Control of knowledge is control of action - Revision history

Woozle: /* Overton Window */ another meme h/t

2015-08-13T02:26:59Z

Overton Window: another meme h/t

Woozle: the bogeyman

2015-08-09T20:27:52Z

the bogeyman

Woozle: Lippmann meme

2015-05-31T22:21:02Z

Lippmann meme

Woozle: Quotes: Bernays, Machiavelli

2015-04-15T18:46:28Z

Quotes: Bernays, Machiavelli

Woozle: another meme

2015-03-09T23:59:00Z

another meme

Woozle: fake crises -- link

2015-03-09T19:44:09Z

fake crises -- link

Woozle: relevant quote-image

2015-02-23T12:57:54Z

relevant quote-image

Woozle: updated internal link

2015-01-11T17:12:45Z

updated internal link

Woozle: expanded

2015-01-06T14:27:04Z

expanded

Woozle: category

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 Another way to control the decisions someone makes is to present them with a limited range of choices (all of which are acceptable to the controller). This is especially effective when they can be surrounded by others &ndash; whether in person or via mass media &ndash; agreeing that those are the only possible answers, and preventing or shutting down discussion of any others. If someone is not aware that there are other options, they will tend to choose from among those presented &ndash; giving them the illusion of having a choice while allowing the controller to prevent unwanted outcomes.
-<blockquote>"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum."</blockquote><div align=right>&mdash; Noam Chomsky, ''The Common Good'', 1998 ([https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15454-the-smart-way-to-keep-people-passive-and-obedient-is source]; [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+XenoPhrenia/posts/B77ciFwy8x9 h/t])</div>
+<blockquote>"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum."</blockquote><div align=right>&mdash; Noam Chomsky, ''The Common Good'', 1998 ([https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15454-the-smart-way-to-keep-people-passive-and-obedient-is source]; [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+XenoPhrenia/posts/B77ciFwy8x9 h/t],[https://plus.google.com/u/0/+XenoPhrenia/posts/S8P5MRvYfYc h/t])</div>
 ==Framing==
 Relatedly, an issue may be [[issuepedia:interpretive framing|described in terms favorable to the controller's wishes]], ignoring other aspects that might lead to a different preference. Engineered popular ignorance of certain details of an issue therefore leads to control of popular opinion on that issue.

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 If you control what people know, you control what they believe. If you control what people believe, you can control what they do. This fact underlies [[perception-based thinking]], and is also the truth behind the slogan "[[ignorance is strength]]".
-[[File:Orwell-people-will-believe.jpg|thumb|The mass media controls what most people know.]]
+[[File:Bogeyman.jpg|thumb|People who believe in the bogeyman will find this argument credible.]]
 ==False Premises==
 Someone who believes, for example, that ''X'' is a deadly threat is likely to strongly prefer a candidate who offers any plan (however dubious) for stopping that threat over any other candidates who focus on other things. If the reality that ''X'' is not actually a problem but ''Y'' and ''Z'' are, then a lot of people may end up voting against solving those ''real'' problems in favor of solving the ''imaginary'' one.
 ==Overton Window==
 Another way to control the decisions someone makes is to present them with a limited range of choices (all of which are acceptable to the controller). This is especially effective when they can be surrounded by others &ndash; whether in person or via mass media &ndash; agreeing that those are the only possible answers, and preventing or shutting down discussion of any others. If someone is not aware that there are other options, they will tend to choose from among those presented &ndash; giving them the illusion of having a choice while allowing the controller to prevent unwanted outcomes.

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 Thus we are divided into a "{{l/wp|reality-based community}}" and a "perception-based community" &ndash; and a house divided against itself cannot long stand.
 ==Quotes==
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 |The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.

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 Thus we are divided into a "{{l/wp|reality-based community}}" and a "perception-based community" &ndash; and a house divided against itself cannot long stand.
 ==Links==
 ===fake crises===
 * '''2015-03-09''' [http://www.alternet.org/media/vast-right-wing-conspiracy-still-real-and-media-really-stupid The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Is Still Real &ndash; And the Media Is Really Stupid] "Fake scandals consume the news cycle, while the real scandals go uncovered and unremarked."
 ==Notes==
-* Submitted (privately) for comments [https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/b7HQf1pbwT8 2014-11-12]
+* Submitted (privately) for comments [https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/b7HQf1pbwT8 2014-11-12].

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-Nobody today would actually hold such beliefs, but they are no more in touch with reality than [[Wingnuttery/examples|many arguments repeated frequently in public discourse]].
+[[File:Bb92ea34-f7aa-4bb1-a650-29bfe34bdcf9.jpg|left|thumb|...and whoever controls the culture controls what people will fight for.]]Nobody today would actually hold such beliefs, but they are no more in touch with reality than [[Wingnuttery/examples|many arguments repeated frequently in public discourse]].
 There is simply no common ground for discussing the nature of reality with those who believe such things because their beliefs are based on (incorrect) received knowledge rather than objective evidence, and they are generally strongly averse to any suggestion of personally reconsidering those beliefs for any reason.

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