There is a major point that is being missed in the criminal takeover of our society. That is that the mass media, especially TV, controls peoples beliefs and opinions. The media is owned by the owning class and is used to further their agendas.
Liberal and conservative media are owned by the same mega corporate network. The sowing of hatred is intentional and effective.
As long as our society watches TV, people will be divided and will fight each other, rather than organizing against the problem.
Your last sentence seems myopic in its messaging. I would say that TV is a major conduit of predictive programming that has been evolving in its delivery for about 75 yrs. Its not going away and cannot be ignored. Keep in mind that predictive programming has historically been delivered in other forms as well; including lectures, debates, movies at the theaters, live theater, radio, magazines and periodicals, etc. It has also been delivered, of course, via the internet (I would argue in its most potent and influential form) for only about the last 30 years. Technology may yet bring other, more influential forms of delivery. I believe you're barking up the wrong tree by simply focusing on T.V.
Don't blame the medium for the messaging. More important to absorb the programming with a healthy dose of critical analysis. That is the kryptonite that can render the poison harmless. However, that takes work...and most appear too lazy (or ignorant) to engage in it (btw, group analysis is arguably the most productive form of combat). Don't expect that to be found in our school systems. The indoctrination taking place in our public schools (probably less so in private institutions) only makes the issue of predictive programming (and its associated civil rot) much worse.
So, know and understand the messaging--and resist it. Help others get wise to it as well. This is the civil antidote; not militant worker strikes that Hedges advocates; they would be (IMO) futile and breed anarchy leading to complete social collapse. Why is it futile? Because most will not survive a complete social collapse. If you feel you would be in the very slim minority that would, than more power to ya. You're probably part of the group developing the predictive programming--mostly through surveillance capitalism. Your work should be resisted the most.
There are many potent persuasion methods being applied, but TV has the advantage of putting viewers in a near hypnotic brainwave pattern within 30 seconds.
Viewers are then barraged with colored lights and carefully selected sounds with potent archetypes programming a predigested reality into them. In the alpha brain wave state, information goes straight into memory without the normal filtering.
This weapon for “wining our hearts” and minds blindsides the public, who receive no warning.
I don't believe any "alarm" needs to be sounded. T.V. is not going away, pal. I also don't believe T.V. is necessarily any more powerful of a tool for hypnotism than other forms of communication. It was said that Rasputin thoroughly hypnotized Czar Nicholas's wife, Alexandra Feodorovna simply during casual conversation. In my own studies and experiences of hypnotism, I understand that you cannot make someone do things or act in certain ways that they are not already predisposed toward. And you cannot hypnotize someone that refuses to be hypnotized. This even goes for people that think they would like to be hypnotized, but subconsciously do not. Those that are easily hypnotized by T.V. (and I don't dispute this happens to a large segment of the population) have been conditioned to want to be hypnotized by T.V.
Again, the key is to be aware of what is going on...and continually exercise your critical sense. And always question authority.
With the recent and consistent silencing (by force and illegal arrests) of student voices speaking out against the genocide taking place in Gaza and the West Bank and Congress also voting to ban the use of Tik Tok among the general U.S. public, I would say we have gone well past the "verge".
Ah, yes. The good old naive excuse. The guillotine that cuts off the head of peace. To tell you the day dreams of retribution I have had would have me put away. They are of no matter and will stay that way. The power we have must make fear disappear because fear always wins. What union can we form that turns us away from the face of fear? Safety? Security? Power? Be naive. Trust the nature of humanity at peace. Give peace a chance. Define it, propigate it and vote for it now, before the fear incircles the globe. Call the convention. Make the manifesto.
I know Elon is gong through the various bureaucracies looking for things to eliminate but the Dem aren't helping by adding hysteria. I'm sure there are massive things that have outlived their usefulness. But when I hear a list of departments without any specifics as to why they might be on the chopping block what does it mean? Trump can't just unilaterally shut them down they were an act of Congress. Elon only has the power Trump gives him. Sure I'd like to have someone else besides Elon, on the spectrum Musk, doing this work but who? Someone from Goldman Saks? Why not just 20 random civilians? Why does it need to be a controversial idiot all the time?
We need to stop the in-fighting in Congress on both sides demanding accountability without everything staying status quo. That isn't helping any of us. We need to eliminate the entire cost of the military imo and if we can trim here and there to give us some breathing room good. We hear constantly that there's no reason to cut these little expenses often less than 1% of the budget but when you have hundreds of thousands of line items that adds up. 1% ia 2% pretty quick.
