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Happy New Year: Don’t Be Fooled By the Orthodoxies of the Messengers
Happy New Year: Don’t Be Fooled By the Orthodoxies of the Messengers The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. …We […]
Mind Control: It’s Happening to You Right Now
Mind Control: It’s Happening to You Right Now Your mind is being controlled by distant strangers who don’t have your best interests at heart. If that sounds like a paranoid fantasy, brace yourself and read on. These are the findings of a series of scientific studies that show how a few dominant institutions have the power […]
George Orwell, Edward Bernays & Perpetual War
George Orwell, Edward Bernays & Perpetual War Another horrific act of terror, another shrill chorus calls the faithful to war. It’s a recurring phenomenon in this early Twenty-first Century. The horrible news crashes from the heavens like a meteor, violently jolting us from the Saint Vitus Dance of our produce-consume existence. Our screens with all the […]
Why This Feels Like a Depression for Most People
Why This Feels Like a Depression for Most People “And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.” – John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Everyone has seen the pictures of the unemployed waiting in soup lines during the Great Depression. When you try to tell a […]
The Revolutionary Act Of Telling The Truth
The Revolutionary Act Of Telling The Truth George Orwell said, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” These are dark times, in which the propaganda of deceit touches all our lives. It is as if political reality has been privatised and illusion legitimised. The information age is a […]
10 SHADY ORIGINS OF CONSUMERISM IN THE US
10 SHADY ORIGINS OF CONSUMERISM IN THE US Consumerism and the practice of flaunting one’s status through clothes, jewelry, and other things has existed since the dawn of civilization. Yet, the endless cycle of working to buy has never been more rampant than it is now. How did the United States, a nation founded on […]
EDWARD BERNAYS’ THEORY HAS BEEN PERFECTED « The Burning Platform
EDWARD BERNAYS’ THEORY HAS BEEN PERFECTED « The Burning Platform. When six mega-corporations who depend upon other mega-corporations, Wall Street banks and political parties for their revenue, control all of the news and information flowing to the masses, you have all the ingredients needed to control, influence and mold the opinions, tastes and ideas of […]
EITHER YOU’RE THE BUTCHER OR YOU’RE THE CATTLE « The Burning Platform
EITHER YOU’RE THE BUTCHER OR YOU’RE THE CATTLE « The Burning Platform. I know many people have no interest in watching the boob tube because 99% of the programming is either mindless drivel or government sanctioned propaganda. It’s the 1% that reflects the deeper themes and moods engulfing our society. Television shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and The […]
