My Grandma made a statement to me last year: "You're sick for thinking George Bush & our Government was behind 9/11"
That whole conversation was brought about with her laying in to me (quite zealously) all her political beliefs and opinions. That conversation, come to think of it, was actually one sided with her doing all the talking. She then asked me what I thought of 9/11 and I told her I don't take anything at face value. When asked to elaborate, I explained to her that my method of uncovering the truth is to investigate/gather facts from both sides of the story, and simply see what makes sense to me.
Apparently, investigating anything outside of what we are told on the news was just nonsense to her. Now I know better than to try to explain an outside view to somebody so opinionated and closed-minded, and I usually just stop the conversation right there and walk away*. But she insisted I explain what I thought about 9/11.
I proceeded to tell her there are a lot of shady things surrounding the whole event, like the impossibility of both building collapsing the way they did, and how Bush probably knew about this happening and chose not to do anything about it. And, well, yeah...that didn't go over too well.
This post is not about my opinions or my Grandmas opinions (though she's absolutely insane). This is about when my eyes were opened to how blindly people will follow what they hear, and what they WANT to hear...
I think you'd have to be a complete dolt, or severely brainwashed to not question what is told to you. When you hear "...blew up central bus station today...insurgents...30 people killed, 16 missing..." - How do you know that's what really went down? Were you there? Unless you were down the street, meandering in a nearby alley, or actively participated in said events, no, you don't know what happened.
You are told what the news broadcasts and prints to the gen pop, and are expected to believe it. I'm not saying there is no truth there, but since news and propaganda is man made, it is subject to corruption. And once again, you'd have to be a complete dolt or severely brainwashed to not see there is MASS corruption in this age. We are in the Age of Information, and it is for the better or for the worse.
Your job, as a critically thinking human being is to discern for YOURSELF what makes sense to you. Blindly following what you read and hear is not a sign of intelligence, it is a sign of ignorance. Ignorance to the fact there are possibly more sides to any story. It's not too hard to lift your fingers and Google some answers. We are in the Age of Information, use it to your advantage.
"That's the internet, you can't believe anything on the internet! Why would I trust the internet?"
No, that's Wikipedia you're not supposed to trust :)
Once again, that's taking things at face value. Why would you trust the internet? Why would you trust ANY source of information? I'm not saying to go on one site, read some rants and posts, form an opinion and be done with it. That's not how research works. Research requires time (and a bit of investigative ability), and in the end you should have the feeling and satisfaction of thoroughly investigating enough to give you the sense of "I now know for myself what makes sense".
Don't take ANYTHING at face value. Not even my words, you should just take this as a push to find out what makes sense to you. If you discover conspiracy surrounding a story, now you are educated about such events, if you find what the news and media says is true, that's okay too. Bottom line is to get the facts for yourself and go from there.
*Such people usually do not care to hear what your opinion is, and get in to debates just to try to prove how wrong everybody else is. These people usually like to hear themselves talking as well.
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Brainwashed America - Television
Wow, where do I begin?
I think I shall start with the obvious...
The average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hrs. a week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65 year life, that person will have spent 9 of those years glued to the tube.
That is sick. Really, that is horrendously appalling. We have America's Next Top Model, The Hills, Jersey Shore, Pretty Wild, Real World, Kendra, etc...
It's a known fact drama sells, and America delivers. Meanwhile, you have good people and children dying of famine and preventable diseases in third-world countries, as well as getting blown up and murdered by their own militia and governments. Hey, just as long as we live comfortably, screw everyone else, right?. No wonder the whole world hates America.
We have the means and resources to help the entire world, but for some reason we just don't. It's obvious third-world countries can not help themselves, otherwise they would have done so already. They need our help. We could come along and heal their sick, feed their hungry, and save so many lives that are needlessly extinguished by such preventable causes.
Either the powers that be in America do not care, all of America is ignorant to these facts due to mass brainwashing techniques through the media, or we really are a bunch of heartless fat asses that could really care less about anyone except for themselves and their immediate kin. I think it's a combination of all three, though I am leaning more towards that first one.
The powers that be do not like people capable of critical thinking. People capable of critical thinking are a very serious threat to the machine. If more and more people start doing this, we end up at a critical mass, and then the machine breaks down. What good are the powers that be without the people? If the people do not buy in to the mass hysteria that is America, their "power" accounts for absolutely nothing.
Say you are an elitist, one of the top secret governing powers in America. How would you stop this from happening?
*begin elitist thinking*
Mass brainwashing comes to mind. What do nearly all Americans do on a regular basis? Watch TV! So as an elitist, I would create ideas for shows which wind up making the women feel inferior, and the men feel the need to be macho. Playing on ego is a big strategy here, as everyone has an ego.
So we create some shows, better yet, "reality" shows, in which we get to see the drama of people's lives unfolding. The goal here is to make viewers wish they were these people, as they are usually people with a lot of money, fancy homes, sweet cars, etc...The play on materialism is so huge here that the shows basically sell themselves.
Then we can disguise this plot even better with well thought out commercials. As an elitist, I know we can't fool everybody...but we can try. Of course commercials sell, but we also know how annoying they are to a lot of people. So the commercials will be funny, hip, include nice special effects & popular music..and behind this whole facade will be our subliminal message: BUY.
Then we will fabricate whatever the masses want to hear, and direct the respective news stations to report such things. In order to incorporate some truth in to these fabricated stories, so the wise guys can chase that instead of us, we will use actual events and create lies surrounding said event. If America wants to hear about 'terrorism', we will put a face on terrorism and let America enjoy it's child like finger pointing. Hah!
