01-24-2013, 12:10 PM
Disclaimer: These are my thoughts, they are of the nature to change with new and hopefully true information. I can not speak for the world, this is my impression of the society I live in and the information I have found.
Aldous Huxely interview, 1958 (before advertising took a massive hold on the public mind)
Mike: Why do you consistently attack the advertising companies?
Huxely: I think advertisement plays a very necessary role but, the danger seems to me, in a democracy, is this:
What does a democracy depend on? A democracy depends on the individual voter making an intelligent and rational choice for what he regards as his enlightened self interest. In any given circumstance.
But what these people are doing / what boasts their particular purposes is selling goods and the dictatorial propaganda is to try to bypass the rational side of man with these conscious forces below the surface so that you are in a way making nonsense of the whole democratic procedure which is based off conscious choice on irrational grounds. (dictatorial : typical of a ruler with total power)
I believe we have an illusion of choice. Our choices we make and the perceptions we have to a certain degree are programmed. How can we make a rational choice if we aren't given the full picture? We are hardly ever given the full picture so we become a slave to the system and the information given to us. There is war going on that a lot of us don't see. Once you start to ask questions and get the full picture you begin to see what is really happening "behind the curtain." You begin to see that a lot of people are "sleeping". People living with blinders on - people that can change the world if only they take off the blinders and realize their potential. I am working on taking mine off.
Education is part of the system, if you see something wrong with the system and want to change it you need to take your mind into your own hands. Do not depend primarily on the system for solutions to our problems, it is this system that needs changing. I am not saying you should not go to school, use it as a tool. Take everything you learn with a grain of salt and sit in class objectively observing the information given rather than accepting without questions. (If you do or not I am not sure, but I can tell you I used to take everything as fact with out real contemplative thought) Question everything. Use the information taught combined with the information you teach yourself to create your own solutions. There are a lot of people changing the world and starting great movements without a career and with out an education. Some of the greatest innovators of our time were Autodidacts.
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." - Steve Jobs.
The creator who who didn't get a full education and started in his garage. He changed the world and helped bring us the freedom of the internet.
The so called "system" has a lot to hide. Hiding the truth keeps the system afloat. A system that benefits a small number of people at the expense of millions.
There is no amount of volunteer work that will change the situation we are in. It will help individuals at a small scale, but we need to get at the core of our problems to change society at a large scale. We need a full shift. (Read: The Leap)
You need to fight when you have the fight in you before the war is over. If you wait until you have a career to start problem solving, by that time you could be institutionalized. Your priorities will probably be paying off your student debt, having kids, a mortgage, (if these conveniences still exist in a few years time) etc. There wont be time for saving the world when you are all grown up unless you start now. I firmly believe this.
It is in those mundane tasks that we don't often see our contribution to this sinking ship that is the current state of the world. That is where serious introspection needs to be done. Questions like, what happens behind everything we buy and use? Are we taking responsibility for the fact every purchase is a vote for the practices behind every product?
We are as responsible for what happens to the child in the sweatshop who is working on our iPhone (for example) as the people running the factory because we are supporting it. But we often don't realize that. And it is hard to come to terms with this information when what we buy becomes what we feel is a necessity to our way of life. The "system" wants you to be ignorant. It thrives off of it. If all of the curtains in the world were ripped down, you would make very different choices.
Disclaimer: These are my thoughts, they are of the nature to change. I can't speak for the world, this is my impression of the society I live in. If this is absolutely true I cannot say, it is information to consider and research yourself.
Example:
Have you ever noticed the happy cows in a green pasture on the labels of our milk products? This is a lie in many cases of large-scale industrialized agribusiness from the information I understand about the dairy industry in the states,
If we don't ask the hard questions and fight for the truth, we might know they allow pus and blood in our milk and call it the "Somatic Cell count". Cows never see grass in their lifetime in many of these cases. They are in a modern concentration camp packed into tight spaces, pumped with hormones and they are fed gmo corn that they can't properly digest. The pumps on their tits can give them infections. It is those infections and the use of the pumps that can cause them to bleed and pus out, and that is one of the reasons our milk is pasteurized and is no longer as nutritional as it used to be. Pasteurization sterilizes the pus, it doesn't get rid of it. These cows are milked for what they are worth, literally, and their calves are taken away - they never get to taste a drop of their mothers milk in cases I have heard. It seems like many people are as ignorant to what is happening in their own "back yards" as the masses of people who didn't know about the holocaust while it was happening. What is happening in my backyard that I don't know about? What am I ignorant to? I want to know.
