Let us reason together
We are living through a MASS media image by image reality and the horror is propaganda does the brain work within the propaganda paradigm. Truth is co-created by propaganda deception.
To the extent that propaganda is based on current news, it cannot permit time for thought or reflection. A man caught up in the news must remain on the surface of the event; he is carried along in the current, and can at no time take a respite to judge and appreciate; he can never stop to reflect. (Ellul)
Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world.
Propaganda traffics mostly in emotions, and not just negative ones. Propagandists appeal to our fears but also to our courage, our hatred, and our love.
Please do your part today to keep alive the flickering flames of originality.
Too busy to closely examine? Yes, that pertains.
See the first 2 excerpts here on how that is done.
https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/but-not-simpler