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>Information overflow and deflection through a sheer barrage of garbage and misinformation seems to be the new Nothing new actually. The whole concept is prett
by ss248 8y ago
>Information overflow and deflection through a sheer barrage of garbage and misinformation seems to be the new
Nothing new actually. The whole concept is pretty old.
Looks like after trying to follow "guidelines" from Orwell's "1984", we are just trying Huxley's "Brave New World".
- xster 8y ago> Looks like after trying to follow "guidelines" from Orwell's "1984", we are just trying Huxley's "Brave New World". This guy gets it. I absolutely agree that China needs the searing scrutiny of the world for the sake of its people and the world but China is also still in absolute infantile stages of propaganda sophistication. Straight up censorships and news suppressions are things the West did in WWI. Astroturfing is a step up but operating under the premise of a palatable freedom of information and political choice while being inundated with what to think without ever receiving 'literal fake news' is light-years ahead of China.
- pteredactyl 8y agoYea, I'd argue the whole goal of Western government operators is to create a well-oiled propaganda machine. Everything else is a negotiation.