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RE: The Ancient Greeks Speak on Trump
The power of a "storyteller" to fabricate narratives and purport them as reality through the induction of imagery and emotion. Politicians use the same technique, but so too does the media. Fabricating narratives as reality is a good way to condemn and execute good people.
Well said krnel
Well said. But storytelling and narrative are also the prime means for information discourse in our culture. Hard to evolve this.
Indeed, the basic mythopoetic narrative is an easier method to communicate as we have been doing it for thousands of years. Critical thinking, evaluation to represent reality accurately, is harder, takes more work, etc.
Using imagery to construct a perception of reality has its uses, but it can easily be used to manipulate people.