“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.”
~ Edward Bernays, Propaganda
Any population, and in this case, the American population, that can be divided as a collective, can be manipulated without a great deal of effort by those who structure the mental prison in which you reside. Make no mistake about it, most all in this country (and beyond) are already caged, in that the minds of the masses have been conditioned to act in a manner conducive to mental, psychological, and physiological control by an outside entity pretending to be something it is not. To be able to manipulate the behavior of the group, means that individual intellect can be altered and destroyed, and in that process, individualism, the core and backbone of freedom, ceases to exist. Once this level is reached, the management of the herd becomes a foregone conclusion.
In this world of today, reality is perception, and perception is reality. In other words. nothing is real in the sense that domineering control over both perception and reality by the oligarchical ruling class, and the engineered inversion from personal autonomy to a calculated and inhibited collective mindset, results in total mental confusion. This state of mind is the driving force that allows for top-down control measures to be implemented on a massive scale. In essence, the psychological decomposition and designed mental breakdown of society, much due to intense propaganda and indoctrination, has been for many decades the sought after conclusion of the overlords whose agenda is complete power and control.
The final piece of the puzzle needed to complete this disconnect from reality, and in turn finish the takeover of humanity, is the AI monster that has been created, that is now being implemented. This, in and of itself, presents the biggest risk I see going forward, and the most devastating risk to humanity in history. Many, if not most, see it only as convenience, or as a way to survive without doing anything of actual value, or even worse, as progress. The digitization of society, the digitization of the monetary system, digital ID, (papers) and the elimination of most personal human contact, is not the way forward, but the way back. Reality lives in the present, not in the past and not in the future, and in order to be experienced at the most crucial level of understanding what is real, one must be connected to each and every moment. Real is now, not yesterday and not tomorrow.
As I see and experience this time in history, it seems that the world view is continuously based in fear, which is nothing more than a mass-perceived reality, which of course means no true reality at all. When life is concentrated on what is not real, and is instead fake or imagined, it is as if the mind has been reprogrammed to illusion instead of actual life.; causing the death of the spiritual independent being. This is greatly enhanced by psychological manipulation and propaganda meant to hide reality, while advancing an artificial existence. This can only dull the senses by promoting simulation over real existence.
Rule by the few over the many is real, and therefore, wars are real, torture and death are real, starvation is real, poverty is real, financial ruin is real, and genocide is real. The indifference that is so grossly evident among the masses acts as a blindfold to these realities, while the tools of the tyrants; constant surveillance, ‘smart’ devices, AI systems, gaming, media hype, and evil political systems, tend to be used to erase from the mind what is actually happening all around us. A blank mind is never a threat to the governing system and its massive propaganda machine.
Most everything happening currently; most every headline, all narratives being presented by the State players and its supporters, the coming economic Armageddon, the war-mongering by this government and its murdering military, and the destruction of the fiat currency, are all based on intentional economic plots and psychological maneuvering for the purpose of mass control. So long as the ‘public’ mind is stuck in headlines, propaganda, the political system, voting, and hate, fraudulent perception instead of reality will be the driving force of more extreme tyranny.
For most, it is a struggle to just get up and face the day, or at least that is the case for a majority of the population. Because of that, most choose to hide from reality in order to satisfy a dream-state, instead of facing the truth. It is as if the entirety of this population is in a mind-control experiment, and are being hypnotized to accept their own slavery as the best option. AI, if allowed to take over society, can accomplish that designed outcome, just as is sought by the oligarchs.
One of the major components of this U.S. global technocratic plot is the fact that the masses have been inundated with prescription drugs, especially so-called anti-depressants. The children from birth are injected with poisons, and mind and body-altering substances are common.. ‘Vaccines,’ medical drugs at every turn, unnecessary surgery, CIA delivered fentanyl, and psychological brainwashing occur constantly, and generationally, especially in government run ‘public’ schools, until the people lose all interest in anything of real value.
This reality is not accidental, it has been purposely created in order to capture the psyche of the majority. Something is greatly amiss here, as so many of this population have effectively given up on actual life in favor of a State-structured life based on fraudulent perception as a way of escaping what is real. This is terribly disturbing, as the last thing needed at this time is a country full of obedient zombies. This makes me wonder if the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” was simply a prescient preview of things to come.
“Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?”
~ Peter Hitchens
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I have often, in recent times, felt a need, Gary, to return to certain religious "dogma" of the so-called dark ages. My personal belief (not selling this to anyone else, just saying) is that the Devil has been with humanity since the "beginning." I keep hitting on his encouragement to Adam and Eve, to taste of the tree of knowledge. Taken in modern context, I believe that he might just as well have told us not to be afraid of being transhumans and of being as all knowing as super-computers. The Devil has been a feature of world literature throughout mankind's short stay on the planet. He now reveals himself as the "A.I." We are dealing with an alien race of beings (caricatured as the "Devil") that is taking over and obliterating humanity. Their evil doings are advertised in advance almost as a taunt to humanity of their super powers and ability to do their worst in plain view without repercussion. The "Body Snatchers," which you so aptly reminded us of, was simply one of their mind-game operations (made and remade several times, as a reminder of what they can do). Time is short now. Let us cherish our humanity as long as it is allowed us.
So true. From the minute we're born they start mind control us. So evil. 😔