04-13-2014, 12:28 PM
The CCD exerts a lot of effort into domestic PSYOPs. In fact in the early history of Dominance consolidation, infiltration with the express purpose of influencing local culture became a priority. The CCD wanted to boost custody pride, allegiance, and nationalism in adjacent areas while at the same time diminishing similar values in their former nation. Combined with the Ascendancy's ta'veren-ness exerted whenever he toured these nations, the cultures shifted dramatically.
Therefore, in the decades since DVII joined the CCD, this campaign has only magnified. Heritage is acknowledged and allowed, even honored in the forms of museums and education, but former nations themselves are not. If that makes sense... Government influence upon the institutions that set the stage for pop-culture (cinema, celebrity, musicians, etc) do so in a way to encourage CCD nationalism. Jaxen's interpretation that the pop culture of the CCD is quite futuristic is a perfect example of this. The CCD wants to encourage the youngest generations to identify with the Custody, the future, and not identify with the past (at least not the recent past). Trends such as medieval, almost fantastical, explorations would be fine, but in a way that doesn't let people be reminded of the last thousand years.
We don't want people to think about the great empires of the past. Because they are living in the great empire of the present: the CCD.
Therefore, in the decades since DVII joined the CCD, this campaign has only magnified. Heritage is acknowledged and allowed, even honored in the forms of museums and education, but former nations themselves are not. If that makes sense... Government influence upon the institutions that set the stage for pop-culture (cinema, celebrity, musicians, etc) do so in a way to encourage CCD nationalism. Jaxen's interpretation that the pop culture of the CCD is quite futuristic is a perfect example of this. The CCD wants to encourage the youngest generations to identify with the Custody, the future, and not identify with the past (at least not the recent past). Trends such as medieval, almost fantastical, explorations would be fine, but in a way that doesn't let people be reminded of the last thousand years.
We don't want people to think about the great empires of the past. Because they are living in the great empire of the present: the CCD.