manipulation

Curiosity, rumor and equivocation have not ceased to constitute the fundamental elements of the Heideggerian “inauthentic existence” (uneigentliche Existenz) of the alienated world promoted by the deceitful performances of the culture industry. The curiosity of public opinion, i.e., the “inability to dwell on that which is presented,” is fed by the continuous diversion of attention to new objects placed ad hoc in the foreground through organized manipulation, in order to tame minds and mold them according to the ideological order.