Did you know, prominent scientists signed a declaration that animals have conscious awareness, just like us. "Until animals have their own storytellers, humans will always have the most glorious part of the story, and with this proverbial concept in mind, the symposium will address the notion that humans do not alone possess the neurological faculties that constitute consciousness as it is presently understood. " http://fcmconference.org/ We need to just consider the quality of life animals have while they are alive and if they are eaten then humane treatment needs to considered. Whether we eat them or not isn't really the main issue. Although it is a massive issue when we are feeding cattle enough grains to potentially feed the world.
Why do people need calcium supplements to supplement their milk drinking habit? (I know a few) Why do the countries who eat the most meat and dairy have the highest rates of osteoporosis when the claim is "Milk builds strong bones and teeth" ?? (there are factors outside of this statement that can contribute to osteoporosis but this information is something to consider and research) I feel like there is a lot of mixed information and contradictory "facts" being fed to the public in this culture. Everything I said could be false, how do we know if we don't look into it and consider all sides.
That is just a slice of the pie. We need to ask the hard questions. We need to educate ourselves and take our minds into our own hands. We need to seek the whole truth no matter how hard it is to hear it or how depressed it makes us feel because nothing compares to the millions suffering who have no choice but to work for next to nothing to bring us our comforts. There are mentally ill in our society who I feel suffer from some of these hidden truths, these are people who can change things. They need introspection and enlightenment above all else, like ourselves. We have power in our choices as consumers.
The world is going to change, it has to. For the better or the worse, and time is of the essence. This is the time to be alive. In this day and age, everything we do in the world is going to impact the future greater than any time in history. We can make it or break it. Every choice we make has an affect on people around the world today and in the future. Realize that everything is interconnected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[youtube]EDkR2HIlEbc[/youtube]
"We need media that is brought to us by something other than corporations that have nothing to tell and everything to sell, that are raising our children today." - Amy Goodman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=[youtube]sv5t1QCnKNA[/youtube]
We don't always have to agree, but we need to work together.
These are my thoughts for now, I am interested to hear yours.
Aldous Huxely interview, 1958 (before advertising took a massive hold on the public mind)
Mike: Why do you consistently attack the advertising companies?
Huxely: I think advertisement plays a very necessary role but, the danger seems to me, in a democracy, is this:
What does a democracy depend on? A democracy depends on the individual voter making an intelligent and rational choice for what he regards as his enlightened self interest. In any given circumstance.
But what these people are doing / what boasts their particular purposes is selling goods and the dictatorial propaganda is to try to bypass the rational side of man with these conscious forces below the surface so that you are in a way making nonsense of the whole democratic procedure which is based off conscious choice on irrational grounds. (dictatorial : typical of a ruler with total power)
I believe we have an illusion of choice. Our choices we make and the perceptions we have to a certain degree are programmed. How can we make a rational choice if we aren't given the full picture? We are hardly ever given the full picture so we become a slave to the system and the information given to us. There is war going on that a lot of us don't see. Once you start to ask questions and get the full picture you begin to see what is really happening "behind the curtain." You begin to see that a lot of people are "sleeping". People living with blinders on - people that can change the world if only they take off the blinders and realize their potential. I am working on taking mine off.
Education is part of the system, if you see something wrong with the system and want to change it you need to take your mind into your own hands. Do not depend primarily on the system for solutions to our problems, it is this system that needs changing. I am not saying you should not go to school, use it as a tool. Take everything you learn with a grain of salt and sit in class objectively observing the information given rather than accepting without questions. (If you do or not I am not sure, but I can tell you I used to take everything as fact with out real contemplative thought) Question everything. Use the information taught combined with the information you teach yourself to create your own solutions. There are a lot of people changing the world and starting great movements without a career and with out an education. Some of the greatest innovators of our time were Autodidacts.
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." - Steve Jobs.
