I think that the media did a great job in brainwashing people that the government only has your best interest at heart therefore you need to mask up socially distance and let the lack of oxygen kill your brain cells so you wont think for yourself. Like you I know many intelligent conservatives, who prior to the plandemic, were outgoing a…
I think that the media did a great job in brainwashing people that the government only has your best interest at heart therefore you need to mask up socially distance and let the lack of oxygen kill your brain cells so you wont think for yourself. Like you I know many intelligent conservatives, who prior to the plandemic, were outgoing and individual thinkers. If more people turned off all sorts of news propoganda and breathed freah air their brains would come out of the fog. I can only pray for that.
I think, with reference to Jeff's wondering - that the split is between those who revere authority and those who think for themselves. In the UK we have a similar response: a part of society worships experts...mainly because they think of themselves in the same way. They hate the deplorables - the non-mask or jabbers, the brexiteers. They almost always belong to the professional class - teachers, lawyers and so on...folk who had a nice childhood and have never had to distrust authority.
Agree with you Juliah, but let's take it a step further, why do they revere authority?
Some of it is likely what you speculate in that they have never had a reason to distrust it, but I think it's much deeper than that. These people live in fear. They are timid little creatures who would happily surrender freedoms if it results in "peace of mind" (I really hate that phrase and everything it stands for). And since your behavior affects their fear level, they demand you conform.
These so-called conservatives who were broken by Covid never were conservatives (i.e. liberty-loving free people) to begin with. They called themselves conservatives because its values represented stability. Once the leftists seized the institutions and implemented totalitarian actions (e.g. lockdowns, CRT, trans agenda), conservatism became radical as it represents a rejection of the status quo. That scares these cowardly people so they switched sides. It was never about values for them but what placates their fearfulness.
My guess is that folk today have no thoughts or values that are not planted by education or media. There has only ever been one version of reality presented to and accepted by them. They know they are correct because growing up no-one ever corrected them, they never had to accept losing the egg and spoon race. Salami sliced by identity politics, and trapped in polarised social media echo chambers, they no longer have a point from which to objectively view their own culture. Believing woke liberal creeds has become a sign of being educated, an education that has led to the devaluing of masculinity, the dismantling of collectivism, the nuclear family, religion and faith.
Instead, today's godless society is cult-like; members share the same vision of reality and the same fears. Conformity is required and any behaviour outside the bounds of the norms of the cult brings about a fearful reaction. Fear is an unconscious response from our more primitive brain to a PRESENT threat. Anxiety is an emotional response to an IMAGINED threat, a response that shuts down the logical side of the brain. We live in a constant state of arousal due to the continuous bombardment of 24 hour media, the machinery of the state. Continuous exposure to this invasive, inflammatory rhetoric and imagery causes changes in the brain which can change anxiety into fear, that is, from an emotional response to an unconscious response that we cannot control.
It is a huge business, creating fear and anxiety. And we humans are wired to respond to them so are highly manipulable. We have become programmed without our consent; we have acquired a false sense of involvement; we have been told we should be fearful. To defend against those fears we acquire something akin to Stockholm Syndrome and revere the oppressor. IMO
I agree except coming from a different direction, liberals used to question big pharma, revolving door regulatory agencies, tyranny. And now? I see it like Jeff the lines have been redrawn and have more to do with seeing through propaganda etc. As long as we buy into teams fighting each other, the would-be-controller will win. Right now the biggest push back, and only politically, is coming from right but that hasn't always been the case.
I think the ones that questioned because they were thoughtful skeptics and the ones who did it for the “nonconformist cool” cred have taken different paths these past two years.
I think you nailed it. A whole bunch of bought into corporate run "non-conformist cool". Has me shaking my head in disbelief. I think it is a lesson for us all to hold our beliefs strongly but lightly enough to not be fooled by corporate marketing targeted to our demographic or belief system.
Very well said…. A lot of rural Canadians have had to fight for everything and know what it is to sacrifice we have faith in God because he has provided. I also think “they” preyed on the vulnerable I know so many elderly took it because they were made to think they were vulnerable and this was the way out. The elderly had much courage in the past went through many hardships. It was made urgent on purpose so they didn’t have time to think critically. They young however many were caught in not being able to travel or go to a restaurant convenience. What are ppl willing to give up for convenience and pleasure avoiding pain. That is a crisis of courage
Agreed! My Son made a joke about the Red Tide More or less failing. I gently told him that MSM shoved that term down everyone’s throat as a scar tactic. He stopped joking.
I think you are correct. Then once they take the propaganda, being able to think doesn’t happen. So I was scared I to take the jab. Now I can’t go against the jab because that would make me a fool and I am not a fool. Now, I am watching all the things to help prop up my weak ego because I realize I was duped but I am not willing to admit it to myself or others. Now I am watching more propaganda which does exactly what it was designed to do, conform my thoughts to the ones “they” want me to have. This ultimately moves me so far away from where I started as a scared “dutiful” citizen…to a brainwashed sheep….
