#37 - Propaganda: Intellectual Autonomy & Banishing Fabricants

Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 1:08 p.m.

How propaganda acts as an informational virus to destroy critical thought and alienate the person from himself. More on data overload, the uninformed Current Events Man knowing a little about everything and a lot about nothing, mistaking feelings for thought, having to accept or reject an entire doctrine in total, losing intellectual autonomy, and how artificial tensions are often accompanied by dubious solutions.\xa0\nALSO:\nArtificial solutions to real needs\nReal\xa0solutions to artificial needs\n"Influencers", their product, and their Patreon\nThe Tribal Dance of Rhetorical Fuckery\nWe're a\xa0species of\xa0sleazy lawyers and pathological liars\nSelf-stereotyping caricatures\nIt's fine to generalize\xa0then exile sectarian fabricants\nJacques Ellul's "Propaganda":\xa0https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747\n\xa0\n*Like it? \xa0Share it.\n*More: www.escapingthecave.com