/32/ - Psychopolitics

>>1868

>revive this board

We've never been this lively to begin with. Think of it as being on life support.

>>1876

What are you theories as to why the quality dropped so much and so fast?

I think it had to do with the large influx of people during the Second Exodus (that was because m00t nuked 4/pol/, right?), which only stopped using 4/pol/ because it was unusable as a platform for "political" (and I'm using the term as generally as possible here) discussion. The fact that they stayed even after it was obvious that the platform was being censored shows that they either chose not to believe in the evidence (which shows naïveté) or that they didn't care as long as it didn't involve jews and they had a large enough audience for their shitposting.

Also, do you have any of those beaverposts saved? They could make for good discussion here, depending on the topic.

>>1924

not working for me

>>1924

>>1925

Nevermind, it just saves to desktop for some reason

>>>/bmw/ for development of political memes & trying them out in the field. Practical Politics & memetic warfare.

test, ignore

While it is possible that the USA has had some divisions, they are likely historical. Observers have noted distinction across American cultural groups for a long while now.

Generally, scholars have noted an opposite trend. A growing homogenisation of the English-speaking people generally. Funnily enough, one article you linked tried to defend America's lack of foreign-language ability but failed to notice than NO english-speaking country has good foreign=-language skills. Similarly, while Americans are supposedly is ignorant of foreign-places, it failed to point out that the UK doesn't fair much better either. British people are incredibly ignorant of Europe and much, much more knowledgeable of the USA, Canada and Australia.

Perhaps these new subdivisions show something different. There has been a growing global elite, most of who are English-speaking. Perhaps the elite, disconnected from national-borders, have caused national connecxions in the Anglo-sphere to collapse. This could explain why people feel the USA has broken up slightly culturally and why the home nations of the UK are also falling apart.

Perhaps the modern world we live in will see a pan-Anglo transformation that encourages English-speaking identity formation outside of the traditional nation-states.

newfag here. this is provocative stuff.

i studied Russian and am pretty familiar with the country's history. I would say that even the current Russian Federation is still an empire, containing quite literally conquered peoples all over its enormous land mass.

An issue, however, is the dependency of some of these regions on the central muscovy-st petersburg state.

This is a tough issue. I mean, what is to be gained by having states fall apart into smaller component sections? Who benefits from the current set-up and who would realistically benefit or trigger a split up?

Other countries that have similar issues of diversity are India and China

>>1786

you raise some excellent points.

further, i think the pan-anglo transformation is well underway, for good or worse. Worse being that american consumer culture is usually the biggest thing being transferred. second is literal english language learning, which is prevalent in many countries

>>1729

>Atlanta as part of the Deep South

kek

>>1919

I am probably being a bit to liberal in my theories, but for the most part I am just trying to make a case about the feasibility of ET existence. What is insane about my theories?

I'm with OP on this one. People against the UFO angle need to substantiate their argument. So if the UFO phenomenon is one giant psy-op, for what purpose? If so, it's the most successful psy-op of all time, one of the first great modern memes, and the progenitor of COINTELPRO that uh...is 1000000x more successful than anything we know as COINTELPRO has accomplished.

Is it a psyop gone out of control? Is the government concealing anything? Is the government selling something? If so, what?

>>1938

no government on earth could do a global ufo psyop

more likely advanced societies in the universe and galaxy are projecting force

One thing is for certain. Watch the film straw dogs. The rape in England is intwined within the fabric of society. Its like as common as a gf cheating on you. And of course there is very unadressed masonic and royal themes to such acts of sadism. So not only is it rape its rape riddled in the allowed nuances of the public consensus on fraternal orders and cults as a whole

>>1737

>>1737

>So, how to bring forward the class and racial identity?

Normally this would have happened/ be happening in any other time throughout history.

The biggest difference now is that so many white males have been raised in front of plastic screens, separated from family, separated from nature and their natural biology. This is the main reason why leftism can only thrive in the new digital age. Why counter your own destruction when you can just jerk off, play video games, drink, do drugs, vape etc. etc. instead. The only thing that will wake up white males in separating them from their current plastic screen masters. I don't see that ever happening.

>cunning marketing,

Nope, not enough. Gonna need the full artillery here folks, no looking back now. Nothing short of a complete disconnect from the digital umbilical cord, coupled with a mass awakening spiritual movement will do the trick.

Maybe convince white males that computers aren't cool after all and the internet (wifi) is actually killing you? Take that idea, couple it with a tough mudder / GoRuck style group, throw in some newbridge church and we are starting to get somewhere...

>>1741

>The only thing that will wake up white males in separating them from their current plastic screen masters.

