Bravo @perceptualflaws,
Both 1984 and Brave New World were seminal novels for a young V and contributed immensely to the evolution of my thinking towards authority, political power and society as a whole.
Over the years, there's been a debate as to which novel has been more prophetic but this pales in comparison to the important ideas contained in each of these masterpieces which you've brilliantly highlighted here.
Of particular interest to me is the notion that it's possible through indoctrination, propaganda and persuasion to convince the general public to embrace their enslavement, and in particular their mental imprisonment, through mind control techniques. Brave New World illustrates a society who's main focus is gratification through the SOMA drug, preoccupation with physical fitness and shallow and casual sexual relationships. It's not a stretch to see some of these manifestations in the world around us. In your piece, you mentioned digital SOMA which is a very apt description of our SMS and the thought control being infused into these systems.
Yes, we are convinced that these digital mind-scapes give us freedom, individual expression, and bring us closer to one another. In reality, they bring us closer to enslavement and conformity to the dominant world view. This is evident in the gender pronouns debacle where all of a sudden it is considered a crime to describe someone in their physical form. I must say, I have nothing against transgendered people, I'm pro people but what percentage of the population is trans? I would assume a small minority, and yet their predicament is justification for changing social norms, language and the rule of law.
Why should I call an individual 'they' when he/she is clearly and individual and not multiple people? But it makes us wonder if this is part of a social engineering through our digital SOMA systems to confuse us about our own identities, our children's identities, and through manipulation increase the numbers of individuals confused about their gender or sexual orientations. I don't have the answer but it would seem that there's indeed an underlying agenda at work.
- I will cut my comment short here, for the moment but I will be back to discuss more on these topics as I feel this post identifies many more issues I'd love to discuss with you and others in this thread -
Cheers, V
Great commentary on this post. I just did a post on Operation Mockingbird and their ability to manage our perception last night.
https://steemit.com/art/@across-the-moon/perception-management-through-the-diabolic-operation-mockingbird
@v4vapid I will also add that in a slight of hand and in the minds of many of the P.C brigade they have subconsciously equated freedom of speech with the far right. And so when they see people discussing these issues they have been trained to react with an emotional response that has no factual basis or reason. As such they are now literally begging the state to remove the rights that people have given, blood, sweat and tears to bring us. It's very clever.
Thank you for all the support and for leaving such a great comment my friend, I really do appreciate it and I'm so glad my post resonated with you.
"Of particular interest to me is the notion that it's possible through indoctrination, propaganda and persuasion to convince the general public to embrace their enslavement, and in particular their mental imprisonment, through mind control techniques. "
I must admit, it's actually quite chilling to look around and see this insidious process being manouvered into place. That said, the brain and human psychology are the most closely studied subjects in the history of humanity, they know exactly what buttons to press and how to direct our emotional responses. In my memory bank somewhere I have a statement which says there are five (I may not have the exact number) core character/brain archetypes and each personailty is a deviation from this set foundation. So immediately we have a division, and then once you understand this you can also begin to create divisions within the extremes of each core character and then work inwards from there. For example you can have a section of the population with a more liberal brain archetype but within this banner you can create further divisions that ensure you then have a thousand shades of liberalism.
When you think of it this way you can see how the world is being set up to speak each of these brain structures, knowing that the each brain type will interpret the same message in a different way. Thus one message can create a multitude of divisions, the migrant crisis is a perfect example .. one brain type views it as an existential threat (and invasion) and another can view it with nothing less than compassion. Neither can understand the others point of view because there brains process the same message in different ways .. and so here we have further divsion. Then in the middle we have the other brain types. with similar processes and different issues dividing them. And so it goes on.
To me this shows how long this has been planned, whilst everyone has been trained to look to the right the control grid is creeping in from the left. It's a wolf in sheeps clothing that's hiding behind a veneer of faux liberalism and many appear to be increasingly spellbound by it's utopian illusion.
I'm certainly not anti trans either, I adopt a live and let live approach to life but I can see that they're being used to alter the fabric of society. At it's core, the manipulators care not for "trans rights" they're simply being used as a means to an ends. I think trans people account for approx 0.3% of the population (this varies from coutry to country) which certainly brings into question the need to alter the entire foundation of society and language in order to accomodate them. I will also again add that most are not even seeking this, they just want to be free to live their lives.
Equally instead of sowing confusion in the minds of the young, surely a unifying message of love, compassion and the acceptance of our differences is a better way to go?
Personally, I think there is an attempt to destroy the core strucure/foundation of society in order than it can be rebuilt from the ground up. I use a military training analogy i.e they break you down before rebuilding you in a different mould. Thanks again @v4vapid
What I most importantly forgot to add in my first reply was that social media is a key component in the division of said brain archetypes, hence complex algorithms divide people into set thought ghetto's/tunnels. With a stretch of the imagination and a look to the future said thought tunnels could be considered as akin to the first stage of Huxley's alpha, beta etc caste system. As I wrote in a previous post: In many ways, as much as co-operation is seen as a cornerstone of a successful society, disagreement is equally imperative. Indeed perhaps to an even greater degree the world has been moved forward by the civilised challenge and debate of dogmatic principles. Unfortunately in this modern age of facebook and twitter, complex algorithms are hastily dividing people into electronic thought ghettos here . These algorithmic ghettos cushion reality and pander to the beliefs of the user. They pander the belief systems and perceptions to such a degree that once outside these electronic padded walls many people are beginning to lack the mental capacity to civilly debate. Equally lacking the ability to empathise and listen to contradictory views. Within this process people have come to personally identify themselves as a multitude of externally created identities & labels.
Alongside these character divisions and thought ghettos and as I alluded to with my previous migrant comment we also have the standard left/right division. But in dividing ourselves into left and right camps we are actually seperating the two halves of our own minds, this is an internal struggle and we must learn to balance these dualities. From this perspective we can look at the left/right political paradigm in two ways, freedom or division? whichever side wins we remain un-unified. I believe that life and our evolution lays within the balancing of these left/right brain polarities and from that perspective we can perhaps see that thing's aren't always as they first appear. Our voice of freedom, our vote .. also keeps us divided. But what is the answer? well that's another post ;) Thanks again @v4vapid