RE: The Tolling of the Bell for Tinseltown
The problem with Hollywood, from our masters' perspective, is that their obvert ideologic position to subvert the dominant sociocultural matrix reduces the effectiveness of propaganda. When the target audience of the propaganda recognizes the artistic medium as the propaganda dissemination tool, the purpose of such production is mooted. The obtuseness of Soviet propaganda machine resulted in its marginal utility, forcing the Politburo to rely increasingly on political enforcement and welfare distribution to pacify its subjects. The CCP, having observed the failures of the Soviet system, have developed an impressive propaganda apparatus that not only directs their 1 billion drones, but also influences the Western mob.
The purpose of art, whether it be paintings, moving pictures, or journalism, has always been advancing the interests of the artists' sponsors. The humanist West, having indoctrinated its subjects in the illusion of "free" press, art for its own sake, "freedom" of speech, and "objective" journalism, masterfully manipulate public perception via dissemination of partial truths and vulgar appeal to emotional whims. The emphasis upon the external - speech, press, access to information - naturally atrophy the internal - critical evaluation, rational observation, self-discipline, principled thought. The use of meaningless and irrelevant "freedoms" to shackle their subjects in chains of atrophied self-development is the greatest administrative tool the humanists have devised.
That the clowns are subverting their own machinery may indictate either the Western public has atrophied to such a degree that even Soviet-style obtuseness is effective in herding the muck in certain direction, or the propaganda apparachik itself has degenerated because its effectiveness has convinced its own members of the b.s. it has been shilling. It may be that, in the future, the masters will rely increasingly upon enforcement and resource distribution to maintain their hold on power, as the propaganda apparatus becomes increasingly ineffective.
There is no doubt, in my opinion, that the West is experiencing a degenerative collapse induced by a dearth of hardship coupled with a rampant and narcissistic form of escapist hedonism. I often ponder if the fiat expansion wasn't designed to do promote the former while the entertainment industry advanced the latter to create maximum suffering when the total economic collapse is initiated.
Your observations on the flagging effectiveness of the propaganda industry is thought provoking. I would suspect the talking heads in the propaganda corporate news media are well aware they are oligarch lackeys shilling for their share of the 30 pieces of silver. The actors and entertainers however, for the most part, are very likely empty vessels devoid of any genuine intellectual utility who have based their lives and self-worth upon the approval of others; in this case accepting the corporate media cultists and "drinking the Kool-Aid".
It is likely that enforcement and redistribution will increase throughout the West, with the emphasis on enforcement. I suspect however that significant resources are being dedicated to rejuvenating the propaganda machine via social media and the tech tyrants. This rejuvenation may well focus on direct manipulation by creating collaborative mind-to-mind interface, the potential of which is horrific to say the least.
I recall a Black Mirror episode, "Men against fire," in which the near-future soldiers are implanted with a mind-machine interface that allows them to be highly efficient in coordinated military maneuvers. The MMI also allows the controllers to enhance certain information stimulus, as well as dramatically altering their perceptual matrix. I wonder if MMI will become as ubiquitous and normalized as individuals communicating primarily via texting. MMI will allow our masters to control public perception with a flick of a switch, but then again, they already have such power via social media platforms. Information polarization and targeted dissemination already allows for unprecedented control of the masses, who willingly partake in propaganda, even in so far as paying for the privilege of being programmed by their masters.