{"id":59908,"date":"2021-10-16T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59908"},"modified":"2021-10-16T06:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T11:48:00","slug":"the-science-of-propaganda-is-still-being-developed-and-advanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59908","title":{"rendered":"The Science Of Propaganda Is Still Being Developed And Advanced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"0bb9\" class=\"fu dl fv bb fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caityjohnstone.medium.com\/the-science-of-propaganda-is-still-being-developed-and-advanced-59c16cf08086\">The Science Of Propaganda Is Still Being Developed And Advanced<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"hm hn fd fe paragraph-image\">\n<div class=\"ho hp ap hq w hr\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">\n<div class=\"fd fe hl\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"w hs ht\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/max\/1400\/0*d5pqxR1LuAKKwS7-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"e37b\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><a class=\"dy is\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/the-science-of-propaganda-is-still-being-developed-and-advanced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\"><em class=\"it\">Listen to a reading of this article:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"iu iv iw ix iy hn\">\n<div class=\"iz s ap\">\n<div class=\"wz jb s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ef es eo ex w\" title=\"The Science Of Propaganda Is Still Being Developed And Advanced by Going Rogue With Caitlin Johnstone\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fw.soundcloud.com%2Fplayer%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fapi.soundcloud.com%252Ftracks%252F1139602834%26show_artwork%3Dtrue&amp;display_name=SoundCloud&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fgoing_rogue%2Fthe-science-of-propaganda-is-still-being-developed-and-advanced&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi1.sndcdn.com%2Fartworks-7y3huDxTzl4VUCiA-cmd8oQ-t500x500.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=soundcloud\" width=\"680\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"c45a\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u2756<\/p>\n<p id=\"cdb9\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">We live in a far less free society than most of us think.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3be1\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">It\u00a0<em class=\"it\">looks<\/em>\u00a0like we\u2019re free. We don\u2019t get thrown in prison for criticizing our government officials. We can vote for whoever we want. We can log onto the internet and look up information on any subject we\u2019re interested in. If we want to buy a product we have many brands we are free to choose from.<\/p>\n<p id=\"db6b\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">But we\u2019re not free. Our<span id=\"rmm\">\u00a0<\/span>political systems are set up to herd people into a\u00a0<a class=\"dy is\" href=\"https:\/\/caityjohnstone.medium.com\/why-the-lesser-evil-is-an-illusion-6dac2a30c4a7\" rel=\"noopener\">two-party system<\/a>\u00a0that is\u00a0<a class=\"dy is\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">controlled on both sides<\/a>\u00a0by plutocrats. The news media that people rely on to form ideas about what\u2019s going on and how they should vote are\u00a0<a class=\"dy is\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZPazn1XNDQI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">controlled by the plutocratic class<\/a>\u00a0and heavily influenced\u00a0<a class=\"dy is\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.substack.com\/p\/the-cia-used-to-infiltrate-the-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">by secretive government agencies<\/a>. Internet algorithms are\u00a0<a class=\"dy is\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.substack.com\/p\/silicon-valley-algorithm-manipulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">aggressively manipulated<\/a>\u00a0to show people information which favors the status quo. Even our entertainment is rife with\u00a0<a class=\"dy is\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/pentagon-leaned-hollywood-sell-war-afghanistan\/278568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\">Pentagon and CIA influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"d936\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">How free is that? How free is your speech if there are myriad institutional safeguards in place to prevent speech from ever effecting political change?<\/p>\n<p id=\"f3bf\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">It doesn\u2019t matter what you\u2019re allowed to say if it doesn\u2019t matter what you say. It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re allowed to call the oligarchic puppet put in office by the last fake election a dickhead. It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re allowed to Google any information you want only to find whatever information Google wants you to find.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6da3\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">What is the functional difference between a regime which directly censors the internet to prevent dissent and a regime which works with Silicon Valley plutocrats to control information via algorithms and has a system in place which prevents dissent from having any meaningful impact?<\/p>\n<p id=\"bc23\" class=\"hu hv fv hw b hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir dn gs\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">There is none.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"iu iv iw ix iy hn\">\n<div class=\"iz s ap\">\n<div class=\"ww jb s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ef es eo ex w\" title=\"Max Blumenthal on Twitter: &quot;Canada's military &quot;relied on propaganda techniques similar to those employed during the Afghanistan war&quot;, &quot;shaping&quot; &amp; &quot;exploiting&quot; info &quot;to head off civil disobedience by Canadians during the coronavirus pandemic and to bolster government messages&quot; https:\/\/t.co\/qr9nRlT0lH \/ Twitter&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;schema=twitter&amp;url=https%3A\/\/twitter.com\/maxblumenthal\/status\/1443845529696415751&amp;image=https%3A\/\/i.embed.ly\/1\/image%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fabs.twimg.com%252Ferrors%252Flogo46x38.png%26key%3Da19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07\" width=\"680\" height=\"691\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Science Of Propaganda Is Still Being Developed And Advanced Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 We live in a far less free society than most of us think. It\u00a0looks\u00a0like we\u2019re free. We don\u2019t get thrown in prison for criticizing our government officials. We can vote for whoever we want. We can log [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17039,14545,655],"class_list":["post-59908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-narrative-control","tag-propaganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59909,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59908\/revisions\/59909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}