For example, they enjoy punishing those who are
evil by use of force and violence. They look to reduce the new to the old, the
complex to the simple in an attempt to produce the world in their heads as a
constant reminder of a 'self', even if this self is manufactured by dominant
beliefs and society.
"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture." Allen Ginsberg
Of course, visual images are much more powerful in their minds than abstract language, which is why they are easily manipulated by painterly images on TV, the Internet or by celebrity culture. They are overly impressed with and by authority, power and celebrity to the point of worship and abandonment of their own free will to the detriment of their selves and those they say they love. They are eminently ready to be directed and controlled, as long as those doing the controlling flatter them and lead them to believe their views are correct and insightful.
The corporate mass media is structured to appeal to such uncritical personages. Within the diatribe of corporate press, subtle and complex issues are reduced to simplistic formulas ("Get tough on crime! Three strikes and you're out! Adult crime, adult time! You are either for us or against us!"). Spin is everything -- substance is irrelevant.
These people are easy prey for the Machiavellians;
they can be counted on to be their own gravediggers, to work against their real
self and social interests.
"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture." Allen Ginsberg
Of course, visual images are much more powerful in their minds than abstract language, which is why they are easily manipulated by painterly images on TV, the Internet or by celebrity culture. They are overly impressed with and by authority, power and celebrity to the point of worship and abandonment of their own free will to the detriment of their selves and those they say they love. They are eminently ready to be directed and controlled, as long as those doing the controlling flatter them and lead them to believe their views are correct and insightful.
The corporate mass media is structured to appeal to such uncritical personages. Within the diatribe of corporate press, subtle and complex issues are reduced to simplistic formulas ("Get tough on crime! Three strikes and you're out! Adult crime, adult time! You are either for us or against us!"). Spin is everything -- substance is irrelevant.
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