We Live in an Era of Mass Delusion
We've discussed this, we've read about it, we've been warned; but, boy...does this hit home.
“If one can isolate the mass, allow no free thinking, no free exchange, no outside corrective, and can hypnotize the group daily with noises, with press and radio and television, with fear and pseudo-enthusiasms, any delusion can be instilled. People will begin to accept the most primitive and inappropriate acts.”
"The only way we can give man the strength to withstand mental infection is through giving him the utmost freedom in the exchange of ideas."
Lately it seems, I owe my sanity to all of you at the Gulch...Thank you
“If one can isolate the mass, allow no free thinking, no free exchange, no outside corrective, and can hypnotize the group daily with noises, with press and radio and television, with fear and pseudo-enthusiasms, any delusion can be instilled. People will begin to accept the most primitive and inappropriate acts.”
"The only way we can give man the strength to withstand mental infection is through giving him the utmost freedom in the exchange of ideas."
Lately it seems, I owe my sanity to all of you at the Gulch...Thank you
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But the key factor here is that environment has no effect upon climate cycles, the upper atmosphere nor short term weather.
what happens in the troposphere generally stays in the troposphere.
Putting all or most of the temperature reporting stations in the hottest spots in the cities only proves that cities are a problem but when it's all averaged out, we have had no effect upon earth other than polluting the water and the troposphere.
Polluting the water is directly related to bureaucratic environ[mental]ism using fluoride, too much chlorine and other chemicals that kill the good stuff in the water and doing nothing to the really bad stuff.
See: http://suspicious0bservers.org and ADAPT2030-youtube for a more accurate/honest view of what's goin on.
What i do believe in is trying to find more environment-friendly ways of doing things like industry, regardless of climate change. I was in the Hong Kong area one day when the smog was rather bad (wind came blowing from the mainland). I know that that can't be good for your health, especially areas that are worse off like Beijing and a lot of cities in India
But it's hard to believe a conservative would except the warming nonsense without relying upon his own observations, maybe he's under the delusional spell.
I asked a warming carbon counter the other day what happens to green plant life in the winter or extended colder climates and he rightfully said, it goes dormant. I said correct, so what do you suppose happens to all that carbon that is usually used by those plants during the day time....and he looked at me strangely...then sheepishly replied...Oh yea, never thought of that.
He is the only one so far that got it first try. Then I told him to look up Grand Solar Minimums and the Maunder Minimum.
We will see where he lands.
One that has a strong connection to the mind can not be controlled. One might be fooled temporarily but conscious introspection will always win out.
They can only influence and control those that have a weak connection to the mind or none at all...after 100 years of "information noise" there are many, maybe even 50% that have no connection to the mind. Just brains in a body reflecting the image of those in control.
In Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 NYC is five floors under water, but civilization as we know and love it continues from the 6th floor on up...
So Marxism correctly understands physical reality and consciousness are related and further understands existence has primacy over consciousness. But can it also extend to claim that control over physical reality enables more extensive control over consciousness? That depends on whether it does or does not believe in non-initiation-of-the-use-of-physical-force. An explanation follows:
What Leftism fails to recognize is the axiomaticity of consciousness. While it succeeds in some degree of control, i.e. control over media, industries, healthcare, banking, etc., the Left does not understand that human beings with the power of consciousness, introspection, and independence also have the power to come to opposite conclusions. That is, it does not see alternatives to its own dogma and, as such, is stagnant. The danger of the Left is its refusal to acknowledge Stalinism and thought policing as an essential product of Marxism. Instead, it sees its own authoritarianism as contingent on the eschewing of capitalism. This is why vocal opposition to Marxism and Leftism is critical. The Marxist Left simply cannot extend the claim that control over physical reality enables control over consciousness while there is any understanding that man cannot initiate the use of physical force against others.
The principle of not initiating the use of physical force really is the pillar of our society. It is also what distinguishes garden-variety Socialists from hardcore Communists, the latter of whom believe in violent revolution. Thus, the affirmation and optimism really relies on the fact that even certain brands of communism believe in non-violent socialist revolution. The Marxists do not understand that non-violence undercuts the essential method of Leftist propaganda and thought-control.
But if you don't think Doctors are being marketed to... Hang out in your doctors office for an entire day. I have friends who used to be Drug Reps. I have also had to wait 4+hrs in a waiting room to be squeezed in... I Can tell you first hand that there are a LOT of people marketing to the doctors. Taking them to dinner, and encouraging them to prescribe certain drugs, and "share" with them the benefits of opiods, and other drugs while glossing over (or not mentioning) the side-effects.
BTW, one of the reasons I DESPISE a mandate for health insurance is simply because I would NEVER FOLLOW a doctors advice for MANY ailments. While they are great for Dx (description), I do not trust the Rx (prescription) because of the money and dishonesty...
For example, when they say: 50% reduction in heart attacks, and only 10% risk of diabetes. In a 2,000 person study, that is 100 more people getting diabetes, and only a reduction of 1 or 2 people in getting a heart attack. Why, exactly, in a HEAVILY CONTROLLED world are they allowed to report the numbers in such a misleading way? (because they bought the law writers).
The MOST important #s to me: How many people benefit PER 100 (0.1% in the above example) for those taking the medicine. So, you find out, you are 100 times more likely to have a nasty side-effect, than to feel the positive effect of a drug. Seems like THAT would drive our decisions better. And yet it is basically WITHHELD.
The real problem here is the law requiring a doctor's approval for drugs. Obeying your doctor's advice should be voluntary. They work for you, you don't have any duty to obey them.
Now, if one "Stirs" all that information around in the glass...Wala! you have integration and that's where the "Smarts" comes from.
So, as one might deduce, Academics and political intellectuals have not a spoon between them.
It's disconcerting to realize that businessmen, generals, soldiers, men of action are less corrupted by power than intellectuals... You take a conventional man of action, and he's satisfied if you obey. But not the intellectual. He doesn't want you just to obey. He wants you to get down on your knees and praise the one who makes you love what you hate and hate what you love. In other words, whenever the intellectuals are in power, there's soul-raping going on.
Eric Hoffer will be on the book list.
But Harken, Awareness is a key factor...suspicion is strong in the surviving ones.
https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/p...
https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/p...
Solntsev also examined the problem of "information noise," which creates a dense shield between a person and external reality. This noise may manifest itself in the form of signals, messages, images, or other items of information. The main target of this noise would be the consciousness of a person or a group of people. Behavior modification could be one objective of information noise; another could be to upset an individual's mental capacity to such an extent as to prevent reaction to any stimulus. Solntsev concludes that all levels of a person's psyche (subconscious, conscious, and "superconscious") are potential targets for destabilization.
According to Solntsev, one computer virus capable of affecting a person's psyche is Russian Virus 666. It manifests itself in every 25th frame of a visual display, where it produces a combination of colors that allegedly put computer operators into a trance. The subconscious perception of the new pattern eventually results in arrhythmia of the heart. Other Russian computer specialists, not just Solntsev, talk openly about this "25th frame effect" and its ability to subtly manage a computer user's perceptions. The purpose of this technique is to inject a thought into the viewer's subconscious. It may remind some of the subliminal advertising controversy in the United States in the late 1950s.
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