Pixels, Psyops, & Digital Prisons—And the Sacramental Cure

Pixels, Psyops, & Digital Prisons—And the Sacramental Cure

Grief has become a currency in America, across much of the world. Rage is the lever that bends societies.

We learned this in the aftermath of 9-11, and we’ve learned it again in the past several weeks, as specific images have become not merely tragedies but signal events, orchestrated–intentionally or not–to cull and channel our emotions, to organize our outrage, and ultimately to shape our collective consent toward things we would never dream otherwise.

The pattern is familiar: trauma becomes narrative, narrative becomes policy, and policy becomes obedience.

We are trained to react, not to reflect.

Author's summary: Emotions shape society.

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