Thank you for your accurate, incisive analysis of how we ALL normalize, internalize, and consent to the imperial white ideologies. It’s the first and most lethal step to global political, cultural, societal, and economic subjugation of the world. Those of us who are not entirely and irredeemably infected by this virus of ignorance and hypnosis have a positive obligation to speak out against the existence and dissemination of hegemonic narratives that literally reconstruct our identities. It’s not just a political issue; it’s existential.
Western populations are waking up a bit. Palestinians paid a very heavy price for the “civilized western societies” to learn the truth about this manipulation. This article was not possible a year ago.
For millions of people, it is the quasi-unconscious gesture of turning on the news that marks the start of the day, a cup of coffee in hand. Whatever narrative is served by the media at that moment and throughout the day will subliminally affect, and re-construct, our cognitive and emotional apparatus, and hence our understanding of and responses to the world.
Thank you for your accurate, incisive analysis of how we ALL normalize, internalize, and consent to the imperial white ideologies. It’s the first and most lethal step to global political, cultural, societal, and economic subjugation of the world. Those of us who are not entirely and irredeemably infected by this virus of ignorance and hypnosis have a positive obligation to speak out against the existence and dissemination of hegemonic narratives that literally reconstruct our identities. It’s not just a political issue; it’s existential.
You mention government media like the BBC, but having grown up with this ubiquitous mouthpiece of British colonial propaganda it's global tentacles have been far far more dangerous. I'm not sure about their viewership now, but I drank their kool-aid for a long time in my youth like millions. I stopped watching and reading them for ages now. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/generating-consent-for-genocide-the-bbcs-complicity-in-israels-crimes-in-palestine-and-lebanon/
Western populations are waking up a bit. Palestinians paid a very heavy price for the “civilized western societies” to learn the truth about this manipulation. This article was not possible a year ago.
A year ago I already wrote articles like this. What do you mean exactly?
For millions of people, it is the quasi-unconscious gesture of turning on the news that marks the start of the day, a cup of coffee in hand. Whatever narrative is served by the media at that moment and throughout the day will subliminally affect, and re-construct, our cognitive and emotional apparatus, and hence our understanding of and responses to the world.