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On that note, I recently found out about a term “Tittytainement”, coined by Zbigniew Berzinski, a national US security advisor in the 90s. Message was that due

On that note, I recently found out about a term “Tittytainement”, coined by Zbigniew Berzinski, a national US security advisor in the 90s. Message was that due to globalization, a 20/80 split in the job market was inevitable. So there needs to he work done on placating and nursing unrest by distracting people with movies, sports etc.. This was during the 1995 World State Forum. I tried to look up any more material whether that any concrete actions were taken place but couldn’t.

schoen 5y ago
> Message was that due to globalization, a 20/80 split in the job market was inevitable. So there needs to he work done on placating and nursing unrest by distracting people with movies, sports etc.. This reminds me of the "entertainers" in the Civilization series, where you can convert some workers into professional entertainers who help alleviate discontent that would otherwise throw a city into civil disorder.
- bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  Seems like Xi Jinping has decided to put a stop to the entertainers in China: https://scholars-stage.org/xi-jinpings-war-on-spontaneous-order/ https://scholars-stage.org/xi-jinpings-war-on-spontaneous-or... Interesting how "the market" has seemingly spontaneously created things like YouTubers, TikTokers, Instagram influencers, etc. Wherever there is money to be made, someone's there. Political news is hot in the attention economy? Macedonians make fake news sites with Google ads: https://money.cnn.com/interactive/media/the-macedonia-story/ https://money.cnn.com/interactive/media/the-macedonia-story/
Jtsummers 5y ago
That's a similar premise to the Roman notion of bread and circuses. Given the when for this that you provided, there was apparently a book in 1996 that describes the 20/80 society. The term "tittytainment" was, per wiktionary, coined by Brzezinski, but he was not in any kind of public office in the 1990s, he held the National Security Advisor position in the 70s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Global_Trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Global_Trap
- wara23arish 5y ago
  Thank you for the correction and the reference.

schoen 5y ago

> Message was that due to globalization, a 20/80 split in the job market was inevitable. So there needs to he work done on placating and nursing unrest by distracting people with movies, sports etc.. This reminds me of the "entertainers" in the Civilization series, where you can convert some workers into professional entertainers who help alleviate discontent that would otherwise throw a city into civil disorder.

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Seems like Xi Jinping has decided to put a stop to the entertainers in China: https://scholars-stage.org/xi-jinpings-war-on-spontaneous-order/ https://scholars-stage.org/xi-jinpings-war-on-spontaneous-or... Interesting how "the market" has seemingly spontaneously created things like YouTubers, TikTokers, Instagram influencers, etc. Wherever there is money to be made, someone's there. Political news is hot in the attention economy? Macedonians make fake news sites with Google ads: https://money.cnn.com/interactive/media/the-macedonia-story/ https://money.cnn.com/interactive/media/the-macedonia-story/

Jtsummers 5y ago

That's a similar premise to the Roman notion of bread and circuses. Given the when for this that you provided, there was apparently a book in 1996 that describes the 20/80 society. The term "tittytainment" was, per wiktionary, coined by Brzezinski, but he was not in any kind of public office in the 1990s, he held the National Security Advisor position in the 70s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Global_Trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Global_Trap

wara23arish 5y ago
Thank you for the correction and the reference.