Gonna have to disagree with you here anon, as someone mentioned earlier in this thread the best way to give people a sense of racial/cultural identity is to make them realise what amazing and incredible shit has been accomplished by their nation/race is the past, these accomplishments don't even have to be true.

For example, instead of someone watching Roots or other such films/programs, have them watch Zulu. It's not so much about media as a whole being the bad influence as much as it is about common more publicly available media being so, Zulu probably wasn't the best example to showcase this mind. Think of it as an incubation period for nationalistic pride, some neckbearded beta as fuck white guy starts to learn about the things he ancestors did that he should be proud of and they'll start feeling ashamed and want to change that... eventually.

The key as I see it isn't about stopping them falling prey to white guilt propaganda, it's about having them fall prey to the opposite.

>>1728

>"There is no class associated with whites except evil ceo's/executives etc. or weak, puny kuk's"

Yet here in the UK there are teenager/young adult white memes such as "cheeky nandos" and "lad culture". Popularized through Facebook such as theladbible and dapperlaughs, "Cheeky" and "Banter" are labelled as white words.

>people against lad culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuLAHKKjqYI

>banter viral video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us9W07b4A08

>explaining lad culture to an American

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYF9WleGEPk

>What is the best method to break this fearful mentality that seems to grip white people?

OP, i was a coward for most part of my life (i grew up mostly with no religion, and my dad was absent).

I changed once became a Christian and i acknowledged that God hates cowards, and that what i should crave in this life is God respect, not human respect.

Good bread. Required reading for this topic:

http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/0013/common-core/1-common-core-lighthouse.htm

http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=13825

In April 2000, the participants of the World Education

Forum in Dakar, Senegal, adopted the Dakar Framework

for Action “Education for All: Meeting our Collective

Commitment”1. They reaffirmed the vision of the World

Declaration on Education for All2 adopted ten years earlier

(Jomtien, Thailand, 1990) and committed to the attainment

of six goals, supported by 12 strategies, in order to meet

the basic learning needs of all children, youth and adults.

In September 2000, world leaders came together at the

United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York to adopt

the UN Millennium Declaration, committing to reduce

extreme poverty and setting out a series of targets that have

become known as the Millennium Development Goals

(MDGs). The MDGs included two goals related to universal

primary education and to gender equality in education,

acknowledging the pivotal role of education in human

development.

Today, it is widely recognized that the Education for

All (EFA) agenda and the related MDGs have led

to significant advances for the right to education.

The mobilization and investment which they triggered has

yielded unprecedented progress, notably in access to

formal schooling and in gender parity in primary education.

However, major education challenges still persist in all

countries and regions of the world. Some of them – notably

equity, quality and learning opportunities for youth and

adults – have not received the attention they deserve and

new ones have emerged since 2000, such as the need to

improve the development of relevant skills for life and for

work, for all age groups.

'Sustainable developments' is the sustainable development plan for the human race if anyone wasn't aware of it. It is mentioned on the last line of the last paragraph.

The rhetoric had changed since the 70's because the European populations of America and Europe went into decline thanks to overworking of the populations, and their subsequent demoralization.

Now we will be forced to embrace 'cultural diversity' in all of our homes.

>Building on and continuing the EFA movement, Education 2030 takes into account the lessons learned since 2000. A key lesson of the past years is that the global education agenda should work within the overall international development framework rather than alongside it, as occurred with the separate EFA goals and education-related MDGs.

>The agenda’s focus on inclusion and equity – giving everyone an equal opportunity, and leaving no one behind – signals another lesson: the need for increased and special efforts to reach those marginalized by factors such as gender inequality, poverty, conflict and disaster, disability, age and remoteness.

>The focus on education quality and learning recognizes the danger of concentrating on access to education without paying enough attention to whether students are learning. The fact that the EFA goals have not been reached carries a further lesson: ‘business as usual’ will not bring education to all. If current rates of progress continue, many of the countries lagging furthest behind will not reach the new targets by 2030. This means that it is of utmost importance to change current practices and mobilize efforts and resources at an unprecedented pace.

Very unfortunate that college is basically a necessity nowadays.

>>1828

>I have been watching a few jordan maxwell videos

His real name is Russell Pine and he's a pathological liar and a fraud. He was a butt buddy of Manly P. Hall, he reveres Blavatsky, has get-togethers with George Lucas and his "teachings" were instrumental in creation of the first part of Zeitgeist, which has been debunked thoroughly, even by atheists. Recently he even got on the lizard people bandwagon just to make a quick buck to pay off his debts. Do not ever trust anything that comes from his slimy mouth.

