What Are The Objectives Of The Animal Act

Create the enemy to divert attention Communicate

I admit, the new book by U. I echo a harbinger of very interesting ideas, especially with regard to communication and, especially, those relating to mass communication.

And 'a must start by saying that the most "shocking" of Eco's book is that all the facts and figures are cited really existed and really did what the book describes. All. Except the main character, however, is certainly one who does what many other people have done.

But it is fair to talk about the past? E 'correct to think that what has been done to the 800 (the Western Switzerland is set in this period) is not repeated even today, certainly with more high-tech or modern methods, but still the same kind?

The passage of the book to which I refer is as follows:

Rachkovskij : Captain Simonini ... I trusted you material ...

Simonini : But do you want exactly?

R : (...) I have in my service people who can build a good document, but I have to give content. And I can not tell the good subject that Russian Jews await the Messiah ... if waiting for the Messiah, this must be explained in terms of their pockets.

(...)

S: So you want the Jews to be destroyed

(...)

R: I do not want to destroy the Jews, dare I say that Jews are my best allies. I am interested in the moral tenor of the Russian people and (...) I do not want this people to target its discontents to the Tsar. So he needs an enemy (...) and to be recognizable and formidable (he) should be at home, or on the threshold of the house.

need an enemy to give the people hope. Someone once said that patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels: who has the moral principles are usually wrapped in a flag, and the bastards always call for purity of their race (...) the sense of national identity is based hatred for those who are not identical (...) we always want to hate someone to feel justified in their own misery.

This is the part of the book in which he explains the reasons for which the main character (which is worth repeating several people responsible for the activity of "production of documents") creates facts, sketched reports and juxtaposes the "common sense" in order to (re) create the material in publishable form of books, press releases or otherwise.

In this way, you try not to feed a new feel, not present in the population but just something that already exists. Maybe already supported by previous reports.

As is mentioned several times in the book, people are not inclined to believe what is already known .

Connection, So, with the world of information and news I think is modern, contemporary, self-evident. Just return to the news not only new but also the immediate past to realize that often the creation of an enemy is just the functional part that complains of being a victim (and, conversely, it has created).