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Black Propaganda: A Strategy Update for Rantburgers
 Ten years ago, I predicted that the political left would eventually be driven completely into a fantasy world of conspiracy theories. This was inevitable as world events continued to refute their basic tenets. The commercial-style Paranoid Conspiracy Theory (PCT), a well-established and proven device of propaganda, provides a safety valve for Left-conformists, since it can generate an alternate explanation for literally any occurrence or sequence of events, postponing any realization of the failure of previous beliefs. The Left is especially vulnerable to this because of its generic association with commercial media culture. The latter, of course, has a vested interest in substituting fantasy for reality and vast skill at doing so. This susceptibility is an inherent flaw in the leftist worldview, one that will doom them. It is obvious now that ad hoc "cointelpro" efforts (and you know what I am talking about) should focus on inciting and spreading Paranoid Conspiracy Theories among Left-conformists. Now, the specific theories cited at the link may not be of much use, though many elements can be incorporated. What matters is not the specific claims but the conspiracy theory as a device of propaganda, an all-inconclusive meme with the power to subsume all Leftist thought. As such, it is a framework into which any necessary set of specific claims can be dropped. It is impossible to bring the Lefties over to our side, since this is antithetical to their most basic goal, the acquisition of power and control over others. What we can do is render these efforts ineffectual by diverting their basis to a non-existent set of facts. Actions, positions, and collective strategies based on Paranoid Conspiracy Theories will have no lasting effect on the real world, yet they will absorb the energy of the believers. The diabolical beauty of this is the ability of the conspiracist meme to account for its own failure, the conspiracy itself is the cause when events don't follow the theory's predictions ie the pro-democracy turbulence in the Middle East is is a Rovian-fostered delusion rather than the result of Bush administration policy. The PCT believers will therefore sink further into their delusional fantasy ideology, rather than abandoning it, as events proceed. Our greatest success so far in this area has probably been to convince the Left-conformist masses that the harmless bungler Karl Rove is the actual mastermind of our efforts. With this convenient strawman as an explanation, the fantasy-prone lefties are diverted from any substantial engagement with the opposition and our efforts proceed unimpeded. Power to the people, confusion to the enemy. Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-03-08 |
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