10-31-2024, 07:26 AM
I find myself remembering that the 'will' of leaders, is not to be confused with the 'will' of those they lead.
Most wars and aggression (perhaps even all) are the result of the posture and intent of very few.
Putin is not "Russia." Trump, Biden, etc. are not "America."
The antipathy stoked and nurtured by activist journalists and their editors, is not "what people think"... it's what their audience is being told they should think...
Propaganda is a form of cultivation... a form of curation... which would be completely acceptable... as long as the informed audience remains free to think and consider for themselves. Where they are not free, where they are not informed... it takes the form of a disease.
I refuse to be told what "we" think, and I refuse to accept that the utterances of "leaders" can rightly be considered what 'their people' think.
I call attention to the reality that those spewing the most blatant hatred mostly never directly 'participate' in the conflict... they are content watching others pay the price of their 'position' from a position far removed from any danger.
Most wars and aggression (perhaps even all) are the result of the posture and intent of very few.
Putin is not "Russia." Trump, Biden, etc. are not "America."
The antipathy stoked and nurtured by activist journalists and their editors, is not "what people think"... it's what their audience is being told they should think...
Propaganda is a form of cultivation... a form of curation... which would be completely acceptable... as long as the informed audience remains free to think and consider for themselves. Where they are not free, where they are not informed... it takes the form of a disease.
I refuse to be told what "we" think, and I refuse to accept that the utterances of "leaders" can rightly be considered what 'their people' think.
I call attention to the reality that those spewing the most blatant hatred mostly never directly 'participate' in the conflict... they are content watching others pay the price of their 'position' from a position far removed from any danger.
