A list of examples of mastery/sovereignty shift:
- (LJW), November 12 2004, Message Unit 5
- Belt (LJW), April 18 2004, Message Unit 1
- Belt (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 15
- Steele (Guardian), June 14 2004, Message Unit 3
- Fam (AP), November 16 2003, Message Unit 3
- LJW, July 5 2005, Message Unit 2
- Belt (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 13
- Belt (LJW), April 11 2004, Message Unit 17
- Housego (AP), September 18 2004, Message Unit 5
- Associated Press, November 8 2003, Message Unit 2
- MSNBC, August 19 2004, Message Unit 1
- Douglas and Stearns (Knight Ridder) April 6 2004, Message Unit 9
- Douglas and Stearns (Knight Ridder) April 6 2004, Message Unit 11
- McCain, November 21 2005, Message Unit 16
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Definition of
mastery/sovereignty shift
In reality,
the US government is the master of a country. In the
patriotic message, the country is self-ruled.
Examples are
situations where the country is run by foreign troops who are combing the country killing
certain groups of citizens, or where the foreign state installs or has a veto over the selection of the country's leaders,
but the text refers to the national regime in the capital
as if it were an independent or sovereign government. Also includes cases where the foreign state holds a veto over the policy choices of the country's ostensible leaders, but the policies of these leaders are presented as if they were their own free choices.
Mastery/sovereignty shift
and
identity shift
A
mastery/sovereignty shift
is often accompanied by a
identity shift
that is its complement.
Whereas a
mastery/sovereignty shift
often identifies a person with their country (if they support the US),
a identity shift
removes a person's identity with their country (if they fight the US or are US targets). So,
if you are in
reality
working for the US, you are often identified by the name of your country in
texts.
As soon as the US sets up a US-controlled regime,
this regime will be referred to in
texts
as the people of the country it is in, even though in
reality
it lacks any independence from the US. In the patriotic message
a person can be "of" a country even if they haven't been living there and actually work for the US against their own country. By contrast, those who work for the anti-US resistance will often be referred to in
texts
by a group name or a religious name, or even by a foreign name, but rarely by the name of their country.
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patriotized history
