How to Herd your Critics into Fake Communities and Waste their Time (Part 1)

OK, this is one of our absolute favorites here at the Consent Factory. For our money, in terms of distracting and rendering harmless any serious critics of your corporate-controlled global empire, this is definitely one you want to go with. Herding critics into fake communities and wasting their time is not only essential to maintaining… Read More How to Herd your Critics into Fake Communities and Waste their Time (Part 1)

How to Use the Power of the Media to Subtly Manipulate People (Pt. 1)

OK, we want to kick off our series on Using the Power of the Media to Subtly Manipulate People by examining two recent pieces on the 2016 US elections. The first one we’ll look at ran in the Guardian, a Pulitzer Prize-winning British newspaper that most people think of as “progressive,” and the second in… Read More How to Use the Power of the Media to Subtly Manipulate People (Pt. 1)

How to generate and manage the appearance of free and fair elections in developed markets

One of the essential parts of establishing and maintaining your globalized corporatist empire is creating and stage-managing a simulation of actual democracy every few years. This allows the millions of people you’ve trapped in debt peonage, and are otherwise exploiting, to blow off a little steam, and to not feel completely powerless and hopeless about… Read More How to generate and manage the appearance of free and fair elections in developed markets