Excerpts from the Special Article

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#Words no longer need to have #objective meanings in this #market. Everything is about ‘ #attention’, however achieved. True or false. That’s what the advertisers wanted. Words could mean what those in #power say they mean. The ‘ #truth’ behind the #narrative became irrelevant.

What mattered was the force of a narrative, now divorced from meaning, to compel a singularity of messaging, and to demand that #belief in the new order be reflected, not just in #compliance, but in #assimilation of the messaging into personal conduct in life. Critical thinking was disallowed as denoting an enemy; a threat to be crushed.