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Security theater, political theater, Broadway -- it's all theater. Chomsky and Edward Herman go over this in detail in "Manufacturing Consent" (http://en.wikip
by espeed 15y ago
Security theater, political theater, Broadway -- it's all theater.
Chomsky and Edward Herman go over this in detail in "Manufacturing Consent" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent:_The_Political_Economy_of_the_Mass_Media http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent:_The_Poli...).
When the public starts to see it for what it is, it will lose its effect, and the playwrights will have to find a new tactic.
- Vivtek 15y agoWhich is great - except that the public will never, ever see it for what it is. Or rather, said insight on the part of the public will be treated with the same respect as any other conspiracy theory. (Oil companies colluding to raise the price of oil! Ha! That would never happen in our free-market system!)
- espeed 15y agoEvidently, but it crossed over into the theater of the absurd years ago. I would be curious to hear from those who don't see it, what is your perspective?