Link: Theory Discussion – Advocates for Truth
Editor’s note: this free to read Patreon essay about legality, morality, and our collective responsibility to the truth is part of the Left Wing Theory collection here on ninaillingworth.com.
Advocates for Truth
Over the course of the past few years, I’ve spent a great deal of time studying the use of propaganda and deception in mainstream media and political discourse. Together, we’ve looked at how the media can lie without actually lying, how repetition can literally re-write history, and how inverting public opinion about who is the victim and who is the victimizer, makes the capitalist world go round to this very day. Today on my always free-to-read Patreon blog then, I’d like to talk about identifying and combating another insidious and omnipresent propaganda technique; specifically the act of purposely forgetting the crimes and malfeasances, of the rich and powerful.
The simple truth is that the ruling class is not going to help you hold the ruling class accountable, and thus that duty falls to us, the everyday public and those who would speak truth to power. We, each and every one of us, must become living advocates for truth or we will surely all be buried under a mountain of capitalist lies.
“This begs the horrifying question – if for purely selfish purposes the establishment (including its courts) simply refuses to acknowledge or indeed, even mention the establishment’s crimes in a public discourse largely controlled by that very same, openly corporate or corporate-controlled establishment, did the crimes really happen at all? Unfortunately for a disturbingly large portion of our society the answer to that question appears to be a resounding no.”
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Theory Discussion: Advocates for Truth
– Nina Illingworth
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