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> and even normalizes the object of satire That's the genius of the "manufacture of consent" techniques developed since the XVIII century. Advertising refined

> and even normalizes the object of satire That's the genius of the "manufacture of consent" techniques developed since the XVIII century. Advertising refined to nth degree conquers (almost) all. Nothing short of blind fanatical rejection can withstand it, but even that is contained into a few pockets and used as a bogeyman. "If you want a picture of the future, imagine an advertisement shoved on a human face - forever." (Sorry, Eric.)

icanhackit 10y ago
> If you want a picture of the future, imagine... There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the brand of phone in your pocket. There will be no love, except the love of celebrities #0000A through #9999F. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of pity over a defeated reality TV show contestant.
SkyMarshal 10y ago
>Nothing short of blind fanatical rejection can withstand it, but even that is contained into a few pockets and used as a bogeyman. I'm sure most HN readers already know this, but just feel the need to shout out to Snowcrash, one of the more interesting literary treatments of this topic. The thesis being that most humans are susceptible to NLP mind control except a small subset who happen to have the supremely logical minds of systems engineers. They had to first be taken out by a mind bomb cleverly concealed in visual display static.
- DanBC 10y ago
  And that bit of Snowcrash always reminds me of Blit, a short story published in Interzone. It's got a few mentions on HN before too. http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm