I feel enriched by your and Prof. Diesen's willingness to wade into these waters, and with such quiet competence and humanity. Mass hypnotic entrancening via MSM is a crucial phenomenon. Those awake to it, aware of it, or having been trained in but rejecting it find precious few similar minds speaking with such precision, fierce compassion, and gravitas as yours and Prof. Diesen’s. Refreshing.
(There are many "anti MSM" voices, but they're generally reactionary rather than analytical/reflective. Understandable I guess. Some of them, now/recently, are masking as such to create the illusion of opposition while delivering people to their intended messaging.)
The structure or framing or pre-loaded linguistic weaponry of propaganda is a potent instrument of mind control. I’ve long wished we could create online classical rhetoric projects to teach people how these manipulations work. Help them see how language can be weaponized. Help them see how the automation of these tactics creates a full-scale assault on their sense of reality. Instead, toddlers are given Palm Slabs and taught to grunt and spew for dopamine hits.
You wrote:
>[i]f you accept the premise that it was unprovoked, then Russia is a villain. Full stop. No context. No negotiation. No history. And if you start *there*, you never ask about NATO expansion. You never ask about the 2014 Maidan coup. You never ask about the eight years of shelling in the Donbas.
A prime example of how this toolkit operates, deftly expressed. This should be one of the first, most elemental, things taught to young people in their schooling. Awareness of language selection. Then on top of that the "archaeological" skills to dig down in to the realities the language is ostensibly expressing.
Outstanding interview. Thank you.
thank you for reading!
I feel enriched by your and Prof. Diesen's willingness to wade into these waters, and with such quiet competence and humanity. Mass hypnotic entrancening via MSM is a crucial phenomenon. Those awake to it, aware of it, or having been trained in but rejecting it find precious few similar minds speaking with such precision, fierce compassion, and gravitas as yours and Prof. Diesen’s. Refreshing.
(There are many "anti MSM" voices, but they're generally reactionary rather than analytical/reflective. Understandable I guess. Some of them, now/recently, are masking as such to create the illusion of opposition while delivering people to their intended messaging.)
The structure or framing or pre-loaded linguistic weaponry of propaganda is a potent instrument of mind control. I’ve long wished we could create online classical rhetoric projects to teach people how these manipulations work. Help them see how language can be weaponized. Help them see how the automation of these tactics creates a full-scale assault on their sense of reality. Instead, toddlers are given Palm Slabs and taught to grunt and spew for dopamine hits.
You wrote:
>[i]f you accept the premise that it was unprovoked, then Russia is a villain. Full stop. No context. No negotiation. No history. And if you start *there*, you never ask about NATO expansion. You never ask about the 2014 Maidan coup. You never ask about the eight years of shelling in the Donbas.
A prime example of how this toolkit operates, deftly expressed. This should be one of the first, most elemental, things taught to young people in their schooling. Awareness of language selection. Then on top of that the "archaeological" skills to dig down in to the realities the language is ostensibly expressing.
you are spot on!