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cover of episode Feb. 2, 2025 "Cutting Through the Matrix" with Alan Watt --- Redux (Educational Talk From the Past): "Who Writes the Page for Planned Outrage?"

Feb. 2, 2025 "Cutting Through the Matrix" with Alan Watt --- Redux (Educational Talk From the Past): "Who Writes the Page for Planned Outrage?"

2025/2/2
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Alan Watt discusses the media's role in shaping public opinion, highlighting the use of music overlays, emotive language, and simple propaganda techniques to control thoughts and emotions. He emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and avoiding emotional involvement in discussions.
  • Media uses psychological techniques like music overlays to influence emotions.
  • Mainstream media plans articles in advance, creating a controlled narrative.
  • Emotive topics prevent clear thinking and logical reasoning.

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--{ "Who Writes the Page for Planned Outrage?"}-- Media's Format and Presentation - News Anchors - Edward Bernays, Mass Marketing - PT Barnum and Self-Promotion - Hyped Emotive Topics - Simple War Propaganda - Technique of Left and Right - Plunder of Africa - Nigeria and Africom - Amalgamation of Countries into Globalized System - Creation of "Outrage" - UN, NATO and Prostitution Rackets - Definition of "Freedom" - Leveson Inquiry and Muzzling Journalists - Factory Towns - Well-Rewarded Bureaucrats - Bertrand Russell - Politically-Incorrect Questions - Free Trade - Using Memory and Logic - Symbol of the Pyramid and the Wasteland - Groups of Businessmen - Human Adaptation - Group Conformity - Use of Organizations - Fixed Populations - System of Interdependence - News "Over There" - Authoritarianism - "Democracy" and Voting - Study of Populations - Elite's Utopia - Identity Crisis and the Id - Controlled Society - Escapism into Fiction - History Down the Memory Hole - Global Dimming.