#42 - Propaganda: Contradictions, Agitation Media, Typhoid Mark

Propaganda's ambiguity and contradictions including: creating tensions while relieving others, the Outrage Media Complex and introduction to the companion propagandas: agitation and integration and how they overlap; self-justification and imposed guilt; attachment and ostracizing oneself to join the "enemy; politicization and privatization; "Why die for Danzig?' and how political orphans benefit extremists and authoritarians.ALSO: Andrew Sullivan on the boomerang Post-Truth hatred and division: a bigger threat than climate change Don't blame the bartender for getting you drunk Twitter, Facebook, and Typhoid Mary Atomic Ping Pong Our personal broadcast stations The Russia investigation saved the Democrats Setting up your triage tent Forget the mob; save yourself Information or Propaganda? Can you tell? Does it even matter? The Matrix & Propaganda Jacques Ellul's "Propaganda": https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747*Like the pod? SPREAD IT! You are the "marketing" team.*Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and your favorite podcatcher.*Also check out www.christophermedia.net & www.escapingthecave.com