Propaganda itself remains a constant as an essential tool in complex societies: with the many intersecting interests and perceptions, it is important to establish a centralized ideological "north star" so to speak which orders perceptions and directs the activities of a multitude, however crudely it stamps out deeper resolutions of the underlying reality itself. However in excess and in ascendancy, such a tool begins to do serious damage to the communication faculties of its target, and severely constricts the avenues of productive action that its recipients can take.
