Psychologists advise people to go to work in different ways, and at home, to regularly change the location of the computer and, in general, the type of furniture. Repeated events, the same events, and the same routes do not create new neural connections in the human brain; the person is “stagnant” and molded in the spiritual, mental and physical sense. This regularity also works in public and political life. New environments, new contacts, and new knowledge help people get rid of stereotypes and prejudices, and they help people to not fall victim to propaganda.
You will not believe the claims of politicians that “all journalists are sold out” if you have at least one journalist friend whose decency you do not doubt. You will not believe the racist rumors about Jews or African-Americans if you have been in contact with members of a particular nation or race for some time. Conversely, if you sit on Facebook all day and “catch” negative information about people you do not like, in order to get confirmation of your already formed beliefs and add a few sweet words, you will easily fall victim to propaganda. “All RPA members are thieves,” “all Civil Contract members are ignorant” – the propaganda itself is very primitive and seeks equally primitive brains.
Thus, those who lead a narrow and monotonous life are more likely to fall victim to propaganda. But the problem is that there is another, so-called “depressive” class that has the same problems. We are talking about the authorities. They also go to work every day with the same “chauffeurs” surrounded by the same bodyguards, servants, and brown nosers. In the case of Armenia, they also sit all day on Facebook to find out who “severely insulted” them. Of course, these people also have their little joys; for example, sometimes they move from a less luxurious apartment to a more luxurious one, or go to work with a more prestigious “chauffeur.” But it does not affect the overall pattern. The thinking of both the “depressive” and the ruling classes is based on the same “square” way of thinking: to judge events and people by their pre-formed, one-sided standards.
One of the leaders of German National Socialism, Heinrich Himmler, in the late 1930s, proposed a “brilliant” way of hiring people with a photo. You do not need a resume or an interview. You just need to look at the photo and see that the person’s hair is blonde, the eye color is light, and the shape of the skull is “correct,” and that’s it, you get the job.
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Aram Abrahamyan
