"Hyperreality. That's the word. Symbols and concepts unmoored from concrete foundations, but treated as if still moored.

"Orange man bad" as an example- they can't prove he's literally the devil, but that doesn't matter. The hyperreal "truth" is that he's the devil, that's the (in the scientific sense) meme. They act like it because Trump and "Orange Man" are different ontologies tied to the same figure.

Hyperreality is an illusion of a reality, stretched over reality like an ed gein suit. Once it starts to tear though..."

"Culture doesn't just pop out of existence from nowhere.

For Propaganda to succeed they still need an Audience that is Vulnerable and Weak to them.

It's only through a community of indulgence and appeasement can standards be completely destroyed.

Gamergate is a good example of that, they Propagandized and Censored to hell and back, all our spaces and franchises they have controlled, but Gamers were resistant to that because the culture of gaming with its principles and motivation ran contrary to the propaganda."