#44 - Propaganda: Agitating the Inner Ape

Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 1:01 p.m.

b'Agitation and Integration: two often closely related but very different types of propagandas: one used to provoke internal conflict the other to shape members of a population into a mold.\\xa0Agitation: The propaganda of insurgency and\\xa0revolution.\\xa0Includes how internal enemies are used as scapegoats to manufacture then exploit hatreds as means to an insurgent\'s end, Mao\'s view on "the enemy residing in every man" and fitting him into the "Socialist Mold", Hitler\'s internal agitation, spontaneous volunteer propagandists, and how facts and "truth" are irrelevant to the person burning with primal hatred.\\xa0\\nALSO:\\xa0\\nAgitation propaganda during the American Revolution\\xa0\\nTriggering revolution by provoking hate? It\'s easy!\\nExploiting hatred and the path to genocide\\nHatred: small investment, high return\\nAgitation and Integration can be used simultaneously\\nUtopia is totalitarian\\nIntellectuals: More susceptible to integration propaganda than dolts\\nIntellectuals and self-bigotry\\n"Can I hate you?"\\nJustification, rationalization\\xa0and stampeding enraged elephants\\nAgitation to Integration: extremely difficult\\nSuccessful Agitation + Failed Integration = Mob Rule\\nWinter Is Here\\nYep. It\'s a doozy.\\xa0\\nJacques Ellul\'s "Propaganda":\\xa0https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747\\n*Like it? Share it.\\n*More: www.escapingthecave.com'