Polarising perspective

Polarising perspective  (Illusion)
A modern illustration of how the commercially-controlled media depicts the political spectrum. In the 21st century, the enemy image of "extremism" is used to try to promote the corporate media as reliable and "middle of the road".
Interest of	• Ed van Thijn • Donald Trump
A way of framing the debates that effectively hinders concensus and promotes disharmony.

A Polarising perspective is one which has the effect of polarising people, i.e. promoting divergence and away from conciliation and common ground.

Political spectrum

Full article: Political spectrum

The political spectrum is a key metaphor that is used to prevent concensus so as to promote social control. The colours and names of the left/right parties are not consistent across the world, but the notion of "political opposition" is. Parties are opposed to one another. The political spectrum tends to narrow range of policies and issues towards a one-dimenstional "us v. them".

"Blacks" and "Whites"

Full article: “Racism”

Human skin colour is just one of many physiological differences between humans - both between and within populations. In reality, humans skin is neither black nor white, but labelling it so and repeatedly claiming that this difference is import has been used as a divide and conquer method of social control, one that has worked effectively over centuries. {SMWDocs}}