Basically, but personally I think that people are trying to pay more attention but the tools and methods for attention/information control have gotten so much b

Basically, but personally I think that people are trying to pay more attention but the tools and methods for attention/information control have gotten so much better that the end effect is similar. Most people think about politics in terms of how much they can trust individual politicians to tell the truth or maybe in terms of spin and narratives and talking points. But we live in a world where people like Vladislav Surkov exist [1][2][3], the professionals are working at a level that is barely understandable to the rest of us. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Surkov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Surkov [2] http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21577421-what-departure-vladislav-surkov-means-government-ideologues-exit http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21577421-what-departure... (from 2013, Surkov is currently a personal advisor to Putin) [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyop0d30UqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyop0d30UqQ