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Reading @dappergander analysis on the level of conspiracy theories surrounding #midterms22, and why they seem less prominent vs '20
https://journa.host/@dappergander/109334459192581453To add to this:
In 2020, chaos was a feature, not a bug. Council for National Policy figures piloted a #questing OP that produced dozens of conspiracies (and their star figures).
This creates an alternative form of legitimate authority (/Weber), that is participative (power to capture attention & engage)
But now...
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#JacquesEllul: #Propaganda cannot create democratic behavior. It creates a type of man exactly suited to the totalitarian regime. Of course, it can spread democratic ideas and make the man adhere to this doctrine. But the man who adheres, is emptied of what makes democracy. The man who has democratic ideas thus diffused, is a totalitarian man.
We have before our eyes the creation of this "totalitarian man, with democratic convictions". "
#disinformation #midterms22
https://www.persee.fr/docAsPDF/rfsp_0035-2950_1952_num_2_3_392151.pdf
