A cow doesn't get to choose what it eats, the farmer does, and we are being farmed. The farmer feeds us what makes us the most productive for their needs, whether it is to produce more milk or more meat - our experience doesn't matter unless that helps them achieve their goals.
True, but every single day, we can try to become less and less of a cow, and think for ourselves. And especially think besides the cover of the book, or the looks of things, or what we are thaught to be consuming by the media or government.
I try that, and sometimes it brings me to a dark place, but I always get smarter from it!
One of the interesting things is these days, people read headlines as fact, as if they know what the content contained. They will even share based on the image and a title, without even reading the article. In many ways, we deserve this world, as we have created it.
Mmm, I haven’t created it, and you didn’t either, the media takes advantage of the psychological weaknesses of the human being. It’s on us to recognise that, but the biggest part of the people isn’t smart enough to do that.
The not smart enough is on us though. They can manipulate because we allow them to manipulate. It is like a man that treats his partner badly, ignores them and talks down to them - then blames them when they leave. It is self-inflicted.