easeoflife22
2008-10-19, 23:12
I'm not sure exactly how to start this thread, so I'll start it from my observations I've had about media, and how it works, and then go from there. I'm sure more elements will be added as we go, cause I'm not going to cover them all, it's just that I'm probably going to leave a few out as there are so many.
What I've observed about the media, is that the media feeds off of what the majority basically wants to see and hear, and people want to see and hear things based off the media. It works in a cycle. Then there are a few other added elements into this cycle. One is the fact that media is used to sell things, and that people can change the media to project their beliefs onto the greater populous. It's basically a voluntary system of brainwashing, and the brainwashed are perpetuating the system. I think the only reason that I'm able to observe this, is because for the most part, I'm not really part of the cycle, just along for the ride because the majority are.
I'm sure most of you here are rather familiar with human psychology, but every person has an idea of what reality is in their heads based off their knowledge they observe. The problem lies in the fact that almost all knowledge that the majority of people know, comes from mainstream media. Another little thing about the majority is that they seem to prefer ignorant bliss to the truth. Media seems to be responding quite well with news coverage and entertainment that promotes a fictional reality that fits the ignorantly blissful nature of the majority. Part of this fictional reality is designed to make us want things, and basically consume. A lot of psychologists are employed to create programming that promotes consumerism. Then another touch is added in by people being able to make media that is definitely bias. The end product of this action is a system of media that is void of a lot of things that are very important to how we need to see reality, so that we can act appropriately. Most of the populous almost seems to be completely oblivious to how the world works, how are economy works, how politics work, and they can actually be classified as insane. The majority is actually insane, because they are no longer responding to reality, they're responding to the reality that has been manipulated between their ears by media that limits and controls knowledge.
To me, this is really dangerous. On one hand, maybe the majority is really a bunch of useless idiots, and this is the only way we can keep them productive and useful members of society. History however, also shows us this tool can be used to do horrible things if the wrong people become in charge of the direction media leads that majority. I'd like to see a society of thinkers, people who look beyond what they're being told, and look for more in depth knowledge, but I'm sure it's just a pipe dream. I think the system is flawed though, and because people are using the system to perpetuate bias, and create greed, it will eventually turn ugly, and I think it is. Capitalism is also flawed do to resource limitations as well as sustainable population limitations.
In a biblical sense, this could be what ancient people were warning us about. The reality that the media is creating, isn't exactly a sustainable and functional world, cause not everything can be out of touch with actual reality. If everything that's allowing this fake reality to function, like the economy, security, etc, horrible things are going to happen. Pretty much the apocalypse really, and the system is doomed to that failure do to it's nature.
This ties in too. For me, when I here about terrorism, I see it as a clash between competing systems of power. Islam is a definite opponent to our system, cause our consumer system disrupts their religious system. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this situation is going to explode in our faces, and probably sooner than later. Both of these groups are wrong in my eyes, and I hope they kill each other off. Our media system of control is leading us to tread on the rest of the world, cause the things our system promotes is taking a larger than fair share of the worlds resources and wealth. The Islam religious system is equally as messed up cause it also quashes free thought and is leading to issues. To me there isn't even a shred of hope for humanity until everyone sees reality for what it is when these two systems collide.
Is there even a proper stance anymore to take on this? I don't even know my position on this, go team capitalism? This all feels incredibly ridiculous to me. People seem to have created these systems for control purposes, and then it's like the system took over, can't actually be stopped, and now all of these different control systems are battling with each other. From the outside, this is seriously bad, but at the same time I don't even feel the slightest bit sorry for the people controlling and running this shit, or the people under control. They're all idiots, and I don't feel like we're losing anything if these people annihilated each other. Really, the only people who are victims here, are people that are like myself. I'm not a slave or a master in the system, I just have no choice but to live my life within and around it.
Another way to look at it is that maybe this is a plateau in human evolution, and the nature of these beasts is to simply fail and take all those involved with it. I think there actually are enough people on this earth that have there shit together where a these systems are no longer necessary. Peace is actually possible, once all this bullshit is out of the way.
Then again, these are just the thoughts inside my head, and who knows, maybe I don't even realize that I'm taking part in a greater system of control by simply influencing the lesser systems that are useless now to dissolve themselves. After all, changing the way the world thinks through influencing media is how you bring about change. Thought this would be some food for thought, so shared. Discuss anything I've said, but just keep in mind that I don't think of this as truth, but just an observation from my stand point, so what's yours?
