Posted on 06/08/2015 9:38:51 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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One of the best books that cracks the code on what we are living through was written by Dutch psychiatrist Joost A. M. Meerloo about 60 years ago. Mull over the first line of his book’s forward, and you will think he is writing about today: “This book attempts to depict the strange transformation of the free human mind into an automatically responding machine – a transformation which can be brought about by some of the cultural undercurrents in our present-day society as well as by deliberate experiments in the service of a political ideology.”
That’s from “The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing” (1956). There is indeed a war on the private mind, as Kevin Williamson explained in a recent National Review column. Unfortunately, too many Americans have been sleeping through most of its propaganda battles, and for a very long time. When it comes to understanding the inner workings of social psychology and political correctness, we seem to be at a loss.
Meanwhile, the power elites who now control the media, academia, and Hollywood seem to understand social psychology well enough to exploit it on a massive scale. They have engaged in psychological warfare against the private mind by inducing “collective belief formation.” There’s really nothing new here. Conditioning and nudging the masses into groupthink is a very old trick of all wannabe dictators. The bloody twentieth century is filled to the gills with examples.
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(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
"Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?"
I have long understood that, the only good thing about property taxes is that it is much less expensive to rent real estate from the county than to rent it from a private owner who uses your rent to rent it from the county. In truth there is no real ownership of real estate, as you say it is an illusion. Passing real estate to descendants upon your death is really just handing down a very long term lease. That lease may last for generations as long as the rent is paid but if you ever stop paying it you find out who REALLY owns the real estate.
You escape it in the only way possible. Focusing your eyes on absolute Truth makes propaganda and group think melt away. Those focused on Christ have an immoveable foundation that will hold. Christ Himself warned about the strong delusion that would come on the world sweeping away all but His own.
Don’t you hate when that happens? Now you got me laughing, too, just realized your screen name.
Well, the tagline was too long and I had never noticed it before. I had to shorten it so that now it says “me,” instead of “I do”. Grammatically incorrect? Yes, but I have to fit the whole tagline in somehow! ;-)
Besides, I am the spel_grammer_an_punct_polise! Who are you to be correcting me?????
ROFL
Thank you for catching that for me. ;-)
Yeah, I gave my self a “DUH!” for that one! LOL
0bama has never referred to the Holy Bible. He has never called Jesus Christ his personal savior and The Son of God.
The holy Koran? Yes
A son of God? Yes
He’s a muslim.
With a screen name like mine, I get away with pretty much anything around here...
Cheers,
Otter
“With a screen name like mine, I get away with pretty much anything around here...”
LOL
After taking a second look at your tag line problem, I suggest the following re-revision to solve your "grammatically incorrect" problem while adhering to the space limitation:
(Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than meI?)
No charge for this service provided from the goodness of my heart...;o)
Otter
;-) How’s this tagline?
Perfect! You’re welcome.
I think there are supposed to be laws that protect the public against subliminal advertising but I wonder if laws against subliminal advertising would ever be enforced. I imagine a scenario using advertising techniques that act on the subconscious mind. People respond in different ways to the messages. Some of the messages embedded in movies and television media may initiate criminal activity among people who are not in control of themselves. Elites can ignite triggers in unsuspecting individuals who give in to impulse and opportunity.
I wonder if laws against subliminal advertising would ever be enforced.
laws against subliminals in a Fascist enviorment.. not possible..
When givernment merges with business the only laws made effect THE marketing of the SHEEP..
ALL meat, wool, flesh and Sheep Porn on the media is ALLOWED..
Excellent article. Now even more apparent with the Charleston shooting and demands to ban the confederate flag.
BTTT
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