To get rid of the Post Office is an absurd a thought. GW Bush is responsible for destroying the Post Office by forcing them to overfund their pensions. Here's the rub...it costs somewhere around 54 cents to mail a first classs letter and have it delivered in 2 days. Since the forever stamp I can't recall what the price of a stamp is but it's still a bargain. To get the same with Fedex or UPS is around $100. Has anyone noticed that most of our delivereies still come from USPS? That jackass Trump put in charge os the post office has already cost us dearly.messing aroiund the edges and lets not forget Biden said he was going to replace him but never did. At some point USPS will collapse which is how they get rid of everything telling us it could no longer support itself while in reality they keep nibbling away at the budget year after year paying for the collape. That's why we have a government to support good ideas that aren't necessarily profit centers. It used to cost $5.99 for priority mail a Fedex overnight used to be $9.99 Fedex has increased by 1000%. Is this whole free delivery worfth what we're paying for it? I think not. I much prefer the days we ad brick and motor stores. Stop shopping Amazon unless it's truly something you can't find anywhere else. And returns are rarely free anymore requiring you to get in your car and drive the package somewhere.
I wanted to get into infrastructure but realize this; us saps that use the roads the least subsuidize them for big corporations that tear them apart with their transportation vehicles that put thousands of miles on them daily..
This is a sunject I could go on for hours and it's hard to not defend all things that sound like wonderful ideas and who would want to starve children? But don't forget they use mislabeled bills as a way to get consent and the actual mission might be quite different than the title.
Incisive insight by Hedges, - with the exception of his apparent belief in the fairytale, that "green" technology produces environmentally sustainable renewable industrial-level energy/electricity.
It cannot be overstated that this is a bipartisan criminal enterprise.
There is a major point that is being missed in the criminal takeover of our society. That is that the mass media, especially TV, controls peoples beliefs and opinions. The media is owned by the owning class and is used to further their agendas.
Liberal and conservative media are owned by the same mega corporate network. The sowing of hatred is intentional and effective.
As long as our society watches TV, people will be divided and will fight each other, rather than organizing against the problem.
Your last sentence seems myopic in its messaging. I would say that TV is a major conduit of predictive programming that has been evolving in its delivery for about 75 yrs. Its not going away and cannot be ignored. Keep in mind that predictive programming has historically been delivered in other forms as well; including lectures, debates, movies at the theaters, live theater, radio, magazines and periodicals, etc. It has also been delivered, of course, via the internet (I would argue in its most potent and influential form) for only about the last 30 years. Technology may yet bring other, more influential forms of delivery. I believe you're barking up the wrong tree by simply focusing on T.V.
Don't blame the medium for the messaging. More important to absorb the programming with a healthy dose of critical analysis. That is the kryptonite that can render the poison harmless. However, that takes work...and most appear too lazy (or ignorant) to engage in it (btw, group analysis is arguably the most productive form of combat). Don't expect that to be found in our school systems. The indoctrination taking place in our public schools (probably less so in private institutions) only makes the issue of predictive programming (and its associated civil rot) much worse.
So, know and understand the messaging--and resist it. Help others get wise to it as well. This is the civil antidote; not militant worker strikes that Hedges advocates; they would be (IMO) futile and breed anarchy leading to complete social collapse. Why is it futile? Because most will not survive a complete social collapse. If you feel you would be in the very slim minority that would, than more power to ya. You're probably part of the group developing the predictive programming--mostly through surveillance capitalism. Your work should be resisted the most.
There are many potent persuasion methods being applied, but TV has the advantage of putting viewers in a near hypnotic brainwave pattern within 30 seconds.
Viewers are then barraged with colored lights and carefully selected sounds with potent archetypes programming a predigested reality into them. In the alpha brain wave state, information goes straight into memory without the normal filtering.
This weapon for “wining our hearts” and minds blindsides the public, who receive no warning.
