>>120380864I say this with the most respect I can. Understand this, to properly insulate yourself from the effects of corruption and it's almost sweet ways of changing someone, one would have to first be well versed in the matters of propaganda, subversion and demoralization (as in the removal of morals). Those are two subjects we almost never hear from an unbiased source in the west.
We barely even hear about the concepts which would lead to an understanding of corruption. Since you are on the field the best example I can think of is storytelling itself. Think about the reason for it's existence. Storytelling is a tool meant to pass experience without said experience being lived, a tool probably older than words themselves. It meant that you could put on a kid's mind to not go to a gator infested river without the kid needing to lose or see one of his friends lose a hand to the animal first. So I think we can pretty much agree that storytelling is one of the best tools we humans have. Beyond that, stories have the power to inspire and to provide a role model where none exist yet. And yet what is most common today? Storytelling as an artform, or storytelling as product? When focus groups, market consideration and executives who have no instruction whatsoever on the field are so prominent in the industry, the answer is quite clear for me. And that, is a clear cut example of corruption.
The problem being that if you are in the middle of the developing situation, it's almost impossible to realize what is happening until the damage is already done. Corporations and, specially publishers, seem to be perfect festering grounds for these developments. Even if I said, be careful, I don't think it would be enough.
I actually find it quite funny because there have been quite a few stories that touch on the word but treat the whole subject as if corruption were just some sort of magic that makes you evil and deranged.
