How clearly do you see things.
How clearly do you think you see things.
Is what you see what someone wants you to see.
Are you actually seeing the things you think you're seeing.
Is what you're seeing only there so you don't see other things.
You're smart - Right?
You probably think you're switched on to current affairs, the situations that occur locally to you and around the globe and those that you feel have a particular influence or direct impact upon you. Right?
But are you?
Propaganda and misdirection
I've seen a few magicians perform and every time they had a sexy female assistant in a bikini or skimpy outfit beside them and every single time that magician could have performed the most terribly executed trick and I'd have no clue - I was watching the assistant. That's called misdirection.
Propaganda is false and misleading information designed to promote a particular thought or doctrine, view-point or agenda. The government, media and politicians are really good at it but it happens elsewhere like in the corporate world, NGO's, marketing, and pretty much anywhere there's humans trying to influence humans.
Those that seek to promote such things are often very good at it including the aforementioned politicians and media - big pharma is good at it too, as are conspiracy theorists and those seeking to influence others with information which is, well let's just say unsubstantiated at best, and downright false mostly. It's not always easy to spot, but not always difficult to identify either.
You probably think you're switched on to current affairs, the situations that occur locally to you and around the globe and those that you feel have a particular influence or direct impact upon you. Right?
Well, are you?
I'm not one hundred percent certain you, or anyone really is, but I'm pretty sure that most of what you think you know about global affairs is incorrect. Your understanding of things like what a particular President is or is not doing, why a conflict began or continues, or why your government make the decisions they do is based on misdirection and propaganda...and ergo, is baseless.
This, of course, doesn't stop people blabbing on the interwebs and to their friends, (maybe those people aren't friends and only tolerate them to be courteous), about all manner of things that they "know" and that's ok...I mean, I think they probably know sweet fuck all about it and are just big-noting themselves and their opinions, but who am I to tell them they're making a fool out of themselves?
Here's the thing though, they're simply rebroadcasting and spreading the misdirection and propaganda that's got them fooled and bamboozled to others and adding to the problem and meanwhile, the real things that matter are happening, and continues to happen, right beneath their noses and eyes without even a thought or comment...because they don't know about it.
So do people see and know what they think they see and know?
Nope, they do not, when it comes to so many things that affect us on a global scale, and them saying they do doesn't make it so - that's just their hubris and ego talking.
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You crash an open door with me on this... I still remember my colleagues on first line to get covid shots because government said it's safe or a doctor on Twitter said that too and that covid was a terrible high deadly disease, like they were refreshing every minute the browser to get a spot on day 1! If you said 1 word against they would all rage and call you ignorant
Now with Russia-ukraine is the same, tv says Russia attacked Ukraine at random, Russia is bad, etc... while they ignore all the elements behind the conflict which have been going on for years...
The same goes for Assad, ah terrible dictator uh? Now there is an ex Isis leader leading the country how better can it be? and all why? Because the West wanted to support people rebelling or for the oil fields?
The critical thinking is dead in the world, the sheep just follow each other and no matter what you can say they will always do... I'll just keep thinking for myself, read multiple sources, use my brain and don't let others think for me
Joseph Goebbels said : “A lie told once remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth”. Nazis just did what politicians and such still do today
It's all a bit alarming at how willing people are to lap up the shite and swallow it down as the truth. People are fucken idiots. You make some good examples and I agree with you completely.
In the past I could argue people weren't going to school so there was more ignorance but now there is no excuse, people are just too lazy to use the brain so it's easier to let others think for you...
Yeah, and I wonder what was a better situation.
I used to think I knew. Now that I know I don’t, I’ve narrowed my focus to family, friends, and Lamingtons — things I know are real and that I can actually influence. I don’t watch the news and, Hive aside, I avoid social media altogether. It's no wonder I'm far saner than most:)
Yeah, I actually think a person understands that they actually see nothing clearly or truthfully (when it comes to global and broad issues) the better they are, the more skeptical they are of what's fed to them which is nothing more than lies and propaganda really.
Lamingtons are as real as it gets though.
I believe absolutely nothing I see or hear. In fact I question all reporting and motives behind it. I also question what comes out of the propaganda mouth pieces of government as well, no matter the party in control. There is always an alter motive to everything. It is all meant to misdirect.
