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It’s like every time they say some big guy in North Korea got executed because South Korean intelligence said so and then reappears a few months later. Never b

by jeoqn 4y ago

It’s like every time they say some big guy in North Korea got executed because South Korean intelligence said so and then reappears a few months later. Never believe the media.

unity1001 4y ago
Yep. I guess they now prefer smearing about such normal citizens because they are much less visible than NK dignitaries since they can easily be spotted in TV broadcasts. To discover that such 'disappeared' ordinary people are actually living their lives, some TV must go there, find them and interview them. And when they do, it doesn't do much impact outside the targeted countries anyways because the Western press has already moved on. The targeted country's TVs' reports never make it into the Western press in the first place anyway. ... But, after 20 years of following geopolitics and social matters out of interest, my current opinion is that this kind of thing works because certain demographics in the West ! like ! it. Smears, reviling of others, the talk of danger, tyranny, war, immigrants, hatred etc. Leaving aside the social study cases like Brexit debacle, the presence of Murdoch press can only be explained with that. This social trait seems to be the #1 manipulation tool that the establishment uses in such countries.
- mantas 4y ago
  I'd say #1 manipulation tool in the West is to pretend that Fukyama's End-of-History is truth. And then pretend that everything is nice and fluffy. While brushing all the issues under the carpet.
  - unity1001 4y ago
    > And then pretend that everything is nice and fluffy. You hit a jackpot there. I think that is what is behind the observed easy-to-deceive nature of these demographics. It looks like in these countries there is a need to make themselves believe that things are at least 'okay', or at least there is 'hope' for the future. This allows them to easily get manipulated into believing whatever feeds that bias.
    - mantas 4y ago
      I'd rather say that there's a need to make people think they shouldn't even look for possible dangers. Everything is nice, period. Only thing to be afraid of is anyone telling you that something is wrong or dangerous.

by jeoqn 4y ago

It’s like every time they say some big guy in North Korea got executed because South Korean intelligence said so and then reappears a few months later. Never believe the media.

unity1001 4y ago

Yep. I guess they now prefer smearing about such normal citizens because they are much less visible than NK dignitaries since they can easily be spotted in TV broadcasts. To discover that such 'disappeared' ordinary people are actually living their lives, some TV must go there, find them and interview them. And when they do, it doesn't do much impact outside the targeted countries anyways because the Western press has already moved on. The targeted country's TVs' reports never make it into the Western press in the first place anyway. ... But, after 20 years of following geopolitics and social matters out of interest, my current opinion is that this kind of thing works because certain demographics in the West ! like ! it. Smears, reviling of others, the talk of danger, tyranny, war, immigrants, hatred etc. Leaving aside the social study cases like Brexit debacle, the presence of Murdoch press can only be explained with that. This social trait seems to be the #1 manipulation tool that the establishment uses in such countries.

mantas 4y ago
I'd say #1 manipulation tool in the West is to pretend that Fukyama's End-of-History is truth. And then pretend that everything is nice and fluffy. While brushing all the issues under the carpet.
- unity1001 4y ago
  > And then pretend that everything is nice and fluffy. You hit a jackpot there. I think that is what is behind the observed easy-to-deceive nature of these demographics. It looks like in these countries there is a need to make themselves believe that things are at least 'okay', or at least there is 'hope' for the future. This allows them to easily get manipulated into believing whatever feeds that bias.
  - mantas 4y ago
    I'd rather say that there's a need to make people think they shouldn't even look for possible dangers. Everything is nice, period. Only thing to be afraid of is anyone telling you that something is wrong or dangerous.