I think that the media did a great job in brainwashing people that the government only has your best interest at heart therefore you need to mask up socially distance and let the lack of oxygen kill your brain cells so you wont think for yourself. Like you I know many intelligent conservatives, who prior to the plandemic, were outgoing and individual thinkers. If more people turned off all sorts of news propoganda and breathed freah air their brains would come out of the fog. I can only pray for that.
I think, with reference to Jeff's wondering - that the split is between those who revere authority and those who think for themselves. In the UK we have a similar response: a part of society worships experts...mainly because they think of themselves in the same way. They hate the deplorables - the non-mask or jabbers, the brexiteers. They almost always belong to the professional class - teachers, lawyers and so on...folk who had a nice childhood and have never had to distrust authority.
Agree with you Juliah, but let's take it a step further, why do they revere authority?
Some of it is likely what you speculate in that they have never had a reason to distrust it, but I think it's much deeper than that. These people live in fear. They are timid little creatures who would happily surrender freedoms if it results in "peace of mind" (I really hate that phrase and everything it stands for). And since your behavior affects their fear level, they demand you conform.
These so-called conservatives who were broken by Covid never were conservatives (i.e. liberty-loving free people) to begin with. They called themselves conservatives because its values represented stability. Once the leftists seized the institutions and implemented totalitarian actions (e.g. lockdowns, CRT, trans agenda), conservatism became radical as it represents a rejection of the status quo. That scares these cowardly people so they switched sides. It was never about values for them but what placates their fearfulness.
I agree with all of that Jeff.
My guess is that folk today have no thoughts or values that are not planted by education or media. There has only ever been one version of reality presented to and accepted by them. They know they are correct because growing up no-one ever corrected them, they never had to accept losing the egg and spoon race. Salami sliced by identity politics, and trapped in polarised social media echo chambers, they no longer have a point from which to objectively view their own culture. Believing woke liberal creeds has become a sign of being educated, an education that has led to the devaluing of masculinity, the dismantling of collectivism, the nuclear family, religion and faith.
Instead, today's godless society is cult-like; members share the same vision of reality and the same fears. Conformity is required and any behaviour outside the bounds of the norms of the cult brings about a fearful reaction. Fear is an unconscious response from our more primitive brain to a PRESENT threat. Anxiety is an emotional response to an IMAGINED threat, a response that shuts down the logical side of the brain. We live in a constant state of arousal due to the continuous bombardment of 24 hour media, the machinery of the state. Continuous exposure to this invasive, inflammatory rhetoric and imagery causes changes in the brain which can change anxiety into fear, that is, from an emotional response to an unconscious response that we cannot control.
It is a huge business, creating fear and anxiety. And we humans are wired to respond to them so are highly manipulable. We have become programmed without our consent; we have acquired a false sense of involvement; we have been told we should be fearful. To defend against those fears we acquire something akin to Stockholm Syndrome and revere the oppressor. IMO
Wow! I believe you’re right!
I agree, well said Jeff C. and Juliah.
I agree except coming from a different direction, liberals used to question big pharma, revolving door regulatory agencies, tyranny. And now? I see it like Jeff the lines have been redrawn and have more to do with seeing through propaganda etc. As long as we buy into teams fighting each other, the would-be-controller will win. Right now the biggest push back, and only politically, is coming from right but that hasn't always been the case.
I think the ones that questioned because they were thoughtful skeptics and the ones who did it for the “nonconformist cool” cred have taken different paths these past two years.
I think you nailed it. A whole bunch of bought into corporate run "non-conformist cool". Has me shaking my head in disbelief. I think it is a lesson for us all to hold our beliefs strongly but lightly enough to not be fooled by corporate marketing targeted to our demographic or belief system.
Very well said…. A lot of rural Canadians have had to fight for everything and know what it is to sacrifice we have faith in God because he has provided. I also think “they” preyed on the vulnerable I know so many elderly took it because they were made to think they were vulnerable and this was the way out. The elderly had much courage in the past went through many hardships. It was made urgent on purpose so they didn’t have time to think critically. They young however many were caught in not being able to travel or go to a restaurant convenience. What are ppl willing to give up for convenience and pleasure avoiding pain. That is a crisis of courage
Agreed! My Son made a joke about the Red Tide More or less failing. I gently told him that MSM shoved that term down everyone’s throat as a scar tactic. He stopped joking.
I think you are correct. Then once they take the propaganda, being able to think doesn’t happen. So I was scared I to take the jab. Now I can’t go against the jab because that would make me a fool and I am not a fool. Now, I am watching all the things to help prop up my weak ego because I realize I was duped but I am not willing to admit it to myself or others. Now I am watching more propaganda which does exactly what it was designed to do, conform my thoughts to the ones “they” want me to have. This ultimately moves me so far away from where I started as a scared “dutiful” citizen…to a brainwashed sheep….