Subliminal and symbolic influence tactics are seldom discussed in legacy media, not because the tactics are ineffective and rarely used, but because they are so effective that the advertising-supported media blob considers them critical to the function of the industry.

Subliminal advertising is illegal, though the laws against it are both feeble and likely unenforceable, having been openly transgressed for the term of their existence and since the business model of advertising supported media depends on their nullity. The manipulation of individuals, identity groups and national populations after world war 2 was held critical to “national security;” subliminals are key to that manipulation.

Advertising and media content targeting viewer’s unconscious mind has been augmented by techniques like hypnotic induction, subsonic “whisper” acoustics and images which stimulate aggression, sexual arousal or instinctual response. As previously noted, the power of these exploits and the depth and range of their reach has been greatly enhanced by the advent of networked media technologies.

The presumed independence and competitive operation of entertainment and communications industry is illusory. The media may be considered as a single functionally integrated parasitic organism which includes the advertising industry. “Simply expressed, what is consciously perceived by individuals, groups or nations has little or nothing to do with the physical, biological, economic and social realities the perceptions represent. “