Yep, I thought you'd say as much. Governments, media and big pharma are well known for it but propaganda, mistruth, skewed-facts and such things are just as prevalent from groups speaking out against the government's; everyone's out to make their ideology, their ideas and their agenda the one others absorb; it's usually all rubbish and best not listened to.
Yep, I mean I got my opinions and thoughts on matters. But they are formed by my experiences, education, and a little of what is read and viewed in the media. Mostly from my own intuition.
I remember long ago a wise person once told me that:
Same can be said for institutions and corporations IMO.
The false hope of being able to make sense oft he world. Accepting it as the chaotic fight pit that that it is - not an easy task. It's easier to believe the news, or to dig deeper and find patterns or some other form of structure. Maybe a conspiracy, maybe a religion, maybe that one detail nobody else sees.
I keep an eye on it. Just like I do on the war going on within the country I live in. Being prepared, and then focus on what is tangible for me, what I can influence and (hopefully) improve.
It's best to look somewhat inwardly meaning to focus on oneself and family, the surrounding area and what may directly effect oneself mitigating the impact where possible. Getting fixated on the unimportant or irrelevant things won't improve or enhance life and is probably going to diminish it.
Nowadays you have to question everything you read, hear or even see more than ever.
Many people comment on pictures or video clips posted online without any context. Some are not even real, but AI generated.
But a lot of people form their opinions based on that info.
There is even evidence that other regimes comment on certain content, just to create division among the population and destabilize a country.
My advise is; don't believe everything you see or hear and don't judge if you don't know the context of what happened.
I agree, blindly taking what we see, read and hear as fact is a bit foolish.
It's incredible what opinions are formed based on only the most tenuous facts that, as you say, are often baseless. And yep, it's about destabilisation. However, many go against the advice you give in your last line and the result is...well, what society looks like and is today.
I am actually seeing the things I think I'm seeing, I just don't know if they're actually what I think they are XD
And I am also really, really, really annoyed that I am scrutinising the hell out of everything to check for deepfake/ai nonsense and have a deep and intense dislike for the idiots who made this necessary.
So yep, you're not seeing things clearly, if you were you'd be the only person on the planet; of course, I'm not talking about what you see in the mirror or in your garden and so on. Misdirection, lies and propaganda is rife in society today and with AI and the fakes you mention...most are hard to spot...If anyone spots them they're probably poorly done and don't really matter in the grand scheme of things...but the things that really matter? Yeah, most have no clue what they are. Delusional people will say they do though.
Most definitely not. I don't even have a vague idea at the best of times, nor do I think I have anything close to a deep level understanding of a system that I'm trying to change, I just know it's borked and too hard to fix but I'll try and change it anyway (mostly by trying to convince people that might actually know what they're doing that it's a great idea).
Delusional or have some idea what they're looking at/for, I think 3d/art background might help a bit XP But that's still really, really, really hard unless they're a whole lot better/smarter than me (which is really easy). Or delusional XD
There's so many things wrong with society and people; I wonder if humanity has ever been as far down the wrong path as they are now. The decline gains speed, humans willingly relinquish their thoughts and intelligence to machines and humanity, the entire concept of it, is decaying. Tragic.
You reminded me of what we often talk about with my mother, about how many things happen in the world that are actually created on purpose as distractions from what is really important. Something serious happens but they surround it with other things to distract people's minds and deep down the serious thing still exists and they camouflage it. I rely a lot on the facts that I see for myself, not on what I am told, so the news or propaganda can all be fake.
The problem with relying on what you see is that you're not seeing the whole picture or even remotely close to the whole picture and it matters what sources you're using to "see". The news services are fraudulent and misleading, as are the government, big pharma and just about everyone else. How than does a person see clearly? I'd say it's very difficult and what people know is simply stuff they think they know which is rarely factual.
It is certainly very difficult, because we see only a portion of it. We will never know the whole truth.
The problem these days is there isn't a way to get the correct information. It's either buried or hidden. At that point you find yourself just not caring about what is going on, but that isn't really healthy either. It's probably only going to get worse too. I just think everyone deserves to be treated fairly, I also think we need to have a bit more empathy in the world and the ability to see both sides of an issue, even if you don't agree with it.
Yep, that's right, there's no clear path to the truth, everything is hidden behind the agenda and lies of people seeking to gain over others and the "truth" is written by those perpetrating the biggest wrongs and disseminated by the media services they own. The little guy has no chance to see the truth.
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