It sounds like a classic abusive relationship. It's all about control. Why is it getting worse? Because there's an election in under 5 months.
And it's not just to control people's votes. This election is short-term. In the long-term, manipulation through projection is to control people's mindset. Get us used to be talked to this way, we'll start accepting it as normal. We'll stop exercising our own ability to think because it's just easier to let the talking heads think for us. The end result: there will be no diversity of opinion left, so elections will become meaningless and unnecessary. And no one will grieve their demise. Just one less errand on the to-do list.
I grew up in the 1980s & 90s, and remember when music, sports and films were just entertainment. You could watch the Oscars and actually know the films, and not hear a leftist political rant. Mainstream culture had space for everyone to sit together and not get "offended." It's shocking how quickly American culture has become a giant echo chamber for the far left. Now, the more you tune in to mainstream entertainment, the more you'll hear the "correct" opinions voiced, and "incorrect" opinions demonized. Projection is just one facet of how that happens. And it's like a narcissistic partner isolating their target from other loved ones. Only one opinion is allowed; all others are dangerous. And projection makes it too easy for the target to "choose" which opinion to adopt.
I pity younger generations, because the echo chamber is all they've ever known. And they don't know what projection is. They haven't learned how to identify when it's happening. That makes them the easiest targets.
If you're not already a listener to the Disaffected Podcast by Josh Slocum (also on Substack) you might like it. His thesis is that we are living under that borderline/narcissistic society (relationship with everyone) right now. I agree.
But I don't know that it's getting worse because of the election. I don't see how that would even relate to businesses like Adobe taking on a rapist mentality.
I agree that many people today are living in echo chambers and it's driving them insane. But I don't think everyone is. Parents do have the ability to share differing viewpoints and not give their children smartphones so early. We are seeing many parents fail at their job of raising children well though.
I am referring to a more conscious and deliberately manipulative form of projection motivated by ideology and nurtured by others in the group who swim in the same ideological waters. Projection gets weaponized on a grand scalet.. The quoted book seems to stem from just such a process. Just wondering if others are familiar with it. I have not had a chance to read the book either.
Hope this makes sense. My brain is winding down for the night!.......
It would be interesting to think more about institutional levels of projection. It's also interesting to think about words that have entirely lost their meaning because the accusers that use those words are the most appropriate embodiment of those terms- like "fascist," like "threat to democracy." The level of projection gets quite systematic and refined when itg becomes somebody's entire academic pursuit or book.
Seems there is frequently a cloistered tunnel vision associated with this, which we are all capable of, but which is quite unrestrained in many.
. The extent to which these ideas are shared among ideologues of a certain bent seems to betray the extent to which they are projection. Hmmmmm
This seems to be a case in point:
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point https://a.co/d/6iCF0xy
I agree that constantly using terms (that apply to yourself) to denigrate others makes the words lose their impact/meaning.
What do you mean by this sentence, "The extent to which these ideas are shared among ideologues of a certain bent seems to betray the extent to which they are projection"? Can you write more about what you're referring to here?
I'm not going to read the book just to find out the context of that part of the comment. I just don't have the time to do that.
Sorry for the poor editing .. and the delay. The xeroxed uniformity of the projection used by members of ideological groups is the first clue that the message is just projection and allows similar insights into those groups that it permits on the individual level.
The book is a case in point. I too don't have time to read it, but though some commenters might have come across it
It sounds like a classic abusive relationship. It's all about control. Why is it getting worse? Because there's an election in under 5 months.
And it's not just to control people's votes. This election is short-term. In the long-term, manipulation through projection is to control people's mindset. Get us used to be talked to this way, we'll start accepting it as normal. We'll stop exercising our own ability to think because it's just easier to let the talking heads think for us. The end result: there will be no diversity of opinion left, so elections will become meaningless and unnecessary. And no one will grieve their demise. Just one less errand on the to-do list.
I grew up in the 1980s & 90s, and remember when music, sports and films were just entertainment. You could watch the Oscars and actually know the films, and not hear a leftist political rant. Mainstream culture had space for everyone to sit together and not get "offended." It's shocking how quickly American culture has become a giant echo chamber for the far left. Now, the more you tune in to mainstream entertainment, the more you'll hear the "correct" opinions voiced, and "incorrect" opinions demonized. Projection is just one facet of how that happens. And it's like a narcissistic partner isolating their target from other loved ones. Only one opinion is allowed; all others are dangerous. And projection makes it too easy for the target to "choose" which opinion to adopt.
I pity younger generations, because the echo chamber is all they've ever known. And they don't know what projection is. They haven't learned how to identify when it's happening. That makes them the easiest targets.
If you're not already a listener to the Disaffected Podcast by Josh Slocum (also on Substack) you might like it. His thesis is that we are living under that borderline/narcissistic society (relationship with everyone) right now. I agree.
But I don't know that it's getting worse because of the election. I don't see how that would even relate to businesses like Adobe taking on a rapist mentality.
I also grew up in the 80s and 90s and wrote "What Changed From the '80s?" - Here's the link if you're interested https://www.thedramaofitall.com/p/what-changed-from-the-80s
I agree that many people today are living in echo chambers and it's driving them insane. But I don't think everyone is. Parents do have the ability to share differing viewpoints and not give their children smartphones so early. We are seeing many parents fail at their job of raising children well though.
I am referring to a more conscious and deliberately manipulative form of projection motivated by ideology and nurtured by others in the group who swim in the same ideological waters. Projection gets weaponized on a grand scalet.. The quoted book seems to stem from just such a process. Just wondering if others are familiar with it. I have not had a chance to read the book either.
Hope this makes sense. My brain is winding down for the night!.......
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It would be interesting to think more about institutional levels of projection. It's also interesting to think about words that have entirely lost their meaning because the accusers that use those words are the most appropriate embodiment of those terms- like "fascist," like "threat to democracy." The level of projection gets quite systematic and refined when itg becomes somebody's entire academic pursuit or book.
Seems there is frequently a cloistered tunnel vision associated with this, which we are all capable of, but which is quite unrestrained in many.
. The extent to which these ideas are shared among ideologues of a certain bent seems to betray the extent to which they are projection. Hmmmmm
This seems to be a case in point:
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point https://a.co/d/6iCF0xy
I agree that constantly using terms (that apply to yourself) to denigrate others makes the words lose their impact/meaning.
What do you mean by this sentence, "The extent to which these ideas are shared among ideologues of a certain bent seems to betray the extent to which they are projection"? Can you write more about what you're referring to here?
I'm not going to read the book just to find out the context of that part of the comment. I just don't have the time to do that.
Sorry for the poor editing .. and the delay. The xeroxed uniformity of the projection used by members of ideological groups is the first clue that the message is just projection and allows similar insights into those groups that it permits on the individual level.
The book is a case in point. I too don't have time to read it, but though some commenters might have come across it
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