Introduction
Alternative media is not propaganda. It is something much worse and more pathetic. I came to realize that the word sect best describes the alternative hate media. A crazy hate media political sect.There would be nothing terrible about this sectarian movement if only a demographically insignificant 1% of people believed in it. The problem is that about 30% of the population is drawn into this hateful machinery. It is sad that normal, decent people passively and idly watch this aggressive, barking group of people, instead of actively standing up against them.
This political sect is becoming the thing that probably best describes the Slovak nation, because it is a phenomenon that is demographically very significant.
In many parameters of this sect, Slovakia has set a world record – we have the first place – and we should be entered into the Guinness Book of Records.
(Side note: there is no translation for the word sect in English. Perhaps that is why religious sects in the USA are so successful, because there is no name for them. If things are not named correctly, they cannot be warned against. In this article, however, we will talk about the media political sectarian movement in Slovakia)
Common elements of religious and political sects
Alternative media have a lot in common with religious sects. Hateful alternative media differ from religious sects only in that they do not have their own common rooms / spaces for indoctrination. People can be adherents of a political sect even remotely: through the media.It is typical for a sect to try to isolate its members from their families and normal society – because relatives, normal people with a healthy mindset, would logically try to dissuade a sect member from the sect. We see a very similar element in the alternative media in our unfortunate Slovakia. The leaders of these sects (such as Huďo, Lichtner) very intensely try to build a strong protective mental barrier in people against critics of Kremlin propaganda. They very intensely pour emotions into their desperate followers – emotions of hatred towards anyone who has the courage to publicly criticize Kremlin propaganda and point out hoaxes. People are so full of emotions that they no longer need to use reason at all. It is not necessary to think about what the critic of Kremlin propaganda is saying; we are very clear that this person must be hated. These are probably the thought processes of the desperate people who believe in this media political sect.
In a religious sect, a critic of the sect is labeled as a servant of Satan (this is especially common in various very dubious manipulative sectarian branches of Christianity), and therefore this person must be hated and not believed a word. In the media sect, we have something similar. The word Satan is replaced by the word Soros. Anyone who has the courage to publicly point out a false report or criticize Kremlin propaganda is labeled as a malicious Soros agent who seeks to harm society.
(Updated on 1 September 2018) From an energy perspective, it makes no difference whether someone falls for a political or religious sect, because it is the same energy principle. As proof of this, the same audience, the same listeners of the pro-Kremlin disinformation Czech radio Svobodné Rádio, believe not only in the aggressive hateful propaganda of the Kremlin, but also in the insane sect of the Dohnalites, which has self-proclaimed excommunicated all modern popes and bishops. It is unbelievable how listeners believe such madmen in the atheistic Czech Republic! I write more about the Dohnalite sect in detail here: The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate sect. Warning: Do not let yourself be manipulated by a sect with a self-proclaimed pope!
Disinformation media can be seen as a sect from several points of view. An element of a sect is also the cult worship of a leading figure ("sect leader"). Controversial presidential candidate Štefan Harabin has quite crazy fans – they are readers of disinformation Kremlin propaganda. These people worship Harabin as the savior of the nation and worship him as a god and king. As a small example, here – during a visit to the village, Harabin's deluded fans prepared a luxurious masquerade and comedy for him: they "representatively" transported him in a carriage like some "king". https://youtu.be/DTRSIcVl2-I?t=2m9s
Characteristics of the thinking of a victim of a political sect
A normal person, even if they disagree with another's opinion, can reflect on it and listen to it. A supporter of a political sect does not need to think and does not use reason at all: as soon as they hear an opinion critical of Kremlin propaganda, emotions – emotions of hatred – are automatically triggered in them, and they will aggressively attack this person. These people are pathetic, destroyed psychological wrecks.The fact that someone believes in Kremlin propaganda is not a serious problem in itself. The problem is that these people are extremely aggressive and cannot use their own reason. Trolls in discussions do not try to discuss but to insult.
Are these political sects the work of the Russian government and the Russian secret service?
I don't think so. Cult leaders are mentally disturbed and insecure wretches who want to be more papal than the Pope, more Putin than Putin, and more Kremlin than the Kremlin. In the true sense of the word, these insane sects are giving the Kremlin a bad name. I think that even Putin's people don't know whether to cry or laugh at these Slovak wretches. These mentally disturbed useful idiots must be quite tragicomic figures even for the Kremlin itself. The Kremlin itself must have very mixed feelings about these people. Useful idiots who do more harm than good.
Even if it were true that the Russian secret service was behind the alternative media, it would be a rather unsuccessful project from the Kremlin's point of view.
Alternative media receive money from the Kremlin only because of the language barrier. If the Kremlin knew how the situation in Slovakia had developed, it would think twice about providing financial support.
Don't think, just trust us.
Kremlin-backed media lead people in a way that says, "don't think, just believe us."
It is fascinating how much the followers and readers of aggressive Kremlin propaganda believe the information they receive, but they are not even able to think about that information a little bit. When a person thinks, they can find the truth, but these people do not think at all.
