Taken from two episodes released in 2019, I begin laying the 2023 foundation for a return to my unfinished series focussing on Jacques Ellul's book, Propaganda. This episode focused on how propaganda severs the individual from themselves, robs them of their intellectual autonomy, and "crystallizes" inseminated thoughts, opinions, and agendas, inside the propagandee host. It then uses slogans, symbols, stereotypes, agitprop, and the warm glow of tribal fellowship, to turn them into malleable proselytes and militants always awaiting their righteous marching orders. More of what’s covered: a preview of what’s to come and having the real Courage to be Disliked as opposed to surrendering to fear and social momentum to avoid the pain, and punishment, of leaving a group.
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Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747
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#114 - B for Boomerang
[Micropod] Our Great War
[Micropod] Social Media’s Ministry of Truth
#113 - Our November Surprise, TikTok, and Rocks From Uranus
#112 - Storytellers, Truth, and The Great War of the 21st Century
[Reload] Iceberg Ahoy! Validation Junkies & The Chosen Ones (9/10/19)
[Reload] Story: The Propaganda Paradox (5-9-20)
[Reload] All You Need Is Doubt (1/4/21)
#111 - Tribal By Nature & The Invasive Species
[Micropod] Murrow to FOX & CNN: From News to Monetized Propaganda
#110 - The Cost of Courage & The Limits of Anti-Vax Empathy
#109 - Backdoor Reparations & Unity Via Division
#108 - My Team Bullsh*t: Private Lives & Public Health
#107 - Social Media Avatars: Crazy, Stupid, or Full of Sh*t?
#106 - Political Cults & Mobs 101
#105 - Exploration, Evolution, Death of a Propagandist
#104 - Leaders, Puppets, Boils, and Show Trials
#103 - From Moralist to Tyrant or The Fanatic's Imperative
#102 - The Other Insurgency & Where's Our Hashtag?
#101 - Post-Trump Stress Disorder & Tech's Theocracy
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