There is a ritual that runs on a tight schedule. Day one: a fiasco. Contradictory orders, people making decisions they…
Tag: Propaganda
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Non-Verbal Propaganda Signals: A Typology of Aesthetic Trust Manipulation in Visual Media
Overview This dossier presents a working typology of non-verbal propaganda signals: the aesthetic, sensory, and relational mechanisms by which visual…
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Gaze Laundering: Euphoria, Petra Collins, and the Propaganda of Aesthetic Trust: A Dossier
Executive Summary This dossier introduces and examines the concept of gaze laundering: the deliberate appropriation of a female-coded visual language, built…
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More CEOaganda, Curtesy of the New York Times
Oh, please. What resilience? Try gouging and greed. Record profits say that the C-Suite is cashing in on this so-called…
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Nobodies with Someone Else’s Opinions.
This is the sum total of social media activity and Middle-Class “thinking.” Nothing is organic. It goes beyond “I support…
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You cannot have journalism outlets owned by billionaires. Period.
Journalism and corporate structures are incompatible. Billionaires are billionaires because they meddle and are self-centred. It’s never enough, and you…
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The Political Bluff: A Dossier on Manufactured Threats Used to Justify Government Action
What is a political bluff? A political bluff is a specific category of manufactured threat: a claim, scenario, or emergency…
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Trying to Rig the Board: How the Trump Administration Keeps Failing to Fix the Outcome
The Trump administration isn’t just governing; it’s trying to pre‑arrange obedience. The goal isn’t policy debate or persuasion, it’s to quietly re‑engineer…
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The Disneyfication of Alphabet
People whine about billionaires, but consistently throw money at them. And their children’s brains. This foot-in-the-door is nothing new. When…
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The Tom Clark Affair: A Dossier on Diplomatic Entitlement, Media Capture, and the Cost of Independent Reporting.
Executive Summary The Tom Clark affair is not primarily a story about a $8.8–$9.1 million Manhattan penthouse. It is a…