What I've observed about the media, is that the media feeds off of what the majority basically wants to see and hear, and people want to see and hear things based off the media. It works in a cycle. Then there are a few other added elements into this cycle. One is the fact that media is used to sell things, and that people can change the media to project their beliefs onto the greater populous. It's basically a voluntary system of brainwashing, and the brainwashed are perpetuating the system. I think the only reason that I'm able to observe this, is because for the most part, I'm not really part of the cycle, just along for the ride because the majority are.
I'm sure most of you here are rather familiar with human psychology, but every person has an idea of what reality is in their heads based off their knowledge they observe. The problem lies in the fact that almost all knowledge that the majority of people know, comes from mainstream media. Another little thing about the majority is that they seem to prefer ignorant bliss to the truth. Media seems to be responding quite well with news coverage and entertainment that promotes a fictional reality that fits the ignorantly blissful nature of the majority. Part of this fictional reality is designed to make us want things, and basically consume. A lot of psychologists are employed to create programming that promotes consumerism. Then another touch is added in by people being able to make media that is definitely bias. The end product of this action is a system of media that is void of a lot of things that are very important to how we need to see reality, so that we can act appropriately. Most of the populous almost seems to be completely oblivious to how the world works, how are economy works, how politics work, and they can actually be classified as insane. The majority is actually insane, because they are no longer responding to reality, they're responding to the reality that has been manipulated between their ears by media that limits and controls knowledge.
To me, this is really dangerous. On one hand, maybe the majority is really a bunch of useless idiots, and this is the only way we can keep them productive and useful members of society. History however, also shows us this tool can be used to do horrible things if the wrong people become in charge of the direction media leads that majority. I'd like to see a society of thinkers, people who look beyond what they're being told, and look for more in depth knowledge, but I'm sure it's just a pipe dream. I think the system is flawed though, and because people are using the system to perpetuate bias, and create greed, it will eventually turn ugly, and I think it is. Capitalism is also flawed do to resource limitations as well as sustainable population limitations.
In a biblical sense, this could be what ancient people were warning us about. The reality that the media is creating, isn't exactly a sustainable and functional world, cause not everything can be out of touch with actual reality. If everything that's allowing this fake reality to function, like the economy, security, etc, horrible things are going to happen. Pretty much the apocalypse really, and the system is doomed to that failure do to it's nature.
This ties in too. For me, when I here about terrorism, I see it as a clash between competing systems of power. Islam is a definite opponent to our system, cause our consumer system disrupts their religious system. Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this situation is going to explode in our faces, and probably sooner than later. Both of these groups are wrong in my eyes, and I hope they kill each other off. Our media system of control is leading us to tread on the rest of the world, cause the things our system promotes is taking a larger than fair share of the worlds resources and wealth. The Islam religious system is equally as messed up cause it also quashes free thought and is leading to issues. To me there isn't even a shred of hope for humanity until everyone sees reality for what it is when these two systems collide.
Is there even a proper stance anymore to take on this? I don't even know my position on this, go team capitalism? This all feels incredibly ridiculous to me. People seem to have created these systems for control purposes, and then it's like the system took over, can't actually be stopped, and now all of these different control systems are battling with each other. From the outside, this is seriously bad, but at the same time I don't even feel the slightest bit sorry for the people controlling and running this shit, or the people under control. They're all idiots, and I don't feel like we're losing anything if these people annihilated each other. Really, the only people who are victims here, are people that are like myself. I'm not a slave or a master in the system, I just have no choice but to live my life within and around it.
Another way to look at it is that maybe this is a plateau in human evolution, and the nature of these beasts is to simply fail and take all those involved with it. I think there actually are enough people on this earth that have there shit together where a these systems are no longer necessary. Peace is actually possible, once all this bullshit is out of the way.
Then again, these are just the thoughts inside my head, and who knows, maybe I don't even realize that I'm taking part in a greater system of control by simply influencing the lesser systems that are useless now to dissolve themselves. After all, changing the way the world thinks through influencing media is how you bring about change. Thought this would be some food for thought, so shared. Discuss anything I've said, but just keep in mind that I don't think of this as truth, but just an observation from my stand point, so what's yours?