You call that an argument? You're hardly supporting your claims by fusing me of being "agitated". You really have nothing better to do than literally troll a comment section of substack?
You call that an argument? You're hardly supporting your claims by fusing me of being "agitated". You really have nothing better to do than literally troll a comment section of substack?
There are a lot of nuances that some may not be fully appreciating.
I'd like to add that there is mass induced psychosis (my term) and lifelong indoctrination which creates much of the death cult compliance.
French philosopher and self avowed Marxist Louis Althusser touched upon this in his seminal essay Ideological State Apparatus.
Mass induced psychosis is as real as it is deliberate and it is all pervasive via media, BigTech, and various other State propaganda nodes.
We see the work of Leni Riefenstah and how she mass induced hatred through her powerful films, or Joseph Goebbels and his ministry of propaganda. If mass induced psychosis did not work, then our enemies would not be actively deploying it against us 24/7/365.
Mass induced psychosis puts the blame squarely on TPTB and is wholly inorganic whereas Desmet claims that his mass formation IS organic and not centrally planned. And this is the crux of the matter.
Nearly 100 years ago, Edward Bernays wrote the following:
"We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind...and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world." -- Edward Bernays, "Propaganda", chapter 1 (1928)
It doesn't get much more clear than this. Bernays, the "father of public relations", was an advisor to CBS founder William Paley. Paley was also a long-time member of the CFR, which has "controlled the public mind" with increasing sophistication to "bind and guide the world" ever since.
Gents, thanks, but BernaysтАЩs work was certainly not lost on me. I donтАЩt see any contradiction here. I think CJ and 2nd have been overzealous, if not in their characterisation of DesmetтАЩs position, then in the significance they ascribe to that particular position, at the expense of all else that the work has to offer. Simple as that. Thanks.
RE: "Mass induced psychosis puts the blame squarely on TPTB", I agree completely. I think leading with this argument would have been the ideal way to approach this from the start as this is not how it came across... Ditto for CJ's article, assuming he agrees with you here.
RE: "... is wholly inorganic whereas Desmet claims that his mass formation IS organic and not centrally planned." I did feel Desmet was soft or noncommittal in ascribing blame for the Mass Formation Psychosis, but maybe he did not feel competent to do so at the time. And, it is certainly possible to set something "organic" in motion. Regarding it "not being centrally planned" did Desmet truly take that position? I think I would remember if he had, but I don't honestly recall, so I'm asking?
Is it possible that this is a squabble over terminology? BTW, I like your term better.
You call that an argument? You're hardly supporting your claims by fusing me of being "agitated". You really have nothing better to do than literally troll a comment section of substack?
There are a lot of nuances that some may not be fully appreciating.
I'd like to add that there is mass induced psychosis (my term) and lifelong indoctrination which creates much of the death cult compliance.
French philosopher and self avowed Marxist Louis Althusser touched upon this in his seminal essay Ideological State Apparatus.
Mass induced psychosis is as real as it is deliberate and it is all pervasive via media, BigTech, and various other State propaganda nodes.
We see the work of Leni Riefenstah and how she mass induced hatred through her powerful films, or Joseph Goebbels and his ministry of propaganda. If mass induced psychosis did not work, then our enemies would not be actively deploying it against us 24/7/365.
Mass induced psychosis puts the blame squarely on TPTB and is wholly inorganic whereas Desmet claims that his mass formation IS organic and not centrally planned. And this is the crux of the matter.
I hope that helps.
Nearly 100 years ago, Edward Bernays wrote the following:
"We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind...and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world." -- Edward Bernays, "Propaganda", chapter 1 (1928)
archive.org/details/bernays-edward-l.-propaganda-1928-1936_202107/page/9/mode/2up
It doesn't get much more clear than this. Bernays, the "father of public relations", was an advisor to CBS founder William Paley. Paley was also a long-time member of the CFR, which has "controlled the public mind" with increasing sophistication to "bind and guide the world" ever since.
Precisely!
I will add this quote to the latest article i just posted.
Thanks.
Gents, thanks, but BernaysтАЩs work was certainly not lost on me. I donтАЩt see any contradiction here. I think CJ and 2nd have been overzealous, if not in their characterisation of DesmetтАЩs position, then in the significance they ascribe to that particular position, at the expense of all else that the work has to offer. Simple as that. Thanks.
RE: "Mass induced psychosis puts the blame squarely on TPTB", I agree completely. I think leading with this argument would have been the ideal way to approach this from the start as this is not how it came across... Ditto for CJ's article, assuming he agrees with you here.
RE: "... is wholly inorganic whereas Desmet claims that his mass formation IS organic and not centrally planned." I did feel Desmet was soft or noncommittal in ascribing blame for the Mass Formation Psychosis, but maybe he did not feel competent to do so at the time. And, it is certainly possible to set something "organic" in motion. Regarding it "not being centrally planned" did Desmet truly take that position? I think I would remember if he had, but I don't honestly recall, so I'm asking?
Is it possible that this is a squabble over terminology? BTW, I like your term better.