Chris, can you sound the alarm on your platform!
https://drakechamberlin.substack.com/p/advertising-breakthrough
https://m-cap.org/
I don't believe any "alarm" needs to be sounded. T.V. is not going away, pal. I also don't believe T.V. is necessarily any more powerful of a tool for hypnotism than other forms of communication. It was said that Rasputin thoroughly hypnotized Czar Nicholas's wife, Alexandra Feodorovna simply during casual conversation. In my own studies and experiences of hypnotism, I understand that you cannot make someone do things or act in certain ways that they are not already predisposed toward. And you cannot hypnotize someone that refuses to be hypnotized. This even goes for people that think they would like to be hypnotized, but subconsciously do not. Those that are easily hypnotized by T.V. (and I don't dispute this happens to a large segment of the population) have been conditioned to want to be hypnotized by T.V.
Again, the key is to be aware of what is going on...and continually exercise your critical sense. And always question authority.
We are on the verge of a Fascist state right-now.
With the recent and consistent silencing (by force and illegal arrests) of student voices speaking out against the genocide taking place in Gaza and the West Bank and Congress also voting to ban the use of Tik Tok among the general U.S. public, I would say we have gone well past the "verge".
Please watch a reminder of what's going to happen. JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG. -Spencer Tracy etc. Its excellent.Sue Ingleton
Thank you for the clear scenario
I have a theory too. After humans have destroyed the planet and are gone, the planet evolution can begin again and hopefully it will do a better job,
Ah, yes. The good old naive excuse. The guillotine that cuts off the head of peace. To tell you the day dreams of retribution I have had would have me put away. They are of no matter and will stay that way. The power we have must make fear disappear because fear always wins. What union can we form that turns us away from the face of fear? Safety? Security? Power? Be naive. Trust the nature of humanity at peace. Give peace a chance. Define it, propigate it and vote for it now, before the fear incircles the globe. Call the convention. Make the manifesto.
Chris, you opened my awareness of where we were headed back in 2012. Before that, I was in total ignorance of what was happening in our country.
We are now here to the place you warned of.
It is going to take all of us to fight back. We waited too long to demand action from congress and senate
We need to tax billionaires out of existence to sustain an alternative to the fascist duopoly.
Brilliant assessment.
I know Elon is gong through the various bureaucracies looking for things to eliminate but the Dem aren't helping by adding hysteria. I'm sure there are massive things that have outlived their usefulness. But when I hear a list of departments without any specifics as to why they might be on the chopping block what does it mean? Trump can't just unilaterally shut them down they were an act of Congress. Elon only has the power Trump gives him. Sure I'd like to have someone else besides Elon, on the spectrum Musk, doing this work but who? Someone from Goldman Saks? Why not just 20 random civilians? Why does it need to be a controversial idiot all the time?
We need to stop the in-fighting in Congress on both sides demanding accountability without everything staying status quo. That isn't helping any of us. We need to eliminate the entire cost of the military imo and if we can trim here and there to give us some breathing room good. We hear constantly that there's no reason to cut these little expenses often less than 1% of the budget but when you have hundreds of thousands of line items that adds up. 1% ia 2% pretty quick.
To get rid of the Post Office is an absurd a thought. GW Bush is responsible for destroying the Post Office by forcing them to overfund their pensions. Here's the rub...it costs somewhere around 54 cents to mail a first classs letter and have it delivered in 2 days. Since the forever stamp I can't recall what the price of a stamp is but it's still a bargain. To get the same with Fedex or UPS is around $100. Has anyone noticed that most of our delivereies still come from USPS? That jackass Trump put in charge os the post office has already cost us dearly.messing aroiund the edges and lets not forget Biden said he was going to replace him but never did. At some point USPS will collapse which is how they get rid of everything telling us it could no longer support itself while in reality they keep nibbling away at the budget year after year paying for the collape. That's why we have a government to support good ideas that aren't necessarily profit centers. It used to cost $5.99 for priority mail a Fedex overnight used to be $9.99 Fedex has increased by 1000%. Is this whole free delivery worfth what we're paying for it? I think not. I much prefer the days we ad brick and motor stores. Stop shopping Amazon unless it's truly something you can't find anywhere else. And returns are rarely free anymore requiring you to get in your car and drive the package somewhere.
I wanted to get into infrastructure but realize this; us saps that use the roads the least subsuidize them for big corporations that tear them apart with their transportation vehicles that put thousands of miles on them daily..
This is a sunject I could go on for hours and it's hard to not defend all things that sound like wonderful ideas and who would want to starve children? But don't forget they use mislabeled bills as a way to get consent and the actual mission might be quite different than the title.
Incisive insight by Hedges, - with the exception of his apparent belief in the fairytale, that "green" technology produces environmentally sustainable renewable industrial-level energy/electricity.