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MrKudzu's avatar

"At this point you receive a new narrative from the person to whom you have entrusted your ego. You've handed over the real thing, so what comes back is a shadow. And once your ego has merged with another ego, your narrative will necessarily take on the narrative created by that ego."

This is the precise function of the corporate media. When interacting with my friends still inside the media bubble/matrix, it is clear to me that the effect of propaganda is to transfer the 'existential' fear that the regime (correctly!) feels about Trump on to them, to make them feel as if Trump is a direct and personal threat to themselves -- it becomes their identity.

Defending the narrative then becomes an act of self-defense; they feel personally threatened by those opposing viewpoints and this explains their complete inability to engage with, understand, or even view them.

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will nadolny's avatar

The moral is never entrust your ego to anyone or anything, then your ego cannot be corrupted or influenced. Always question authority and opinions.

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