Television is a system for transmitting and reproducing images and sounds to distant locations, and its origins date back to 1873, when development of a device began in England to convert light and dark into electric strength and transmit it over long distances. Experimental broadcasting began in the USA in 1928, followed by the UK and Germany in 1929.
Research into television began in Japan in 1931. After Japan was defeated in 1945, the development of the television industry was banned by GHQ, but was resumed when the US technical standard NTSC was adopted in 1951. Japan’s first consumer television set was released in 1952, the first television broadcast began in 1953, and full-scale television drama broadcasting began in 1956.
In the early days of television broadcasting, live broadcasts were the norm, and people could enjoy immersive broadcasts full of mishaps that would now be considered broadcast accidents, such as commercial captions being projected backwards, programs ending earlier than scheduled, sets breaking down, camera cables getting tangled, and actors jumping off the screen and disappearing.
In 1958, 2-inch VTRs were imported from the United States, and program production began that overcame the limitations of live broadcasting. This VTR was used for the first time in the production of a drama, Watashi wa kai ni naritai (私は貝になりたい, I Want to Be a Clam, 1958), which is known as a classic masterpiece in television history, with the first 33 minutes being broadcast on VTR and the remaining about 70 minutes being broadcast live.
The synopsis of the drama is as follows.
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In 1944, towards the end of World War II, the owner of a barber shop in a rural port town is drafted and, after training, assigned to a unit in the mainland.
The barber is over 30, married with children, timid and clumsy, and is often mocked by his superiors and veteran soldiers, so military life is hard for him. One night, a US military plane on an air raid crashes into a nearby mountain, and the barber’s unit is ordered to search for and dispose of the crew.
All the crew members found are already dead, except for two who are barely breathing. The search team commander, claiming that it is for the training of new recruits, orders the two men, including the barber, who is considered to be the most slack, to stab the surviving crew members to death with a bayonet. However, the barber’s legs freeze up and he is unable to stab properly, so he only lightly stabs the American soldier’s arm and runs away.
After the war was defeated, the barber was discharged from the military, returned to his hometown, and resumed running his barbershop. However, one day, special police arrived and arrested the barber as a Class B/C war criminal for suspected murdering a prisoner of war, and imprisoned him in Sugamo Prison.
At the military trial, the prosecution argued that the defendant could have protested the orders of his superiors, and the barber maintained that as a private, he was not allowed to refuse the orders of his superiors, but the judge sentenced him to death by hanging.
As he awaited his execution, the barber left a will: “I don’t want to be reborn as a human, if I’m going to be treated so badly again. Even if I were reborn as a cow or a horse, I would still be made to suffer terrible things at the hands of humans. So if I absolutely had to be reborn, I’d rather be a clam at the bottom of the deep sea, where no one knows. If I could be reborn as a clam at the bottom of the deep sea, I wouldn’t be taken away as a soldier, and I wouldn’t have to worry about my family. I want to be a clam.”
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This story is said to be fiction, but in reality, commoners have been subjected to unreasonable hardship and injustice since ancient times and sacrificed as scapegoats in phenomena implemented according to the intentions of the rulers, such as conflict structures such as war (red team vs. blue team) and ideological conflicts, economic manipulation, or depopulation schemes using artificial RNA viruses and lethal vaccines.
Incidentally, the territories of PAL and NTSC mentioned earlier correspond to the dominant areas of the red team versus the blue team, and their counterparts, SECAM, roughly correspond to the conflicting territories during the Cold War.
The term scapegoat comes from an ancient story in the Book of Job in the Old Testament, in which two goats were prepared on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), one to be dedicated to God and the other to be used as a substitute to atone for the sins of the people, and exiled into the wilderness.
Since then, it has also become a tactic to divert the hatred, resentment, hostility, and aggressive impulses that arise from the suffering, anxiety, fear, frustration, crime, and guilt of individuals, groups, and nations from their true causes or targets, by unjustly victimizing vulnerable people or animals who are less likely to retaliate or fight back.
There are three forms of scapegoating.
1. Obsessive type
This type is caused by psychological projection.
The individual believes that they are being threatened by someone, which leads to a kind of paranoia, and repressed unconscious impulses and frustrations build up unresolved, or they project their unwanted thoughts and feelings onto someone else, making that person into a scapegoat.
2. Conformist type
This type is caused by collective projection.
In order to maintain their own social status, they conform to generally accepted social customs or conform to the behavioral patterns of the majority that are considered to be socially legitimate, and are intolerant of and discriminate against minority ethnic groups and minority groups..
3. Calculating type (provocateurs are a typical example)
This type is caused by a defense mechanism.
