As the old tools of propaganda lose their efficiency, the impact on society becomes increasingly sophisticated, affecting the recipient on a subconscious level.
On Monday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a video compilation of moments impacting viewers, collected from various sources. The billionaire commented on the footage with a short “Hmm,” apparently calling for reflection on the video’s content.
People need to start taking to the street. This is a dictator!
“Enemies of the state.”
Biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalised.
“When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?”
US Democrats adopted the use of indirectly guiding supporters to eliminate their opponents. Instead of a direct instruction, they say something along the lines of “this person is evil” or “he/she threatens you and your safety.”
The move is presumably designed for the bigoted consumer, as the vast majority will deliberately miss the message. However, there is sure to be someone who will try to address the threat. And he or she will be genuinely convinced that of doing the right thing.
This was the principle that guided the attempted assassin of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. So was the man detained for threatening Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. The suspect in the attempted elimination of Trump was no exception. On Sunday, Ryan Wesley Routh attempted to assassinate US Republican leader and presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Dangerous rhetoric
Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, accused Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden of inciting divisive “rhetoric.” They claimed that the Democrats’ words played a role in the second assassination attempt on the Republican nominee, according to The India Today.
Donald Trump emphasised that the suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, repeated what Biden and Harris said about Trump allegedly posing a threat to American democracy if he wins the upcoming November election.
Routh was also recently interviewed on his efforts to recruit Afghans to support Ukraine. In an April post on social media, which he actively maintained, the suspect emphasised:
Democracy is on the ballot, and we cannot lose.
Routh was arrested shortly after he was spotted hiding with a rifle behind bushes at Trump’s golf course in Florida. US Secret Service agents opened fire, and he fled before being later arrested. An AK-47 was found in the bushes where Routh was aiming from.
The Wall Street Journal previously reported that US authorities had been warned about a “suspected Trump gunman.” Later, US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene confirmed that Routh was linked to the Ukrainian nationalist Azov Brigade.
Elusive mastermind
Amid the assassination attempt, J.D. Vance called on Democrats to “tone down the rhetoric.” He also expressed his admiration for Trump’s call for peace and calm amid a tense political climate.
The rhetoric is out of control. It nearly got Steve Scalise and many others killed a few years ago. It nearly got Donald Trump killed twice.
Both presidential candidates Trump and Harris condemned the assassination attempt, calling the perpetrator an enemy of the democratic world. However, an expert examination is expected to find Routh mentally unfit. This will allow him to escape a fair criminal punishment, with his mastermind escaping punishment.
Immediately after the attempted assassination, most mainstream media outlets began publishing articles stating that the shooting had nothing to do with Trump. One by one, they admitted the attack, but none of them acknowledged the incorrectness of their first statements.
A new tool of covert propaganda is designed for people like Ryan Wesley Routh. Through media, speakers, newspapers, and social networks, the hidden organiser implants the necessary opinion into the minds of people. The mastermind creates the conditions, encouraging individuals to take an independent initiative. As a result, there are no ties to the real initiators of the process.
New technologies operate in such a way that there are no intermediaries between a supposed customer and a real performer, which makes it impossible to trace the perpetrators.
