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68 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress 11 Apr \ on: Propaganda From History was So In Your Face Politics_And_Law
I highly recommend Jacques Ellul's book Propaganda, The Formation of Men's Attitudes for anyone seriously interested in this kind of stuff.
It is a dense text, but basically the handbook on propaganda in the 20th century. He makes some fascinating arguments such as it is those who think they are immune from propaganda who are most susceptible, in particular the intellectuals with their facts and figures (See, Covid).
Propaganda can only ever enhance or tweak deep-seated existing prejudices or beliefs. Some propaganda is designed to lay mental frameworks (telegraphing something prior to it happening), where as others are designed for calls to action (you need to ACT now).
The WW1 music you mention might not designed for thinkers like you, it is the Tik Tok dancing nurses equivalent during covid. But then as now there were also very sophisticated arguments floating around that attempted to make geopolitical or other moral / economic arguments to satisfy the intellectuals for the necessity of war, etc.
I did an episode that touches a little bit on this on The Transformation of Value.
One of my favourite Hong Kong films.
I miss the "Snailposting until $100K" posts by @orthwyrm, whatever happened to them?
Thank you anon. I guess bigger amounts get auto withdrawn to my wallet, but I can see I got some CCs now...
I’m joined again by James Viggiano.
We ask: How do smaller currencies like the Kiwi Dollar (New Zealand Dollar) survive in a US Dollar dominant world? Is there a deeper geopolitical reason for the push for Central Bank Digital Currencies? Is the fight for physical cash a red herring when most transactions are already digital? And what is the role of Bitcoin in all of this?
I've found as I get older (in my early 30s) I've made more friends than in my 20s. I like to think I have become a better listener and more open-minded actually. I have drifted away from people I knew in the old days, but that is natural and to be expected.
I think it is about committing to making time for people on a regular basis, which is a lot easier when it is done for you in school etc. As you get older you have to take ownership of this aspect yourself.