Hypocrisy

Book: The Killer - Modus Vivendi #3 by Matz and Luc Jacamon

The West's Hidden Propaganda Machine by Eliane Glaser for theGuardianDOTcoDOTuk

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How rare, I thought, for any aspect of western culture to be identified as propaganda, let alone social media, that beacon of transparency and individual empowerment.

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It's easy to ogle North Korea and claim that its weirdly uniform society is nothing like our own.

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it makes the compelling case that in the west today there is no distinction between propaganda, advertising and mass consumerism. A political system that protects elites and provides a mere illusion of democratic choice relies on a population enthralled by the latest iPhone.

The assumption that we are free and self-determining makes our advertising culture seem less blatant and ubiquitous than it really is.

Now,