i never really understood this entirely. please explain
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PurestEvil on scored.co
1 year ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)
For one, audio-visual manipulation is quite effective, better than only one out of two. You can turn off a radio and disagree, you can stop reading a book and disagree, a black-white movie won't convey much, but movies can convey seemingly realistic environments, occurrences and characters that doesn't require imagination.
You can put together EXACTLY what you want to convey in the way you want. And it is best when it's subtle. The main story, the characters all can be fictional - that's not what causes the manipulation.
But the smart negro at the desk in the future, the cunning-convincing pajeeta, the oh-so random cast of all sorts of races and genders of background or side characters. It all conveys the idea of normality. It's not discussed why niggers happen to be in space in 2-3 centuries, they just are. And not only won't you question it, you subconsciously adopt that idea. Ah, that wild strang-smart wahmen character just happens to be the best in what she does, and nobody can match her. Her competition are men anyway btw, and they fail. So you may like her as a character, know that it's all fiction, but the sense of equality lingers in you: "Every woman can be as good or better as I am."
Your ideas are continually reaffirmed everywhere you go. If you believe in "equality", you will only gather neutral to positive responses. It's the right thing to believe. And you don't want to be evil, do you?
You don't want to be evil and be needlessly controversial and hated, do you? DO YOU? Just go with the flow. You are a good person if you do it and do not resist our soothing lies. It's a good lie, it makes you look good. If you don't believe it, at least shut up about it. And if you don't, we de-person you.
You can put together EXACTLY what you want to convey in the way you want. And it is best when it's subtle. The main story, the characters all can be fictional - that's not what causes the manipulation.
But the smart negro at the desk in the future, the cunning-convincing pajeeta, the oh-so random cast of all sorts of races and genders of background or side characters. It all conveys the idea of normality. It's not discussed why niggers happen to be in space in 2-3 centuries, they just are. And not only won't you question it, you subconsciously adopt that idea. Ah, that wild strang-smart wahmen character just happens to be the best in what she does, and nobody can match her. Her competition are men anyway btw, and they fail. So you may like her as a character, know that it's all fiction, but the sense of equality lingers in you: "Every woman can be as good or better as I am."
Your ideas are continually reaffirmed everywhere you go. If you believe in "equality", you will only gather neutral to positive responses. It's the right thing to believe. And you don't want to be evil, do you?
You don't want to be evil and be needlessly controversial and hated, do you? DO YOU? Just go with the flow. You are a good person if you do it and do not resist our soothing lies. It's a good lie, it makes you look good. If you don't believe it, at least shut up about it. And if you don't, we de-person you.