Mass propaganda transforms ideology into a principle of self-definition for atomized individuals

Evidence

As Clarke puts it, through the perpetuation and provision of meaning, ideology ‘creates a form of order, who we are, or perhaps more precisely who we are not, by the stigmatisation, marginalisation and intolerance associated with this’. Symbolic forms and the meaning made known through them create and sustain the relationships of power and interaction between the ingroup and outgroup: the self and the Other. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 833 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Masses distill perverted attitudes shared across all classes; Atomized masses are deliberately fabricated by destroying mediating institutions; Totalitarian propaganda constructs a consistent fictional world that shelters uprooted masses from reality (+8 more)

Related

• Ideology defines the self by stigmatising the Other (similarity 0.83)
• Mass atomization blocks interest-based appeals and produces self-sacrificing fanaticism (similarity 0.82)
• Masses distill perverted attitudes shared across all classes (similarity 0.81)
• Ideology operates through belief about what others believe (similarity 0.81)
• Totalitarian propaganda organizes masses through existing ideas, not new doctrine (similarity 0.80)
• Ideology is best conceived as systems of signifiers shaping social action. (similarity 0.80)
• Propaganda targets outsiders while members receive indoctrination coupled with terror. (similarity 0.79)
• Ideology functions as signification that attains societal validity and justification (similarity 0.79)
• Contemporary national self-definition debates operate through the othering process (similarity 0.79)
• Ideology works by framing alternatives within a range rather than dictating thought. (similarity 0.79)
• Totalitarian propaganda wins because ideology becomes lived reality, not opinion. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Ideology defines the self by stigmatising the Other #expands (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 833
• Ideology masks class by fragmenting people into individuals bound as consumers and citizens #exemplifies (0.80)
• Ideologies act on people structurally through a process that escapes them #expands (0.80)
• Totalitarian terror requires propaganda to coerce from within #expands (0.78)
• Ideology functions as signification that attains societal validity and justification #corroborates (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 819