Narrative Warfare: "Doing A Technology" Demonstrated In US Comics

And as if in answer to my prayers, It's A Gundam cut a video that demonstrates both parts of why Doing A Technology is a bad idea.

Let's not look at the early days with rose-tinted glasses. The Golden and Silver Ages of American Comics had a lot of Doing A Technology going on, especially during the change from Gold to Silver, because they couldn't leave well enough alone. And just as with tabletop gaming, this covered for predators doing shady things that turned out to not good for the medium or the business in the long run. (e.g. how D.C. screwed Fawcett Publishing and got Captain Marvel out of the deal).

But, as Gundam shows, it was only after the long hollow-out of the Big Two was complete in the last 20 years that the Death Cultists openly paraded about in their skinsuits to push the poz. Yet what, every single time, was the excuse? "Muh Progress", "The times", Current Year- call it what you will, but "Shiny New Geegaw!" is always the core of their argument--such as it is--to make the changes. All the Death Cult did was use that to wrap their poisonous dogma and then force the pill down the throats of the audience.

And look at that! They're staying away in droves.

However, because both companies are vital for the overall cultural narrative maniuplation machine, both are directly tied to the money printer and thus immune from "Get Woke, Go Broke". The most that will happen is that the sinecures will be pared down only to a select few, while the real IP wealth is sectioned off from the vandals to ensure it remains of use as a honeypot for stupid investors and would-be major-media adaptations.

Once you see this pattern, you'll see how it's played out in other media--film/TV and videogames will be most obvious to you--and I guarantee that it won't be the only ones.

As for how the Death Cult exploits this, in terms of Narrative Warfare, I point you to author Brian Niemeier and his blog. He has two posts that explains what the enemy did (and does) and how they did (and do) it. Those posts are here, here, and here; you will greatly benefit from reading the comments on each one also.

And if you want to see it on an even bigger scope and scale, then parts one and two of "The Internet Is Dead" is your Huckleberry. Here, and here.