“Ours is the first age in which many thousands of the best-trained individual minds have made it a full-time business to get inside the collective public mind.” ― Marshall McLuhan, The Mechanical Bride : Folklore of Industrial Man, year 1951
Leadership of Nations by using Cringe behaviors. Exploiting the minds of the audience, the citizens of nations, with cringe antics. Using cringe as a method of control and exploitation against a population.
Russian Surkovian Governing, year 2013
“March 18, 2014 — Surkov is known to have a picture of Tupac Shakur sitting at his desk and he told the New York Times about his affinity for the late rapper.” https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a27875/russia-loves-tupac/
Always a fan of flattery no matter how unrealistic, President Donald Trump shared a surreal video on Saturday of an AI-generated version of himself performing Journey’s massive hit “Don’t Stop Believing” in front of a flag-waving crowd. Initially sitting at the world’s most patriotic piano in a plain suit, he later transitions to a red, white, and blue outfit to shred a guitar as cheerleaders dance behind him for some reason
“Ours is the first age in which many thousands of the best-trained individual minds have made it a full-time business to get inside the collective public mind.” ― Marshall McLuhan, The Mechanical Bride : Folklore of Industrial Man, year 1951
How do you defend? Stand up on social media. “This is Surkov Russia 2013, this is how Putin maintains his power! We all (age 12 to age 150) need to cram learn media ecology from Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman!”
See Also: !CounterSurkov@lemm.ee
See Also: !RemedialMorality@lemm.ee