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Shut Up and Obey—The Machinery of Manufactured Consent

A crisis, an emergency, a leader beyond reproach. Manufactured consent just makes you think it was your idea.

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Mar 10, 2025
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It was too familiar to me—I’d seen it all before.

The slogans.
The enforced unanimity.
The near-total absence of dissent.

From the moment Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the world knew exactly how to …

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