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“The media’s so central to our lives that we believe what we see onscreen is real. In fact, it’s more real than reality: emotions are heightened, drama sharpened, issues simplified.”
― Green and Pleasant Land
― Green and Pleasant Land
“He looked back as they shepherded the children indoors, thinking of the cities with their walls, gatehouses, razor wire, shutters, barriers, alarms, security cameras and bulletproof screens; it was the architecture of siege, not harmony. Division was engraved in the landscape and fear expressed in physical form.”
― Green and Pleasant Land
― Green and Pleasant Land
“By thinking in the prescribed language, we conform without realising.”
― Green and Pleasant Land
― Green and Pleasant Land
“If you load oppositional words with negative connotations, then critical thought is stifled. If you load supportive words with positive connotations, then people can’t avoid thinking in the prescribed way.”
― Green and Pleasant Land
― Green and Pleasant Land
“People want the Government to do their thinking for them. They happily regurgitate their catchphrases and slogans, thinking they’ve come up with the ideas themselves. It’s a well-known phenomenon: it’s called passive cognition.”
― Green and Pleasant Land
― Green and Pleasant Land
“The media’s so central to our lives that we believe what we see onscreen is real. In fact, it’s more real than reality: emotions are heightened, drama sharpened, issues simplified.”
― Green and Pleasant Land
― Green and Pleasant Land

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