by Doug “Uncola” Lynn:.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
– Arendt, Hannah. (1951). “The Origins of Totalitarianism”, Part 3, Ch. 13
Those who have read my previous articles know I have been referencing mainstream media narratives as “reality television” for many years now.
Moreover, my October 2021 article entitled “Dear Remnant: The Best Things in Life are Free” explored how Clownworld was manifesting through the relativism of Orwellian Doublethink, Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Will to Power”, dialectical materialism, Praxis, and gnostic dualism; and, three years before that, the new religion of the Collective was explored in relation to the left/right, black/white, dialectics of Political Darwinism in a 2018 article entitled the “The Tyranny of “The Collective” by the Illusions of Narratives”. The latter article included the following quotation:
A public that can no longer distinguish between truth and fiction is left to interpret reality through illusion. Random facts or obscure bits of data and trivia are used either to bolster illusion and give it credibility, or discarded if they interfere with the message…
When opinions cannot be distinguished from facts, when there is no universal standard to determine truth in law, in science, in scholarship, or in reporting the events of the day, when the most valued skill is the ability to entertain, the world becomes a place where lies become true, where people can believe what they want to believe. This is the real danger of pseudo-events and pseudo-events are far more pernicious than stereotypes. They do not explain reality, as stereotypes attempt to, but replace reality. Pseudo-events redefine reality by the parameters set by their creators. These creators, who make massive profits selling illusions, have a vested interest in maintaining the power structures they control.
– Hedges, Chris (2009). “Empire of Illusion”, Nation Books, New York, NY, 2009, page 51
The Simulacrum exists, but it’s only real if you believe.
Someday soon we’ll stop to ponder what on Earth’s this spell we’re under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are
– Styx, “The Grand Illusion”
Many thanks for this post. I will endeavor to follow up to glean more information. Knowledge is good. It is no longer taught. I’m glad I grew up when the ability to think was a requisite for becoming an adult.