PROPAGANDA 101 – The Covid-19 Concoction: A Recipe for Successful Psychological Operations
When viewed as a war story, the COVID-19 narrative framed in corporate media urges citizens to be on a constant “war footing” and yet reveals symptoms of a much deeper and more widespread pathology whose roots can be clearly identified in the context of the emergence of corporate personhood.
This article analyzes the leading narrative as a concoction of the technocratic mind and offers a recipe for readers to follow in their efforts to be more aware of the manipulations unfolding everywhere in the public discourse.
7.3 In summary, cardinal signs that a psychological propaganda recipe is at play include:
- A traumatic or shocking instigating event
- Designation of an official enemy
- Chronic imposition of threat-perception and incitement of fear and rage
- Deployment of two-word mantras and smears
- Enforcement of a rigid official reality
- Suppression, censorship and smearing of dissent
- Encouragement of an intergroup, us versus them mentality
- Imposition of confusion and uncertainty
- Repetition of key phrases and terms
- Offer of salvation (or associated incentives) by the state