“The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.”
They win when you give up. Keep the faith no matter how difficult and be an example to others no matter how few.
Activist/Linguist Noam Chomsky has a number of items he presents as to how people are led down an undesirable path. We are susceptible to these practices and we must become vigilant to their use and refuse to be swayed. I briefly list excerpts. The original has some grammar flaws and is not that easy to understand. I did not correct, but I did excerpt.
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Quote: ‘The primary element of social control is:
1. the strategy of distraction which is to divert public attention from important issues and changes determined by the political and economic elites, by the technique of flood or flooding continuous distractions and insignificant information.
‘Maintaining public attention diverted away from the real social problems, captivated by matters of no real importance. Keep the public busy, busy, busy, no time to think, back to farm and other animals (quote from text Silent Weapons for Quiet War ).’
2. Create problems, then offer solutions
This method is also called “problem -reaction- solution. “It creates a problem, a “situation” referred to cause some reaction in the audience, so this is the principal of the steps that you want to accept.
3. The gradual strategy
Acceptance to an unacceptable degree, just apply it gradually, dropper, for consecutive years. That is how they radically new socioeconomic conditions ( neoliberalism ) were imposed during the 1980s and 1990s.
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4. The strategy of deferring
A way to accept an unpopular decision is to present it as “painful and necessary”, gaining public acceptance, at the time for future application. This gives the public more time to get used to the idea of change and accept it with resignation when the time comes.
5. Go to the public as a little child
Most of the advertising to the general public uses speech, argument, people and particularly children’s intonation, often close to the weakness, as if the viewer were a little child or a mentally deficient.
6. Use the emotional side more than the reflection
Is a classic technique for causing a short circuit on rational analysis , to the critical sense of the individual. Furthermore, the use of emotional register to open the door to the unconscious for implantation or grafting ideas, desires, fears and anxieties , compulsions, or induce behaviors …
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7. Keep the public in ignorance and mediocrity
Making the public incapable of understanding the technologies and methods used to control and enslavement. “The quality of education given to the lower social classes must be the poor and mediocre as possible so that the gap of ignorance…
8. To encourage the public to be complacent with mediocrity
Promote the public to believe that the fact is fashionable to be stupid, vulgar and uneducated…
9. Self-blame Strengthen
To let individual blame their misfortune, because of the failure of their intelligence, their abilities, or their efforts. So, instead of rebelling against the economic system, the individual autodesvalida and guilt, which creates a depression, one of whose effects is to inhibit its action. And, without action, there is no revolution!
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10. Getting to know the individuals better than they know themselves
Over the past 50 years, advances of accelerated science has generated a growing gap between public knowledge and those owned and operated by dominant elites. Thanks to biology, neurobiology and applied psychology, the “system” has enjoyed a sophisticatedunderstanding of human beings, both physically and psychologically. The system has gotten better acquainted with the common man more than he knows himself. This means that, in most cases, the system exerts greater control and great power over individuals, greater than that of individuals about themselves.’ End quote
The point, whether you agree with these, is to be alert and become savvy for understanding there is a vested interest in controlling your attention. Yes it is media, the news but it isn’t just the media. It comes from the sources the media report on first.
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Distortion occurs at the top with those invisible power mongers as well as the visible ones. It pervades our media, our corporations, our financial interests, our entertainment, leisure, our culture, our education. We are to be limited in awareness to be controlled.
Every society wants to control its members so this isn’t some evil twisted dark scheme. Clubs want to control too. There are rules, implicit and explicit. Etiquette is a form of control. It is not new to us but it is rampant. Time to wake up and decide what gets our attention. You and I have to decide to vet information, check it twice and decide from there. If we don’t, you can bet we are held captive.
Wake up. Move forward. Stay positive. Control what you can. AND WHAT IS THAT? Your attention. Your thoughts. Your feelings. Your words and what you say to yourself and others. Your behaviors. Learning to manage your mindset will bring you better success and greater results. To do nothing is to live the same. Get it? Change your thoughts and transform your life. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes
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