They tactically create and target a scapegoat as a means of acquiring or maintaining power.
* To deflect criticism and attacks directed at them.
* To induce the transfer of public hatred and resentment to a political opponent who must be defeated in order to seize power.
* To psychologically unite nations and groups made up of diverse and heterogeneous ethnic groups and gain unified support.
etc..
There are many historical examples of rulers, when they have strengthened their control or, conversely, faced a crisis, skillfully manipulating and leading the masses at the expense of particular ethnic or social minorities, deviants, foreigners or outsiders, and deliberately shifting the responsibility for people’s dissatisfaction, anger, anxiety and despair onto weaker people who have been made into victims, and persecuting them.
For example, the anti-Kulak movement (1917-1933) under Stalinism was a policy that targeted the wealthy peasant class known as the Kulak, who were perceived as obstructing agricultural collectivization and exploiting the land of poor and middle-class peasants, without any clear evidence, and were subject to persecution and oppression.
Furthermore, in the Soviet Union in the late 1930s, under the leadership of Stalin, all oppositionists were labeled Trotskyists and targeted in the Great Purge, and it is said that between 8 and 10 million people were killed in this terrorist attack on Communist Party officials, military personnel, intellectuals, and the general public.
During the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979) carried out by the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, who aimed to create a primitive communist state, approximately 2 million civilians were tortured and massacred.
To add more detail, in Pol Pot’s agricultural state, the only true citizens were the peasants. All other people, including civil servants, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and other intellectuals or people considered to be intellectuals, as well as people who were not considered to be farmers because they wore glasses or had soft hands, and even the elderly, young children, and sick people who were considered unable to work in agriculture, were all considered dangerous and were massacred by the child soldiers he organized. The execution grounds are commonly known as the Killing Fields.
This means that scapegoating is used as a tactic in modern society in a variety of situations and contexts, such as:
* Political exploitation:
Politicians intentionally directing public dissatisfaction or anger at a particular group or individual in order to avoid taking responsibility for themselves.
* Blame shifting:
Putting the blame for problems or failures (e.g., on an individual or within an organization or group) onto a particular individual or minority.
* Social prejudice:
Based on attributes such as race, faith, mental or physical ability, or eugenics, viewing a particular group (e.g. ethnicity) or individual as inferior and targeting them with discrimination and attack.
Incidentally, scapegoating is the act of trying to gain liberation by pushing the disadvantages of an individual or group onto something specific, while sacrifice is the act of conveying prayers by offering (e.g. to the God) something important to an individual or group, so there may be a difference in nuance between the two terms.
But regardless of which it is, when an individual or group is scapegoated or sacrificed in human society, it always involves pain and misery, and can also trigger other problems.
This is because scapegoating results in unfair treatment of a specific person or group, causing deep mental and physical wounds, which can further promote social division and conflict, and by ignoring the underlying causes and situations, it leads to problems remaining unresolved, even if they exist.
To give one example, Christianity was used as a scapegoat until it was officially recognized by the Roman Empire, but conversely, once Christianity gained power, it began to violently oppress pagans.
One more thing to add is that there is a structure that repeatedly appears in myths and religious stories, where dissatisfaction and anger grow within a group, and are concentrated on one innocent person, and peace is temporarily restored by eliminating that person.
This is what René Girard has called the scapegoat narrative, the view that since ancient times, persecuting victims despite their innocence has been a means of maintaining peace.
According to René Girard’s (1923-2015) theory of mimetic desire, human desires arise from imitating the desires of others. People tend to think that the reason they desire something is because the object itself has value, but in fact, they recognize its value when they see others desire the same thing that they desire, and this imitation of desire can create competition and conflict, or even lead to violent clashes.
Furthermore, in his theory of the scapegoat mechanism, Girard argues that the competition and conflict caused by mimetic desire can sometimes lead to violence within a group, but that ultimately a victim is chosen to quell the violence, and that peace within the group has been maintained since ancient times by eliminating that person.
It is clear that the peace referred to here is not permanent, which is why there is always a need for convenient potential victims, and why violence has been repeated throughout history. This is because the perpetrator continues to attack, projecting and forcing his own negative qualities, emotions, desires, or negative aspects onto the potential victim, to avoid self-reflection and to evade responsibility.
The relationship between persecutor and victim here is not a hierarchical one, or in other words a superior-subordinate one, but rather one of center and periphery.
In a hierarchical relationship, if A is at the top of the hierarchy and B is at the bottom, then B is below A and A is above B, which means that the superior-subordinate relationship is a relative and not a reversible concept.
