It is dystopic and weird, now, to engage in everyday conversations with reasonably intelligent, long-time coworkers, all of whom are still deeply brainwashed. We get our information from different sources, and they have an entirely different belief system and culture. It was not this stark, 5 years ago. Yesterday, one of them asked me, s…
It is dystopic and weird, now, to engage in everyday conversations with reasonably intelligent, long-time coworkers, all of whom are still deeply brainwashed. We get our information from different sources, and they have an entirely different belief system and culture. It was not this stark, 5 years ago. Yesterday, one of them asked me, since I do not have a television, how (on earth) do I keep up with what's going on in the world? She said that she watches a lot of CNN to stay informed. This was a genuine question of hers. I said that I take in information from a variety of sources, including the local radio news station (mainstream), various news outlets online, such as the Guardian, and also different online platforms that have a variety of perspectives. Plus, I talk to people and listen to what they tell me.
My point is that she seemed not to be aware that a person can be well informed while not consuming a steady diet of mainstream news (print, online, video, audio). I DO dip into those, but I try hard not to linger in one place too long, lest I become (too) brainwashed.
I mentioned that, and she suddenly looked at me strangely. I guess she's not ready yet to hear about the brainwashing and propaganda.
To your point, in talking to people like my coworker (i.e., how I try to keep up with what's going on in the world without watching TV), I can see that four years ago too large a percentage of the population were unaware and "asleep" and it could make sense that to speak the truth too plainly might backfire. Yet, it still remains very hard for the people aware of the behind-the-scenes machinations to continue to be presented only with soft or partial truths. It feels like patronizing lies to us, especially because so many people are still believing the brainwashing and our loved ones are heading over the cliff. I wish so much this could have been prevented, before they took 6-7 jabs (and still counting). Enough already!
It is dystopic and weird, now, to engage in everyday conversations with reasonably intelligent, long-time coworkers, all of whom are still deeply brainwashed. We get our information from different sources, and they have an entirely different belief system and culture. It was not this stark, 5 years ago. Yesterday, one of them asked me, since I do not have a television, how (on earth) do I keep up with what's going on in the world? She said that she watches a lot of CNN to stay informed. This was a genuine question of hers. I said that I take in information from a variety of sources, including the local radio news station (mainstream), various news outlets online, such as the Guardian, and also different online platforms that have a variety of perspectives. Plus, I talk to people and listen to what they tell me.
My point is that she seemed not to be aware that a person can be well informed while not consuming a steady diet of mainstream news (print, online, video, audio). I DO dip into those, but I try hard not to linger in one place too long, lest I become (too) brainwashed.
I mentioned that, and she suddenly looked at me strangely. I guess she's not ready yet to hear about the brainwashing and propaganda.
To your point, in talking to people like my coworker (i.e., how I try to keep up with what's going on in the world without watching TV), I can see that four years ago too large a percentage of the population were unaware and "asleep" and it could make sense that to speak the truth too plainly might backfire. Yet, it still remains very hard for the people aware of the behind-the-scenes machinations to continue to be presented only with soft or partial truths. It feels like patronizing lies to us, especially because so many people are still believing the brainwashing and our loved ones are heading over the cliff. I wish so much this could have been prevented, before they took 6-7 jabs (and still counting). Enough already!