Manipulation and Mass Popular Delusion

[indigobusiness]

Now that our 'Media Culture' has fully blosssomed into a contemporary Tower of Babel, the public discourse has been swamped by input and has degenterated into indecipherable noise.

The political contest is no longer one of real issues and a consideration of fact. It is a struggle to out manipulate the masses. They who create the biggest superficial stink, or come up with the snappier slogans which resonate with a majority of the electorate...these are the folks that win. Facts be damned.

We are truly living in Lalaland.

[liberalmom]

1. I'm fed up.

The delusional masses are stupid and the rest of the world has to suffer for it.

[indigobusiness]

3. The game's afoot...

and we've shot ourselves in it.

[rucky]

2. Top story: Christ has been put back into Christmas

film at 11

[Al-CIAda]

4. You are correct

Mass hysteria and conditioning: Sept 11th-

http://geekt.org/gopconstrm.mov

[ailsagirl]

5. Thank God we aren't sucked into their abyss of lies...

At least we recognize them (repugs) for what they are-- sadly, many people are nothing more than SHEEP

[indigobusiness]

7. Maybe not, but the point is that all sides are caught up in the game.

And everybody is losing.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. Bill Moyers' excellent speech on this very topic linked. mp3 or stream

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/24/1731220

[indigobusiness]

8. Thanks

I'm going to miss him on PBS. That place is changing.