their own values, and being unable to reverse ourselves once "action" has begun.\n\xa0\nJacques Ellul's "Propaganda":\xa0https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747\nLike it? Share it!\nMore: https://toddzillax.substack.com/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjdLR140l--HufeRSAnj91A\n\xa0\nSM7B