Interesting article following in line with your writing!
"Le Bon identified five pillars of influence that made greater impact than facts, logic, or persuasion: authority (what experts think); experience (seeing is believing); social pressure (what others think and do, translated in current advertising jargon as social proof); imagination (cultural stories); and language (framing the debate). This is common knowledge today, says Stiles, but was path-breaking in Le Bon’s time. His acuity lay in recognizing that, soon, reason would prove ineffective as a means of persuasion."
Great write up, Ron. Keep it coming. I'd like to see some examples mapped out. I.e. people's minds are at point A (regarding a specific topic) , and we want to bring them to point B. E.g. Americans are pro capitalism (A) and we want them to embrace socialism (B). What were the necessary conditions and cause-effect-cause steps to achieve the changeover?
I’d love to see a sort of series on this, or just an occasional article where you delve in & give more examples.
You could do a little class for us ☺️
Thanks. It was a great intro.
Video Series for the masses
Interesting article following in line with your writing!
"Le Bon identified five pillars of influence that made greater impact than facts, logic, or persuasion: authority (what experts think); experience (seeing is believing); social pressure (what others think and do, translated in current advertising jargon as social proof); imagination (cultural stories); and language (framing the debate). This is common knowledge today, says Stiles, but was path-breaking in Le Bon’s time. His acuity lay in recognizing that, soon, reason would prove ineffective as a means of persuasion."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/11/the_elite_conspiracy_to_monopolize_opinion_through_propaganda.html
Great write up, Ron. Keep it coming. I'd like to see some examples mapped out. I.e. people's minds are at point A (regarding a specific topic) , and we want to bring them to point B. E.g. Americans are pro capitalism (A) and we want them to embrace socialism (B). What were the necessary conditions and cause-effect-cause steps to achieve the changeover?
I like that. “Captains of our own thoughts”.
I have found that knowing my values and beliefs, and keeping them in the forefront as I process the information has helped me to do just that.