Oh, how noble of government to turn our TV binges into their personal propaganda playground, subtly scripting our thoughts with every laugh track and plot twist.
Exactly. Which is one of the main reasons why I stopped (or refused, in most cases), watching such programmes. They are used to “brainwash”, “condition” or “socially-reprogramme” us, to conform. The alternative is to be “cancelled”, outcast, isolated and, eventually, criminalised - simply for not conforming.
The practice was used, in various forms, during the 9th - early 20th centuries, in England, and after unification, Great Britain. Imprisonment on spurious charges, torture, and slow-death execution were frequently used then, but with the advent of radio, then with television and now through “social media”, subtle psychology is preferred currently - so-called “soft-persuasion”. But as more people realise what is happening, the effect will likely diminish; the State will then (think Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, Julian Assange) use increasingly harsher means to get its way.
Me? I will die, rather than conform. Christ in me, the confident expectation of glory!
I'm not so sure if it's positive action by the DCMS (who in most respects can tell its arse from its elbow) or production companies bandwaggoning. You see the latter in the form of things like the racial composition of advertising, which collectively is way out of kilter with reality. Combined with the fact that the arts and media are effectively in the stranglehold of right-on virtue signallers, and you're bound to see a proliferation of such themes. The effects can be real though. It was established some years ago that soap stars having a medical condition sees a huge spike in people presenting to the NHS with the same thing.
As much as concrete evidence is good, it makes sense to assume this is commonplace.
This was one of my many reasons for demanding the return of my TV licence money and getting it in 2014.
Oh, how noble of government to turn our TV binges into their personal propaganda playground, subtly scripting our thoughts with every laugh track and plot twist.
Easterners meets 1984.
Exactly. Which is one of the main reasons why I stopped (or refused, in most cases), watching such programmes. They are used to “brainwash”, “condition” or “socially-reprogramme” us, to conform. The alternative is to be “cancelled”, outcast, isolated and, eventually, criminalised - simply for not conforming.
The practice was used, in various forms, during the 9th - early 20th centuries, in England, and after unification, Great Britain. Imprisonment on spurious charges, torture, and slow-death execution were frequently used then, but with the advent of radio, then with television and now through “social media”, subtle psychology is preferred currently - so-called “soft-persuasion”. But as more people realise what is happening, the effect will likely diminish; the State will then (think Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, Julian Assange) use increasingly harsher means to get its way.
Me? I will die, rather than conform. Christ in me, the confident expectation of glory!
thats why i only watch sci-fi or fantasy.. guaranteed suspension of beLIEf
I'm not so sure if it's positive action by the DCMS (who in most respects can tell its arse from its elbow) or production companies bandwaggoning. You see the latter in the form of things like the racial composition of advertising, which collectively is way out of kilter with reality. Combined with the fact that the arts and media are effectively in the stranglehold of right-on virtue signallers, and you're bound to see a proliferation of such themes. The effects can be real though. It was established some years ago that soap stars having a medical condition sees a huge spike in people presenting to the NHS with the same thing.
https://www.bi.team/publications/the-power-of-tv-nudging-viewers-to-decarbonise-their-lifestyles/