In a center and periphery relationship, it is possible that to A, A is the center and B is the periphery, and to B, B is the center and A is the periphery, so the distinction between center and periphery is relative and reversible.
Whether the persecutor or the victim is the center and the other is the periphery may be due to power relations, numerical superiority, or various other factors.
It was cultural anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi (1931-2013) who proposed the binary oppositional framework of center and periphery (see 文化と両義性 – Culture and Ambiguity, 1975).
According to Yamaguchi, social structures at all levels are based on the organic organization of center and periphery, with the center being order and the periphery being the force that dynamically reproduces it. The center of human society tends to become inert and rigid, but it is always the periphery that shakes it up and prompts it to be reorganized, he says.
Another way of saying this is that the center refers to an institution, a paradigm, or an episteme (in Foucault’s terminology, a cultural framework that is difficult to be conscious of), while the periphery refers to the area outside the boundaries that are away from the center. And change or fluctuation in culture as a paradigm occurs dynamically and discontinuously due to the tug-of-war between the center and the periphery.
As a conceptual diagram, the normal distribution can be likened to a three-dimensional mountain, which, when viewed from above, appears in the shape of concentric circles, with the middle being the center and the outside being the periphery. By replacing society with this composition, it becomes possible to see a variety of phenomena in parallel, and visualize how society dynamically maintains its order through exchanges between its internal and external aspects, such as systems and the environment, the structure of a narrative, the structure of discrimination, and fair and foul in sports.
The majority who make up the center are all very similar, while the minorities who make up the periphery are very different from one another. Furthermore, the majority who make up the center find their identity in vertical differences and prefer to compete to move up, while the minorities who make up the periphery find their identity in horizontal differences and prefer to build a society based on their own unique worldview.
The relationship between center and periphery corresponds to the distinction between system and environment, so for a system to maintain itself while reintegrating itself, it is essential that it differentiate or distinguish itself from the environment by eliminating scapegoats. However, the individuals who form groups are selected through choice and positioned within the objective center-periphery structure of the social system, and therefore the relationship between persecutor and scapegoat is always subject to the potential for reversal due to some event that causes the structural unity to be lost.
For example, it is possible to imagine a case in which the corruption and internal collapse of the persecutors who make up the center becomes apparent, leading to a growing sense of exploitation among the scapegoats who make up the periphery, who in turn persecute the center, resulting in a reversal of positions.
The rulers are skilled at waging vicious tactics that target psychological and spiritual vulnerabilities, skillfully manipulating center-periphery and persecutor-scapegoat relationships, and inciting, manipulating, and disrupting commoner society.
The scapegoating phenomenon occurs when members of a group blame or attack a specific individual or group in order to relieve their own frustrations, stress, and anxiety and to feel reassured.
It is still fresh in our memory that the scapegoating phenomenon, in which members of a group blame or attack specific individuals or groups as a way of relieving their own dissatisfaction, stress, and anxiety and gaining a sense of security, was clearly demonstrated during the virus turmoil.
In addition, many medical institutions, politicians, influencers, and cults have deceived healthy members of the public into believing that vaccines are effective, and have them take deadly vaccines, making huge profits from the fees paid by pharmaceutical companies.
During that time, non-conformists who were critical of the pre-prepared narrative were scapegoated and subjected to attack and discrimination for reasons such as not wearing a mask, having a cough, or not being vaccinated. However, at present, many statistics, such as the correlation between vaccination and side effects and between vaccination and excess deaths, show that the real victims were the majority of ignorant and careless people who went along with the narrative and attacked the scapegoat.
Many of those who participated in this scapegoating had a strong desire to belong and lacked the ability to collect and process reliable information, and used so-called external attribution, which shifts responsibility or problems onto others, as a means of psychological defense to justify themselves and resolve cognitive dissonance.
Therefore, it is essential that each and every commoner develops their awareness, always keeping in mind the possibility of future malicious psychological operations by the rulers, such as the virus turmoil.
It seems that complicity in scapegoating behavior is based on mental and psychological immaturity, so understanding the key motivations and promotion factors and overcoming or strengthening mental and psychological vulnerabilities will lead to the prevention of exploitation.
For example,
1. The main motives for scapegoating are:
A. Problems faced by individuals or groups
B. Anxiety or aggressive impulses inherent in individuals or groups
2. Factors that promote scapegoating are:
C. Growing frustration and failure to satisfy dissatisfaction
D. Spontaneous and organized behavior
It occurs due to social influences such as conformity and submission to authority.
E. Perception of effectiveness
In order to perceive and enhance a sense of security, self-esteem, hope, etc., a scapegoat is created outside the group as a target, and by confronting it, the cohesion of the in-group is increased, a sense of elation is created, and peace of society or the group is maintained.
