~photo by Liam McGarry at Unsplash
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exists and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.
~ William Shakespeare, from As You Like It
We Know It's a Magic Trick and Yet We Still Can Be Fooled
The interesting thing about propaganda is that we KNOW it occurs but we fool ourselves by thinking it will never happen to us. We are too smart to be pulled into buying this or that product or service just because of a commercial on the t.v.
I remember watching the movie "ET" when I was kid. There is a scene, if I am remembering it correctly, where the kids used the candy Reece's Pieces to lure the alien to follow them. Of course, after the movie I wanted to try the new candy which looked like M&Ms but had peanut butter in them along with the hard chocolate shell. To us they were neat and different but to the company who made them it was a brilliant marketing scheme.
The take-away is that just because the media talks about product placement, and you know it is happening sometimes, you might not realize some of the subliminal messages that are going on while you are watching a movie or other program.
Hitler (and all the people behind his reign of terror) knew that people were most impressionable when they were tired after a long day at work. It was much easier to sway the German people to hate an ethnic group if ideas were introduced over time and on the evening news. This more than likely wasn't a new concept and probably wasn't taught in schools. While people know that propaganda happens in other countries, most won't acknowledge that their own country does it to them daily.
To Be Forewarned Is to Be Forearmed
Taking some time away from the programming like movies and the "news" can help tremendously with resetting your perspective on the world around you. Take some time to walk in nature, breathe the air, and take in your immediate surroundings. Make a daily walk part of your deprogramming routine. You will be surprised how much better you feel by just this simple act.
The controllers of the world think that they have the "profane" (that would be the 99%) in a hypnotic state, addicted to their devices, and ready for the next sensory impression to be inserted into our subconscious. What they don't realize is that when they slip up and move too quickly (like they are doing with all the lock-down measures quickly spiraling towards RFID chips in us all) people start to wake up. People start to question. People start to talk to each other and realize that this world seems to be turned upside down and they can no longer recognize the direction we are headed.
Now is the time to pull back the emerald curtain and expose the funny looking man moving all the levers and pullys. Now is the time to wake up the sleeping populace and let them know we are the majority and we do not consent.
The propaganda is the driver that sets the tone for the predictable outcome. I think we know where this is all heading, right? What to do next is up to you. It's about community. It's about personal responsibility. It's about rolling up our sleeves, getting our hands dirty, and seeing something beautiful grow right before our eyes. One step at time, each and every day, for the rest of our lives. Sounds great to me!
God bless and be well.