“… All this bickering and squabbling about whose voice should be uplifted as trustworthy and whose voice should be squelched as untrustworthy is just a manifestation of the fact that powerful people understand something most ordinary members of the public do not: that whoever controls the narrative controls the world. If you can exert control over the way people perceive reality, then you can control reality itself.
Until the public becomes more aware of this fact, our lives will be subject to the whims of oligarchs, government agencies, and mass media propagandists….“
The public isn’t aware. Go look at how many people, including those who claim to be aware, that spend their time on Facebook and Twitter etc, getting manipulated and brainwashed.
E.E. Shatschneider wrote the book on this back in the 70's, 'The Semi-Sovereign People'. His quote was "The supreme instrument of power is control of the alternatives."
“… All this bickering and squabbling about whose voice should be uplifted as trustworthy and whose voice should be squelched as untrustworthy is just a manifestation of the fact that powerful people understand something most ordinary members of the public do not: that whoever controls the narrative controls the world. If you can exert control over the way people perceive reality, then you can control reality itself.
Until the public becomes more aware of this fact, our lives will be subject to the whims of oligarchs, government agencies, and mass media propagandists….“
The public isn’t aware. Go look at how many people, including those who claim to be aware, that spend their time on Facebook and Twitter etc, getting manipulated and brainwashed.
Busy manufacturing our consent. Without that the powerful would be nowhere.
E.E. Shatschneider wrote the book on this back in the 70's, 'The Semi-Sovereign People'. His quote was "The supreme instrument of power is control of the alternatives."