Isn't that the truth!! The depth of the hoodwinking is truly alarming. When I think back to my folks, who have been gone for a good while now, they wouldn't miss the news. That was how they knew what was going on in the world.
I am of the mind that the the wool was pulled over their eyes even then. No more will I believe what any 'newscaster' says. The truth is usually 180 degrees out.
I predict a large sum of money will be transferred to some of these media giants to pay for services provided, but it will be disguised as a government bailout.
And I'm not even the conspiracy type.
Agreed, it's just another great wealth transfer. Paid mouthpieces of the super rich spew out whatever drivel they're told to do. I look at their faces and wonder if they even believe what they're saying.
They don't believe what they're saying, but they do know exactly what they're doing. The people that do believe what they're saying also have a platform. Once that layer begins creating content (and they only do it for money, which is fair) then we start running into problems. Then when the comment section layer of humanity begins believing, all while ganging up to ridicule and silence anyone who thinks differently or has a question - then we have an even bigger problem on our hands. Then the technology kicks in, ensuring echo chambers are established then maintained by eliminating the other side with algorithms suggesting suitable content based upon previous behavior or, what you want to hear. Once the mind is in that deep, they have no clue about what's happening or what's being said elsewhere, until some reports are taken out of context and spun further into something that suits a particular narrative. What this is is actually a cult on steroids.
Jim Jones never actually died. He's still stirring the kool-aid. Do you think it's that people are so uninspired in their own lives that they are so easily led? Or perhaps they are trapped in chains of their own making and can't see their way out? It seems like people are encased in a prison of ice with eyes wide open and we need a tiny hammer to break the shell so they may avert their eyes.
On the technology issue it is a true boon for applications such as Hive and for the speed, diversity and sheer amount of information but it is equally adept at mass hypnosis. You state it much more eloquently than I, and I couldn't agree more.
Jim Jones! Exactly. Now think about that case. I've studied it and continue to do so and when you compare that to what's happening in society, it's an identical twin. It's not that people are weak or inferior intellects. Everyone becomes a product of their environment. I'm not immune. No member of any cult knew they were involved in a cult. That's the only world they know. So if you create a world and ensure people remain inside, while feeling safe from a perceived threat, they will never want to leave. There's always a villain created. You see that in society with the left vs right thing. These things don't work without that element. Even today when you look how one side is pushing hard to create animosity; white vs black. Jim Jones did the exact same thing. Even on their last day, he was recorded enforcing that division. When one compares his words to words coming from the media, it becomes almost too easy to conclude it's happening all over again.