Just as things were going over the edge in the late 1930s, the Rockefeller Foundation funded the Radio Research Project. Radio was viewed as the medium that moved masses of people into war. It had several social scientists as part of the project, including Theodore Adorno, who labeled radio as propaganda.
Television was supposed to change this. Television came out of radio. On YouTube one can find all sorts of late 40s tv. It looks like how radio sounds. This, obviously, changed over time into the television we all know, with the high points in the 90s.
Television promoted the creation of memes over propaganda. At its strongest this was very obvious. Television did not need to shout or lecture to us. It was sufficient to be on tv and that largely ended the discussion.
What has happened in the last 20 or so years as all of us have stopped buying what television sells, is the “weakness” that Tom refers to. Television knows it’s losing, as in losing as a business model, never mind the ability to influence people. The notion of Fake News is present for everyone, left or right.
So why the weakness? Let’s borrow from Marshall McLuhan. His last book was Laws of Media. He notes Four laws about any communication medium. What does it enhance, obsolesce, retrieve and reverse or flip.
So, why weakness? Because Television has lost its grip on us. It knows this. So it must go back to its origins: RADIO. It must do what radio did to try and impact us. This is what McLuhan called “the flip.” Flip back to where it started since it is now obsolete.
Why is television obsolete and we don’t believe it? Because we went DIGITAL and this has destroyed all before it. No trust in the old memes or narratives. New narratives are coming, just not here yet.
I wonder if they’ll go for the Hail Mary Pass and pull the Monkey pox card.
In Australia naval and military recruitment is in disarray, they’re resorting to recruiting foreigners (Pacific Islanders) to beef up numbers. It wouldn’t be surprising if the US is having the same issues.
>>>"On paper" the US Navy has 11 aircraft carriers. And yet, despite what is arguably the most geopolitically tense period since WW2, only TWO carriers are deployed — both of them positioned in the Gulf of Oman. There are ZERO carriers deployed in the Pacific Ocean.<<<
I suspect this is because they are either unfit for service, or can't be crewed due to a decline in enlistment and/or low quality enlistees that aren't trainable in what are fairly sophisticated tasks.
Something similar happened to the Soviet submarine fleet post the breakup. Lacking the ability to crew or maintain them, they sat rusting in port for years and were eventually scrapped.
* A video discussion an article in The Guardian (Anglo-Zionist rag) that "Muslim Women for Harris" is disbanding and pulling their support for Harris. There are similar articles in The Independent, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, and others. I am so touched that these news organizations care so much about what muslim wowoen want and feel. But somehow, there is not an actual Muslim Women for Harris presence on the web making this claim. There is an Instagram page that looks Spooky. https://www.instagram.com/muslimwomenforharriswalz/p/C-9I8gQRmCt/
One has to be cautious with anything one sees on these social media sites. A key talking point of the censorship gang is that disinformation is spread on these platforms, and while true in some instances, I think it's just as likely that they'd do that themselves just so they can point and say, see? Disinformation.
Just as things were going over the edge in the late 1930s, the Rockefeller Foundation funded the Radio Research Project. Radio was viewed as the medium that moved masses of people into war. It had several social scientists as part of the project, including Theodore Adorno, who labeled radio as propaganda.
Television was supposed to change this. Television came out of radio. On YouTube one can find all sorts of late 40s tv. It looks like how radio sounds. This, obviously, changed over time into the television we all know, with the high points in the 90s.
Television promoted the creation of memes over propaganda. At its strongest this was very obvious. Television did not need to shout or lecture to us. It was sufficient to be on tv and that largely ended the discussion.
What has happened in the last 20 or so years as all of us have stopped buying what television sells, is the “weakness” that Tom refers to. Television knows it’s losing, as in losing as a business model, never mind the ability to influence people. The notion of Fake News is present for everyone, left or right.
So why the weakness? Let’s borrow from Marshall McLuhan. His last book was Laws of Media. He notes Four laws about any communication medium. What does it enhance, obsolesce, retrieve and reverse or flip.
So, why weakness? Because Television has lost its grip on us. It knows this. So it must go back to its origins: RADIO. It must do what radio did to try and impact us. This is what McLuhan called “the flip.” Flip back to where it started since it is now obsolete.
Why is television obsolete and we don’t believe it? Because we went DIGITAL and this has destroyed all before it. No trust in the old memes or narratives. New narratives are coming, just not here yet.
Thoughtfull comment, thanks.
I wonder if they’ll go for the Hail Mary Pass and pull the Monkey pox card.
In Australia naval and military recruitment is in disarray, they’re resorting to recruiting foreigners (Pacific Islanders) to beef up numbers. It wouldn’t be surprising if the US is having the same issues.
>>>"On paper" the US Navy has 11 aircraft carriers. And yet, despite what is arguably the most geopolitically tense period since WW2, only TWO carriers are deployed — both of them positioned in the Gulf of Oman. There are ZERO carriers deployed in the Pacific Ocean.<<<
I suspect this is because they are either unfit for service, or can't be crewed due to a decline in enlistment and/or low quality enlistees that aren't trainable in what are fairly sophisticated tasks.
Something similar happened to the Soviet submarine fleet post the breakup. Lacking the ability to crew or maintain them, they sat rusting in port for years and were eventually scrapped.
Elsewhere in that thread there was a reference made to a critical shortage of qualified pilots.
Probably due to vax.
Either people not the-upping, or actual physical impact.
Info on impact on seals:
https://www.dossier.today/p/former-buds-commander-covid-vaccine?
From a string in a private geopolitical/financial market group today:
* A twitter post, supposedly of the SF Berniecrats revoking their support of Harris. https://x.com/Twolfrecovery/status/1828478274898665903/photo/1 BUT, it is not actually on the SF Berniecrat facebook or twitter feeds.
* A video discussion an article in The Guardian (Anglo-Zionist rag) that "Muslim Women for Harris" is disbanding and pulling their support for Harris. There are similar articles in The Independent, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, and others. I am so touched that these news organizations care so much about what muslim wowoen want and feel. But somehow, there is not an actual Muslim Women for Harris presence on the web making this claim. There is an Instagram page that looks Spooky. https://www.instagram.com/muslimwomenforharriswalz/p/C-9I8gQRmCt/
* There was also a posting of apparent Communist Party of Russia registration, in Russia, in June-September, 1984. https://x.com/JackStr42679640/status/1828358645459100043
There is a serious propaganda war going on, to be sure. I was not expecting the Anglo-Zionists to be on my side of it.
One has to be cautious with anything one sees on these social media sites. A key talking point of the censorship gang is that disinformation is spread on these platforms, and while true in some instances, I think it's just as likely that they'd do that themselves just so they can point and say, see? Disinformation.
It's apparent to me that Harris is going for the black voters. Less concerned with the Bernie demagods or Muslim votes IMO. Hence, 2 days in Georgia.