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RE: Fiction and Common Sense

in #writing • 7 years ago

Thanks for this interesting and thought-provoking essay Superfluousman!

Causes me to reflect on how a non-naive, reality-based view of fiction must consider the ways mass media and other information control agents amplify, squelch or co-opt certain themes, authors and projects for purposes of very strategic cultural steering and predictive programming.

Also the difference between objective, real events in the past and the various narratives presented as "history" which are often nothing more than agenda-driven fictions.

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     7 years ago (edited)

    Thanks for reading glad you liked!

    Causes me to reflect on how a non-naive, reality-based view of fiction must consider the ways mass media and other information control agents amplify, squelch or co-opt certain themes, authors and projects for purposes of very strategic cultural steering and predictive programming.

    Definitely, propaganda is the strongest tool the controllers got. I think the best authors and thinkers are aware of such programming and try their best to either ignore it or transcend it. The crypto sphere is a relevant example where the originators took a non-naive, reality-based view of fiction.

    Also the difference between objective, real events in the past and the various narratives presented as "history" which are often nothing more than agenda-driven fictions.

    I agree, thats why it's essential to not place too much importance on certain events or scenarios that we are told about in "history", and look at general trends.

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