Typical low-life shill, just like Jones, Icke, Gunderson, Watt, Springmeier, Patru and that what's-his-name balding satanist faggot with a half-ponytail. Holy fucking shit, it's like a circus out there. All they need is a bearded lady and a chimp that shits in the hat on command. Well, scratch that - they already have Rense and his wig, kek.

As for the symbols, It's really not that complicated. You just have to remember how the elements are color-coded, what shapes represent the rule "as abowe, so below" and understand the gnostic doctrine when it comes to fallic symbols and eyes in triangles. Also it doesn't hurt to study alchemy and know what it says about androgyny and the perfect merger of the elements, because a lot of symbology comes from that shit. Hell, they make movies based on this shit every year and it's getting really fucking boring. But hey, no originality when there's psychopathy, right?

All in all, top fucking kek.

>>1830

I understand he reaches quite a bit but some of the stuff he said made sense. Thank you I will look into alchemy

>>1819

>there were maybe 2 or 3 /intl/ users tops

There were about 15 of regular posters judging by presence in saturday movie streams.

I find the whole event intriguing to observe, at least; it shows how gullible average poster is to information from authority. The whole thing of course translates into real life as well...

>>1823

On the other hand this constitutes slander, and the average poster could simply be using the authority's word as an excuse.

I don't follow drama between boards at all, and only check a few boards. If what you say is true... thats sad

I stay out of drama so I have no idea what happened, but wouldn't the OP be an ironic example of "mass manipulation" in itself? who is to say the post is 100% true? where can one go to even confirm this sort of information? I'm not saying he's lying, I really don't know. but how much information that we consume can we really say is without doubt an unbiased first hand source? and even if it was first hand, how much can we confirm to be truth? I understand the OP is referring to a leadership and subordinate dynamic, but I hope my point will still be clear.

manipulation happens, to an extent, within every communication shared by two or more individuals. most people would choose to "frame a narrative" in their favor, sometimes not even 100% consciously. there is so much to interpersonal communication that is often overlooked by individuals, and without even thinking most people "fill in the cracks", per say. words and phrases conjure up images in a person's mind. it's practically magick if you think about it.. neuro linguistic programming and the like. with enough knowledge of an individual's thoughts, feelings, behaviors, experiences, etc. one can very easily manipulate a person through word choice alone, forget adding in emphasis, gestures, tonality, touch, facial expressions, etc.

something as simple as "golden arches" can conjure up numerous smells, tastes, sounds, feelings, etc. in a person's mind. "I was robbed" and "I was mugged" are two very similar phrases and arguably can be referencing the same exact event, but they conjure up (at least for me) very different mental imagery. someone who was mugged was surely robbed, but simply being stolen from does not mean a person was "violently mugged". I could be pick pocketed and declare "I was mugged once" and garner sympathy from my audience even if no literal violence occurred.

I know it's not the best example but I hope I got my point across at least somewhat. language, while serving it's purpose, is fundamentally flawed. very intelligent people can easily convey their thoughts to others in an easy to consume fashion, but even they are limited by words. and if all of the words in existence weren't enough, they're further limited by words their audience understands. I wish I was one of those people bPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>1829

>I'm glad to have found this board

I'm glad you did. We need people like you.

So I assume you're basically doing what the MRAs who sold 'male tear' mugs to feminists are doing? Donate the profits to MRA organizations?

>>1765

Did they really do that? I can't find a reliable source on that.

>>1147

Oh, the irony is intense.

>300-500 words

OP is clearly in high school.

>on how I can see examples of the following in our world today

Write 300-500 words on why you see no examples in modern society, and call your teacher a conspiracy theorist. They want you to blame the 'dumb' majority for the problems of the oligarchy. That's what everyone else does, because it makes them feel special.

>·The idea that science and technology can be used to control people.

"Science and technology are forces of invention that have only furthered communications. They filter out propaganda, by equalizing all voices and slowly progressing them towards the same volume. Before the internet, only the more monetarily endowed of people would be able to have their voice heard, and their opinions shown to a worldwide audience. Before the television, only people capable of packing newspapers onto ships, moving them across the oceans of the world would be able to have their ideas heard by other people. Now, we can transmit ideas on a whim, and they can affect people."

>·How *propaganda* can be used to control people.

"People can only be convinced of truths and untruths based on their own free will. Propaganda can not be used effectively anymore, as everyone is capable of putting their ideas on display in a way that is accessible to the majority of people. Propaganda is drowned out by the majority who is able to speak freely. Misleading information is dying out, as anything published through common telecommunications now has to be thought of as a lie until proven true, due to anyones ability to speak on it. Everyone has an opportunity to question and oppose the ideas put forth by propaganda, and everyone makes it mandatory through the belief that everyone on the internet is a liar."

>·How money, advertising and *propaganda* can manipulate voters.

