Lynx Entertainment CEO and music executive Richie Mensah has argued that media and politics often keep people divided, saying the strategy prevents citizens from focusing on issues that directly affect them.
Speaking on his Masterminds podcast, Richie said division has long been used as a tool for maintaining control over large groups of people.
“One thing you have to remember is that divide and conquer is the best way to rule,” he said.
According to him, people who are constantly distracted are less likely to pay attention to the issues they should be addressing.
“To keep people distracted means that they don’t focus on the things that they need to be thinking about. When you want to control people, you have to divide them. You have to make sure they can’t come together to have cohesive thoughts to address real problems,” he stated.
Richie argued that media and politics play a significant role in creating those divisions.
“So media and politics always makes it a point to separate the people,” he said.
He added that the result is a public that spends more time arguing internally than discussing broader national concerns.
