Popular Nullification of the State’s Propaganda

Mass media technologies such as radio and television ushered in an era of State-engineered propaganda on a global scale.  Any lingering allegiance to objective truth was eclipsed by the allure of powerful narratives.  Narratives create false realities that incentivize humans to accept certain ideas or pursue certain actions that they would otherwise never accept or pursue if they were thinking clearly and confronting reality truthfully.

Over the last century, television and radio have operated a...