Posted by alexandra_k on July 10, 2018, at 21:05:05
In reply to Re: Paul Jay, posted by sigismund on July 10, 2018, at 20:42:01
No, I haven't. Thanks. I will take a look and see what I can find.
I never used to bother much with the news (tv or paper) because I thought it was mostly marketing and I didn't want it to have sway over my mind.
But one of the Law Proff's I liked said something about how else are you going to know anything about what is going on in the world?
And I suppose she's right.
Only, I'm very much aware that the very best of the marketing / propaganda techniques are employed to try and take control of populations. And the government really sets the tone of things for it's people... So... What are they trying to sell us, today?
Things feel oppressive... Have been for a while. The art about the place is oppressive, and so on. Timetabling is artificially constructed to make things over-crowded and oppressive. And... Who profits from that?
If people are afraid then they are easier to control, in a sense. I suppose.
But things eventually get too oppressive. People get sickened by their sychophants and blow up dolls aren't particularly interesting for very long. People travel about the country and it's hard not to see the mess that they've made...
For a time, here, they really seemed to be running with something along the lines of extending. The psych technique, I mean. Just how bad do things have to get before people, uh, stand up for themselves? Demand change? Our leaders seemed to have some sort of desperation in their eyes, even, that they didn't mean for things to have gotten quite so very bad for so many of us... I guess they didn't know about how when you chain up an elephant when it's little. Or.. Perhaps... They very specifically did.
It's about control of populations.
It is like... Why do we need to be all 9-5 for the working day? Studies have shown people are more productive at home etc.
- Parking. Wilsons parking Australa. It's a business.
- To keep the crime rate down. Domestic violence.It is just about keeping the people busy... Incentive structures... Buy buy buy! On weekends...
I have underestimated the value of sucking up. That's mostly what people want to see... They actually do prefer their people naieve and wide eyed and / or with frontal lobe deficit...
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