Thinking hurts and requires effort. Believing and being led is comfortable.
The Kremlin's alternative media and religious fanaticism have a common feature in that both ideologies teach a person not to use reason. And to be stupid.
It's unbelievable how much energy people can devote to spreading hateful fake news and how aggressively and determinedly they fight for it, but they can't find a second to verify the truthfulness of the information. Verifying information hurts, but fighting for fake news and venting complexes and personal grievances by spreading hatred to opinion opponents, that will still energize you and it is a form of relaxation.
Pro-Kremlin media as faith and political religion
(Updated on 1 September 2018). Pro-Kremlin hate disinformation media can also be perceived as a political religion. This term political religion is perhaps an even more accurate term than political sect. Religious fanatics and adherents of this media political sect have many common features.Believing in pro-Kremlin propaganda is a faith. The fact that people believe in pro-Kremlin propaganda is indeed something very similar to religious faith. People who have fallen victim to pro-Kremlin propaganda perceive the propaganda as true because they believe it. They believe that leaders, the leading figures of alternative disinformation media, such as Huďo, Lichtner, and Koroni, are telling the truth. They believe that the pro-Kremlin website HlavnéSprávy is simply telling the truth. These people are very trusting and have a very strong faith. It doesn't even occur to them to verify the information they believe to be true. I have very strange experiences with these people when I discuss with them. If you start telling them facts that question Kremlin propaganda or facts that don't fit into their propaganda, these people won't even think about the facts but will label you as Soros's tentacle. They won't think at all, but will aggressively label you as a malicious Soros agent who is trying to harm society.
It is easier to believe than to think. Thinking requires a lot of energy, but being trustingly led and blindly believing requires no energy at all. It is easier to label someone, to brand them as a Soros agent, than to reflect on a truthful argument and to take into account the facts that disrupt and make unpleasant the view of the world that is pleasant to me.
It is incredible how many people can believe, without any verification of information, news that sounds very dubious at first glance, or news whose sole purpose is to spread hatred. People, without any verification of information, can not only believe Kremlin propaganda but are also capable of aggressively fighting for fake news. The malicious way in which facts were taken out of context in pro-Kremlin media to slander an opponent, which is typical for them, does not bother these people at all. They will aggressively fight for hateful fake news simply because they believe it. We can only get to the truth if we know how to discuss with each other and listen to each other. However, the aggressive opinion camp does not want to discuss and does not want to listen to other opinions.
Alternative media are a symbol of psychological despair.
Personally, I perceive people who believe in hate propaganda as desperate people with empty, brainwashed heads, whose last two brain cells have died. These are people who celebrate their stupidity.Only a very desperate person with a very difficult fate and a lot of suffering needs to believe in hateful propaganda. These are people who let themselves be carried away by the passions of hateful propaganda, at least for a while forgetting their difficult lives. We live in a perverse era when human debility is considered a symbol of progress and virtue.
In a nutshell: how do alternative media actually work?
A small group of half-wits, lunatics, people with a huge inferiority complex, have the need to be more Catholic than the Pope and they have the need to manipulate people. A mentally balanced person does not need to manipulate people, but a half-wit does. This is how the leaders of these political sects were created, whose prey and victims became easily vulnerable and easily manipulated sheep, wretches, an audience composed of people who are mentally at rock bottom.What type of personality is most susceptible to primitive hate propaganda?
There are many factors. However, many people believe in propaganda mainly because they are less intelligent individuals who are afraid to think for themselves, who do not have the courage to form their own political opinion and rely mainly on someone else to advise them on the right political views. They simply believe that the leading figures of disinformation hate media are good, honest and just people who will advise them well and give them advice. It's all about faith and trust in a leader. The victim of propaganda does not always have to be unintelligent – it is also about personality – a simple peasant type of person cannot have their own political opinion and relies only on someone to advise them well.What kind of people feel the need to seek out religious or political sects, and why?
Cult leaders are leaders because these people enjoy manipulating others.Victims of cults are so because they are poor wretches who are afraid to use their own minds and therefore let the leader of the cult think for them.
Some people don't have enough energy and strength to use their own minds, and they find it pleasant for someone else to think for them, for someone else to be their brain. It's pleasant to be lazy and let someone else think in your place.
It's nice to be led by someone, because when you have to decide for yourself how to think and where to go, you need a lot of energy for that – but you either don't have the energy or you're just lazy.
Why do people believe in propaganda? People copy the opinions of others too much and are not able to have their own opinion.
From the perspective of South American shamanism, a person who believes in propaganda does not have a healthy personality, has a weak personality, and is clogged and polluted with bad energies.In young people who believe in propaganda, the principle on which people believe in propaganda is more visible. Even with the neo-Nazi girl, I realized here and there that it works the same way with adults.
The girl in the video seems like a robot to me. She seems like a robotized person who repeats words after others. To have one's own opinion, a person needs a lot of energy. On the contrary, for a person who lacks energy, it is easier and lazier to repeat the opinion of another.