Talking Back to the Rulers
How "Propaganda" actually works
What we are witnessing is nothing less than the failure of the greatest propaganda apparatus in history.
I am not sure exactly what that means but what we are reading is Mattias Desmet, Belgium. “How does propaganda work?” — a difficult question, if one is already living in a country in which there is ubiquitous propaganda at work always. It is difficult to get at the answer initially.
But if one looks at the ads, which is the site of much of the propaganda, we seem to always see all these somehow blandly smiling faces, the same thing all the time. The ads instruct the clueless masses: this is how you should be. You should be like these apparently happy or even joyous persons. These are instructions on how to act. Are people really like this? People aren’t like this, but then why do the commercial pharma ads always look like that? They are instructing people — robot persons.
What does the propaganda do? Why these blandly smiling faces? What is the intent?
The first step is that persons are reduced to being lost, stupid, and clueless. They are wanders in life, not-knowing. Because of the fundamental ignorance -because they do not know what to do -they are ready to receive from big business a set of instructions.
So the ads with the bland, yet smiley people have the function of instruction. Once people are ignorant, then they are told what to do. How to act.
Now you have received your instruction from the pharmaceutical ads. The real goal is to make everyoe stupid. But let’s start at the beginning.
First make the public ignorant. Once that is accomplished, they need instructions. Tell them how to act. Thus, these smiling people, in these absurd ads, are a model instructing the hypnotized people one the preferred pattern of behavior. They do not the slightest clue how to behave. Therefore, they must be instructed. The general idea: make persons ignorant, tell them what to do.
This gives you my idea of how the propaganda apparatus functions and in what ways it may control behavior. It seems to be, in general, a model for behavior. They want to give the public a model, an example of the “how” of life, of how they should be.
They are already mentioning polls showing she will beat Trump.
(above: Desmet.) In reply to Mattias Desmet, here is what I think the propaganda says: one day after K. Harris is put into play, a few days at most, they are already releasing their polls; and, these are more or less fictitious. These are called “the polls.” In either one day, or three days, we are to believe that it is totally true that now everyone done but fully evaluated ol’ Miss Harris, making Kamala Harrisa comics hero. Again: nobody in the press attempts to inform the public about Harris her career, her record, etc. She was rarely, if ever, mentioned in newspapers. No, not up ‘til now whae was not — okday, so does everyone now have a fully formed opinion on her? And if you you have a fully-informed opinin, what do you doo—? ~ it is that you tell the pollsters. Then also you (and they) may now influence all other Americans, who will surely follow whatever “the polls” say. These “polls” are reflecting the views of NO ONE. It doesn’t matter. We would never talk to actual human beings anyways. I mean, who does that? No. We use “polls,” and talk to our polls. Why talk to actual humans, for they have no significance, apart from their existence as smiling models of t. v. propaganda or in Pharma ads. Or it could be they are numbers in the polls that we create.
Kamala Harris Lands Fifth Polling Win in 24 Hours ——(newspaper)
Then: Desmet claims “an end to the propaganda model.” What next, Mattias?
Desmet’s conclusion is actually beautiful. I encourage you to read it.
Desmet’s column hits the nail on the head. Polls are manipulated. Mainstream media is manipulated. And, naturally, the Democratic and Republican parties are grossly manipulated.
So who do we believe? We need to begin to think for ourselves - do our own research right down to the source of the information and its ties to social elements that are either impartial or biased and to expose those sources with something to gain from slanting the truth.
Jack, that was so well-written that I had to go back to check where your writing ended and Desmet ‘s began!!! And you are both spot on about the current situation (as far as I can tell from down here in Brazil).
I’ve been a big fan of Desmet since I saw one of his first interview’s in English. I’ll look for it on YouTube. I didn’t know he had a substack. Thanks for that.
I’ve been overwhelmed by all the great writing I’m reading on this platform. I usually start with you and check out people who read you — so far, everyone checks out!!!
The interview on YouTube with Desmet is long and I may get distracted, so I’ll summarize the main points now as they have greatly influenced my behavior. This interview must have taken place a few years ago: He was describing how different groups of people reacted to the Covid “pandemic.” On one side are the true believers, people who swallow the mainstream lies whole. Desmet said they make up about 30% of the population and that it’s not worth the time trying to convince them they are wrong. On the other side are people like you and me, people who spend some time analyzing things and reading/watching alternative media. Desmet said we also make up about 30% of the population. But what about the other 40%? Desmet says these people are on the fence but often don’t even know their position. They are too busy with work and family and other obligations to take the time to think these things over. Then comes the most important part. He says it is the obligation of the 30% who know the difference between propaganda and reality to inform the 40% with no time (or desire?) to think that the “vaccinations” are harmful and why they shouldn’t trust the Global Elite. (This is how I remember what he said. Sorry, Dr Desmet of I distorted your message.) Of course, he said a lot more but I only summarized the part that influenced the way I interact with the world. Nowadays, it looks as if much of the world has opened their eyes or had them pried open by too many people they’ve loved dying suddenly. But for most Brazilians, the world ends at Brazil’s border. Brazil is larger than the USA minus Alaska. It’s so huge and diverse that most Brazilians are not even curious about the other half of South America. So I watch and wait for more Brazilians to open their eyes. I hate to be the messenger of bad news. I remember when I first arrived here in 1993. I admired the way Brazilians understood that death is a part of life as opposed to the way Americans shied away from the topic. But now I realize that so many Brazilians die for so many reasons all of the time that all the sudden deaths aren’t very noticeable. Still, I tell everyone I meet that I’m not vaccinated. Brazilians (and the people of many cultures) make a distinction between private and public that hardly exists anymore in the USA (or maybe Europe, but I dunno). Talk of religion or politics are usually confined to the family home. Differences of opinion do not hurt the strength and unity of the family. (Amazing, isnt it?) In public people tend to be civil to each other. The worst reaction to my bad news about the “vaccinations” was when I followed Desmet’s advice and informed a woman seated at the table next to me in a coffee shop: she wordlessly got up and took her tray to the other side.