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So like trying to diverge user clicks to a certain place, or something more malicious?

>>1709

Intentionally designing an interface badly/withholding information from the user in order to dope the user into buying/signing up for something they don't actually want, yes.

What is the function of Design in general?

Be it buildings, automobiles, appliances or websites, designers choose the shape, size, disposition, number and location of components in order to achieve maximum safety, effectiveness and aesthetic value. These three qualities, in that order, come from the roman book “De Architectura”, which states that “a structure must exhibit the three qualities of firmitas, utilitas, venustas”, meaning it should be firm (solid, safe, stable), useful (it should serve its function) and beautiful. The order is a logical one, since a beautiful object that does not serve its function is useless, and one that does at great risk to the user is not worth using. Allow me exemplify:

A hammer is a simple tool used for beating things (usually nails) with great force. If it had a flexible handle, like a Morningstar, it would allow the user to exert more force with the same effort, but with significantly greater risk. The current design is safe enough without sacrificing force generation or precision. If we were to make a beautiful hammer out of porcelain, it would be aesthetically pleasing, but ultimately useless as a tool. It could serve as a decoration piece, but it wouldn’t be a hammer anymore, it would be a piece of art, and the beauty would serve the new function (which would be simply to be beautiful).

The designer must work to achieve these three qualities, in this order. In the case web design, the page must be safe in the sense that it does not allow for the infection of the user by malware (something relatively simple); it must present the information it needs to present in a clear and accessible way, being the exposure of information the basic function of websites; and it should be aesthetically pleasing, so that the user is not turned off from using it or his eyes grow tired fast.

In the same way that a physician must care for the physical well-being of the patient, the web designer must make sure that the information on the website is easy to locate and access. To do otherwise would be incompetence. To do otherwise purposely would be unethical, in the same way as planned obsolescence of physical equipment.

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>>1709

Putting the 'buy now' button in the upper left hand corner, big green download buttons that redirect to a download the user didn't expect, and even paying an extra fee for something you don't need if you don't uncheck a box.

I think that knowledgeable posters may be most inclined to contribute in speculative or collaborative threads, ones where users are called to share their opinion.

That's an interesting question, because every attempt to answer it so far has been counterproductive authoritarian nonsense.

What we need is informative highly qualified posters to answer about what makes them come to, and respond to, an online community.

Freedom is probably a big thing. I'm most likely to come to a website I can experience new and interesting information at. I'm most likely to stop visiting a website that has the same information rehashed endlessly.

A board like /n/ or /pol/ is limited by the news cycle, but this board is only content limited by the amount of intelligent and interesting opinions we can attract.

A reduction in quality may actually provide an increase later as setting a good standard may put off good posters who recognise their failings like the peasants outside Stirner's milk-shop.

>How is "quality" defined on an imageboard (or in a discussion medium in general)?

Quality has a subjective aspect to it, as readers often associate a text's quality with its compatibility with their world views. For example, a fascist might say a very well-worded and sourced blog post is of low quality because it talks about Marx in a positive light. If we look at the matter in this way, quality is not only a factor of the material, bot something that varies according to the reader.

We might want to look for universal quality indicators. I certainly think of a few:

First and foremost, clarity of message. If a post is worded in such a way as to prevent easy comprehension it is necessarily of bad quality. I am not referring to texts where the poster uses unusual vocabulary or discusses obscure topics, but to failures to transmit information in a way that can be understood without a double meaning or with an obscure one.

Correct use of grammar and spelling are (as I see it) important even when looked at independently from the first factor. They indicate that the poster cares about abiding by the rules of communication, knows them, and considers the place of posting (be it the thread or board) worthy of the effort to abide by them. Despite being more of an indicator of the poster's quality, it is also related to the post.

Profanity should be considered an indicator of a lack of quality. One might argue that there are situations/threads where the use of profanity is acceptable (and sometimes encouraged); the way I see it, being in such a thread is likely already an indicator of low quality in itself, unless the poster is trying to rescue a thread that has descended into a flame war or such.

Needless aggression should also be shunned. To seek or fuel conflict, especially on the internet, denotes a tremendous lack of perspective on the part of the poster. Even if "the other guy started it", appealing to needless confrontation achieves nothing except entertain small-minded spectators. By remaining calm and polite one indicates one's superior control over themselves.

Politeness, as mentioned, can probably also be taken into account.

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>>1757

>As you see, most of these actually refer to the quality of the poster rather than the quality of the post itself; the two are likely very closely related.

Exactly, the people are the primary determinant of the quality of a community, not the technology and rules of the online space it resides in. A quality community is one that manages to attract and maintain a group of decent and intelligent individuals who encourage each other to contribute content to the community.