That’s insane… but yeah, considering how long ago this was (relatively), it makes sense how covertly he was seeding these ideas. Nowadays it’s a much dumber version of that, but still the same theme and intention. The goal is still to commandeer pre-existing ideas or interests and try to force it to be viewed through their absurd lens.
Well it doesn’t help that the ideas available to commandeer often already have nationalistic, hetero/cis, white, legalist, idealist views on how things work. We also have to account for hegemony, that these views are being promoted by major media corpos, people with complaints about it are let go and replaced with Bari Weiss. It isn’t just ideas in the abstract, it is material and practical. Grifters push these ideas but gradual changes in peoples lived experiences validate these new ideas. Not saying the ideas are true, but that peoples conditions are illusory as well.
Like just because it is a grift doesn’t mean the conditions for it aren’t ripe. Ideas can be structural, like language.
Not trying to correct a view, just elaborate a bit
Totally! I appreciate the conversation and not taking it any other way.
Also really starts to make sense why they target young people who haven’t had the education, life experience, or honestly just brain development to critically analyze the world view they were conditioned to have by all those sources.
Yeah I think there’s something to getting them while they’re young. Its like if you can convince people of some really bad ideas for a little while, even if they change their mind there’s still been some reinforcement of those ideas.
Also i think watching the same algo served content actually rewires peoples brains. Which is easier when the wiring isn’t real well developed yet.
Holy crap…
That’s insane… but yeah, considering how long ago this was (relatively), it makes sense how covertly he was seeding these ideas. Nowadays it’s a much dumber version of that, but still the same theme and intention. The goal is still to commandeer pre-existing ideas or interests and try to force it to be viewed through their absurd lens.
Well it doesn’t help that the ideas available to commandeer often already have nationalistic, hetero/cis, white, legalist, idealist views on how things work. We also have to account for hegemony, that these views are being promoted by major media corpos, people with complaints about it are let go and replaced with Bari Weiss. It isn’t just ideas in the abstract, it is material and practical. Grifters push these ideas but gradual changes in peoples lived experiences validate these new ideas. Not saying the ideas are true, but that peoples conditions are illusory as well.
Like just because it is a grift doesn’t mean the conditions for it aren’t ripe. Ideas can be structural, like language.
Not trying to correct a view, just elaborate a bit
Totally! I appreciate the conversation and not taking it any other way.
Also really starts to make sense why they target young people who haven’t had the education, life experience, or honestly just brain development to critically analyze the world view they were conditioned to have by all those sources.
Yeah I think there’s something to getting them while they’re young. Its like if you can convince people of some really bad ideas for a little while, even if they change their mind there’s still been some reinforcement of those ideas.
Also i think watching the same algo served content actually rewires peoples brains. Which is easier when the wiring isn’t real well developed yet.