F. Stereotypes about the target
The target of persecution is chosen to be an individual or group that is easy to project and replace, and that can help restore a sense of morality and control, and is easy to restore anxiety and self-esteem.
G. Personality
The tendency to dominate society by focusing on maintaining social hierarchies, or to use discriminatory language and actions based on an authoritarian personality.
3. Mass media and social media activate and stimulate these major synchronization and promotion factors.
The banning of all reliable sources and online journalists from major social media platforms run by the rulers during the virus turmoil has been taken as evidence that influencers dispatched by the rulers are manipulating public opinion on social media through fake or deceptive information.
While social media (SNS) is a convenient tool for connecting people, it can also cause severe hurt and mental illness for some people due to the scapegoating phenomenon in which they are bombarded with criticism and slander online. Furthermore, the ease of posting and anonymity that come with the characteristics of social networking sites can often lead to a scapegoating phenomenon, resulting in a chain reaction of attacks and criticism that grows and grows until the situation becomes so large-scale that it escalates into a “flame war.”
American psychologist Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) hypothesized that humans are constantly growing toward self-actualization and proposed a five-stage hierarchy of needs, and said that the highest level is the self-fullfilment needs at the top, the next two below that are psychological needs, and the two at the bottom are basic needs.
* Self-actualization
Achieving one’s full potential, including creative activities – the desire to become who one wants to be, regardless of the evaluation of others.
* Esteem needs
Prestige, feeling of accomplishment – the desire to be well-received in society and to satisfy one’s self-esteem.
* Belongingness & Love needs
Intimate relationships, friends – the desire to avoid loneliness and belong to a group or society.
* Safety needs
Security, Safety – the desire to avoid danger and live a safe and stable life.
* Physiological needs
Food, water, warmth, rest – basic biological needs such as appetite and the desire to sleep.
Based on this hierarchical classification, it can be said that social media is brimming with factors that can help satisfy desires.
For example, social media satisfies the desire for social affiliation, and by dramatically increasing the ability of individuals to disseminate information, it may also have made it easier to satisfy the desire for recognition, and the ease of selecting information may be shortening the process and possibilities for self-realization.
But in contrast, it is true that social media has made it easier for people to try to resolve their negative feelings by projecting them onto someone else and attacking them; the ultimate example of this is the so-called “flame war,” in which someone is made a scapegoat and slandered by an unspecified number of people.
Therefore, in order to be careful not to succumb to malicious temptations and incitement, each person may need to keep the following in mind:
For example,
* Develop problem-solving skills:
Instead of shifting the blame onto others, improve one’s ability to collect and process reliable information, and develop one’s insight, problem-solving skills, and motivation.
* Internal release of anxiety and fear:
Instead of sacrificing someone else, resolve your anxiety and fear through your own inner growth.
* Non-creation of sacrifice:
Do not abuse power to create sacrifices.
* Overcoming feelings of inferiority and low self-esteem:
Rather than seeking easy emotional relief, recognize and overcome inner tendencies such as anxiety, feelings of inferiority, and low self-esteem.
* Eliminate hidden malice:
Do not use malicious tactics that target vulnerable or minority groups.
* No abuse of power:
Do not abuse power to maintain status or authority.
* Non-use of self-protection:
Non-use of means to divert attention from shortcomings or failures or to protect oneself.
In any case, a scapegoat can be said to be the price paid to maintain peace in the herd, a victim who has been cast out as an outsider from the herd.
That being said, it is completely wrong to see the scapegoated as evil or bad. A recent good example of this is the way people who have been scapegoated and ostracized from their workplaces and communities for avoiding pandering to the herd, sticking to their beliefs and refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19, continue to be proven completely right. In this case, being scapegoated was actually evidence of courage and intelligence, as they responded far more wisely to the situation than the incompetent members of the herd.
In contrast, persecutors are not acting with clear conviction, such as submitting to the herd and participating in scapegoating, in order to achieve a subjective, safe, and stable life that reflects an existentialist will. This is because there is some invisible structure behind the culture or social system, and individuals and the masses are controlled by it, and they are never free to decide things.
Human behavior is not determined by innate personality, nor is it something that one does by one’s own will; it may be determined by the situation one finds oneself in, or that one is made to act by the surrounding environment and position. This may also lead to the fluidity of the center and periphery mentioned earlier.
In any case, in order to avoid being sacrificed as a scapegoat, and to avoid submitting to the herd and participating in persecution, it is essential for each individual to improve themselves mentally, psychologically, and consciously.
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