We Are Livestock. It Was All a Lie. - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6g40CYvcb0

This builds on, and updates, Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQXsPU25B60

#Media #SocialMedia #SocialManipulation #Press #Journalism #Propaganda #ManufacturingConsent

We Are Livestock. It Was All a Lie.

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The new media weapons of war

Israel has lost favour with US public opinion. Aware of the danger this poses, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced the opening of an ‘eighth front’, the ‘battle for truth’, in order to win back hearts and minds. Tel Aviv has never neglected this dimension, but previous efforts have mainly focused on the traditional media. But, as Netanyahu told US influencers in New York on 26 September, ‘weapons change over time … the most important ones are the social media.’

https://quokk.au/c/world/p/491230/the-new-media-weapons-of-war

The new media weapons of war

Israel has lost favour with US public opinion. Aware of the danger this poses, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced the opening of an ‘e…

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What I want is what you do not have: actually human-curated feeds about #life#online and off — and not #clickbait and #pleastoemotion and other #tools of #socialmanipulation steadily #exploited to #control / #disrupt online #community and #communitybuilding.

If you do not have the volunteer force to do this, I would suggest you not make false claims that a script or prediction #algorithm (AI) is 'curated" content.

@TCatInReality @GottaLaff

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Anti-Intellectualism Is Killing America

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/our-humanity-naturally/201506/anti-intellectualism-is-killing-america

Social dysfunction can be traced to the abandonment of reason.

Key Points
* Ignorance, or an aversion to reason, has allowed things like gun violence and racism to define American culture.
* Anti-intellectual societies fall prey to tribalism and simplistic explanations, are emotionally immature, and often seek violent solutions.
* Corporate interests encourage anti-intellectualism, conditioning Americans into conformity and passive acceptance of institutional dominance.

#chatteleconomy #socialmanipulation #classwar #psychologicalwarfare #indirectplutocracy #publicassault #exploitation #theft #control #corporatism #dystopia

Anti-Intellectualism Is Killing America

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/our-humanity-naturally/201506/anti-intellectualism-is-killing-america

Social dysfunction can be traced to the abandonment of reason.

Key Points
* Ignorance, or an aversion to reason, has allowed things like gun violence and racism to define American culture.
* Anti-intellectual societies fall prey to tribalism and simplistic explanations, are emotionally immature, and often seek violent solutions.
* Corporate interests encourage anti-intellectualism, conditioning Americans into conformity and passive acceptance of institutional dominance.

#chatteleconomy #socialmanipulation #classwar #psychologicalwarfare #indirectplutocracy #publicassault #exploitation #theft #control #corporatism #dystopia

Anti-Intellectualism Is Killing America

Social dysfunction can be traced to the abandonment of reason.

Psychology Today

Betting apps user plans to sue gambling companies

#advertising #gambling #GamblingApps #loneliness #satire #SocialManipulation

Gambling app user had seen all the adverts on TV for the bingo, casino and sport betting companies and knew what to expect. He was severely disappointed and plans to sue.

https://daily-twerk.com/general/betting-apps-user-plans-to-sue-gambling-companies/

Betting apps user plans to sue gambling companies – The Daily Twerk

Just because we live in a small country in a remote corner of the world doesn't mean we won't be affected by this. You just have to look at how much the rapid rise of misinformation has already changed our social fabric for the worse in a very short time i.e. three years. Be ready!
#misinformation #SocialManipulation #media #politics #control #AotearoaNewZealand

https://t.co/o3JS3IVjOq?s=09

We are all collateral (Part 1)

The great power dimension to information warfare

Feijoa Dispatch

Israel police are using NSO’s Pegasus spyware on the country’s own citizens, including opponents of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. NSO had previously claimed that Pegasus would not be used within Israel.

The phone hacks are said to have been carried out without warrants and without any judicial oversight.

#spyware #socialManipulation #censorship

https://9to5mac.com/2022/01/18/israel-police-pegasus-spyware/

Israel police reportedly use Pegasus spyware on country's own citizens, without warrants

It's being reported today that Israel police are using NSO's Pegasus spyware on the country's own citizens, including opponents of...

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It was 1992 when this documentary was released. It could seem outdated, but it's a great way to understand better the mechanisms that underlie the contemporary ones.

#NoamChomsky #Media #MediaManipulation #SocialManipulation #Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuwmWnphqII&t=107s

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media - Feature Film

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