So what ends up being the product of this whole scheme is a blind, material craving America, with an insatiable desire to accumulate more "stuff", in the hopes that it will make them feel better about themselves. People will remain ignorant about the atrocities we are committing around the world, because they are so involved in our scheme that they won't have time nor care to investigate anything outside what the News tells them. Better yet, the ratio of brainwashed Americans heavily outweighs the ones not buying in to our corporate slave-state, and so their opinions and rants (like this one) will usually fall on deaf ears.
*end elitist thinking*
I now feel like part of my soul has left me after writing that. You really have to have no soul to be able to follow through with such things. How do I know all of this? Do some research and discover what makes sense to you. You will see I am only one voice in an increasing number of people awakening to this fact. If you are capable of critical thinking, all of this probably has already occurred to you...because frankly it's quite obvious what is happening.
Get off the couch, put down the remote, go outside, feel the breeze. If there is no breeze, ride your bike around town. Do some arts & crafts. Sketch, draw, paint a mural. Help that guy broken down on the side of the road. Read a book. Research on the internet (flash games do not count! 'guilty' lol). Go to the park, have a picnic. Watch people. Watch life manifest in it's infinite forms. It's so much more satisfying than being sucked in to the tube. That's my opinion anyway.
That's it for my take on TV, more topics coming soon!
p.s. -
Here's a good starting point for research, enjoy.
Zeitgeist the Movie
The Venus Project
I think I shall start with the obvious...
The average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hrs. a week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65 year life, that person will have spent 9 of those years glued to the tube.
That is sick. Really, that is horrendously appalling. We have America's Next Top Model, The Hills, Jersey Shore, Pretty Wild, Real World, Kendra, etc...
It's a known fact drama sells, and America delivers. Meanwhile, you have good people and children dying of famine and preventable diseases in third-world countries, as well as getting blown up and murdered by their own militia and governments. Hey, just as long as we live comfortably, screw everyone else, right?. No wonder the whole world hates America.
We have the means and resources to help the entire world, but for some reason we just don't. It's obvious third-world countries can not help themselves, otherwise they would have done so already. They need our help. We could come along and heal their sick, feed their hungry, and save so many lives that are needlessly extinguished by such preventable causes.
Either the powers that be in America do not care, all of America is ignorant to these facts due to mass brainwashing techniques through the media, or we really are a bunch of heartless fat asses that could really care less about anyone except for themselves and their immediate kin. I think it's a combination of all three, though I am leaning more towards that first one.
The powers that be do not like people capable of critical thinking. People capable of critical thinking are a very serious threat to the machine. If more and more people start doing this, we end up at a critical mass, and then the machine breaks down. What good are the powers that be without the people? If the people do not buy in to the mass hysteria that is America, their "power" accounts for absolutely nothing.
Say you are an elitist, one of the top secret governing powers in America. How would you stop this from happening?
*begin elitist thinking*
Mass brainwashing comes to mind. What do nearly all Americans do on a regular basis? Watch TV! So as an elitist, I would create ideas for shows which wind up making the women feel inferior, and the men feel the need to be macho. Playing on ego is a big strategy here, as everyone has an ego.
So we create some shows, better yet, "reality" shows, in which we get to see the drama of people's lives unfolding. The goal here is to make viewers wish they were these people, as they are usually people with a lot of money, fancy homes, sweet cars, etc...The play on materialism is so huge here that the shows basically sell themselves.
Then we can disguise this plot even better with well thought out commercials. As an elitist, I know we can't fool everybody...but we can try. Of course commercials sell, but we also know how annoying they are to a lot of people. So the commercials will be funny, hip, include nice special effects & popular music..and behind this whole facade will be our subliminal message: BUY.
Then we will fabricate whatever the masses want to hear, and direct the respective news stations to report such things. In order to incorporate some truth in to these fabricated stories, so the wise guys can chase that instead of us, we will use actual events and create lies surrounding said event. If America wants to hear about 'terrorism', we will put a face on terrorism and let America enjoy it's child like finger pointing. Hah!
So what ends up being the product of this whole scheme is a blind, material craving America, with an insatiable desire to accumulate more "stuff", in the hopes that it will make them feel better about themselves. People will remain ignorant about the atrocities we are committing around the world, because they are so involved in our scheme that they won't have time nor care to investigate anything outside what the News tells them. Better yet, the ratio of brainwashed Americans heavily outweighs the ones not buying in to our corporate slave-state, and so their opinions and rants (like this one) will usually fall on deaf ears.
*end elitist thinking*
I now feel like part of my soul has left me after writing that. You really have to have no soul to be able to follow through with such things. How do I know all of this? Do some research and discover what makes sense to you. You will see I am only one voice in an increasing number of people awakening to this fact. If you are capable of critical thinking, all of this probably has already occurred to you...because frankly it's quite obvious what is happening.
Get off the couch, put down the remote, go outside, feel the breeze. If there is no breeze, ride your bike around town. Do some arts & crafts. Sketch, draw, paint a mural. Help that guy broken down on the side of the road. Read a book. Research on the internet (flash games do not count! 'guilty' lol). Go to the park, have a picnic. Watch people. Watch life manifest in it's infinite forms. It's so much more satisfying than being sucked in to the tube. That's my opinion anyway.
That's it for my take on TV, more topics coming soon!
p.s. -
Here's a good starting point for research, enjoy.
Zeitgeist the Movie
The Venus Project
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