Pixels, Psyops, & Digital Prisons—And the Sacramental Cure
Grief has become a currency in America, across much of the world. Rage is the lever that bends societies.
It’s all so emotional, embarrassing at times. We learned this in the aftermath of 9-11, and we’ve learned it again in the past several weeks, as specific images have become not merely tragedies but signal events, orchestrated–intentionally or not–to cull and channel our emotions, to organize our outrage, and ultimately to shape our collective consent toward things we would never dream otherwise.
The pattern is familiar: trauma becomes narrative, narrative becomes policy, and policy becomes obedience. We are trained to react, not to reflect.
Author's summary: Grief is used as currency to shape public opinion.
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