What Does Artifice Mean To Me

Artifice What does Artifice mean to you? To me Artifice means deception, it refers to the way that people want to be perceived. It is all about lying and how to get somewhere through lying. For example, politicians are the most known liars of all and look at how successful they are. When you lie you are more likely to succeed publicly. I agree with Hedges because he shows how artifice is creating a false representation of someone or something throughout our media and government. The whole excerpt from “Empire of Illusion”, refers to the way people are perceived and how they actually are. This passage is about deception and how lying can get you pretty far when it comes to success. He is referring to the fact that people want to see what is perceived as right even though it might be false in reality. I agree with Hedges that deception is key when it comes to getting far in life. I think he states valid points and gives good reasoning and examples. …show more content…
He is making a point that we are an image based culture. That we are more into what we see than what is really there. A lot of people have been told their whole lives to, “look for the best in every situation.” Which is a good thing to live by, to a certain extent. Sometimes people, myself included look too closely into what is good and ignore the bad or the reality of the situation. He states in the passage that “The narrative is irrelevant”, because we ignore reality if it isn’t what we want to see. The politicians and people we watch, create a false representation of themselves to show, and it’s what we want to see. Society wants a pretty version of reality and if there isn’t one, then we make one for