The creator who who didn't get a full education and started in his garage. He changed the world and helped bring us the freedom of the internet.
The so called "system" has a lot to hide. Hiding the truth keeps the system afloat. A system that benefits a small number of people at the expense of millions.
There is no amount of volunteer work that will change the situation we are in. It will help individuals at a small scale, but we need to get at the core of our problems to change society at a large scale. We need a full shift. (Read: The Leap)
You need to fight when you have the fight in you before the war is over. If you wait until you have a career to start problem solving, by that time you could be institutionalized. Your priorities will probably be paying off your student debt, having kids, a mortgage, (if these conveniences still exist in a few years time) etc. There wont be time for saving the world when you are all grown up unless you start now. I firmly believe this.
It is in those mundane tasks that we don't often see our contribution to this sinking ship that is the current state of the world. That is where serious introspection needs to be done. Questions like, what happens behind everything we buy and use? Are we taking responsibility for the fact every purchase is a vote for the practices behind every product?
We are as responsible for what happens to the child in the sweatshop who is working on our iPhone (for example) as the people running the factory because we are supporting it. But we often don't realize that. And it is hard to come to terms with this information when what we buy becomes what we feel is a necessity to our way of life. The "system" wants you to be ignorant. It thrives off of it. If all of the curtains in the world were ripped down, you would make very different choices.
Disclaimer: These are my thoughts, they are of the nature to change. I can't speak for the world, this is my impression of the society I live in. If this is absolutely true I cannot say, it is information to consider and research yourself.
Example:
Have you ever noticed the happy cows in a green pasture on the labels of our milk products? This is a lie in many cases of large-scale industrialized agribusiness from the information I understand about the dairy industry in the states,
If we don't ask the hard questions and fight for the truth, we might know they allow pus and blood in our milk and call it the "Somatic Cell count". Cows never see grass in their lifetime in many of these cases. They are in a modern concentration camp packed into tight spaces, pumped with hormones and they are fed gmo corn that they can't properly digest. The pumps on their tits can give them infections. It is those infections and the use of the pumps that can cause them to bleed and pus out, and that is one of the reasons our milk is pasteurized and is no longer as nutritional as it used to be. Pasteurization sterilizes the pus, it doesn't get rid of it. These cows are milked for what they are worth, literally, and their calves are taken away - they never get to taste a drop of their mothers milk in cases I have heard. It seems like many people are as ignorant to what is happening in their own "back yards" as the masses of people who didn't know about the holocaust while it was happening. What is happening in my backyard that I don't know about? What am I ignorant to? I want to know.
Did you know, prominent scientists signed a declaration that animals have conscious awareness, just like us. "Until animals have their own storytellers, humans will always have the most glorious part of the story, and with this proverbial concept in mind, the symposium will address the notion that humans do not alone possess the neurological faculties that constitute consciousness as it is presently understood. " http://fcmconference.org/ We need to just consider the quality of life animals have while they are alive and if they are eaten then humane treatment needs to considered. Whether we eat them or not isn't really the main issue. Although it is a massive issue when we are feeding cattle enough grains to potentially feed the world.
Why do people need calcium supplements to supplement their milk drinking habit? (I know a few) Why do the countries who eat the most meat and dairy have the highest rates of osteoporosis when the claim is "Milk builds strong bones and teeth" ?? (there are factors outside of this statement that can contribute to osteoporosis but this information is something to consider and research) I feel like there is a lot of mixed information and contradictory "facts" being fed to the public in this culture. Everything I said could be false, how do we know if we don't look into it and consider all sides.
That is just a slice of the pie. We need to ask the hard questions. We need to educate ourselves and take our minds into our own hands. We need to seek the whole truth no matter how hard it is to hear it or how depressed it makes us feel because nothing compares to the millions suffering who have no choice but to work for next to nothing to bring us our comforts. There are mentally ill in our society who I feel suffer from some of these hidden truths, these are people who can change things. They need introspection and enlightenment above all else, like ourselves. We have power in our choices as consumers.
The world is going to change, it has to. For the better or the worse, and time is of the essence. This is the time to be alive. In this day and age, everything we do in the world is going to impact the future greater than any time in history. We can make it or break it. Every choice we make has an affect on people around the world today and in the future. Realize that everything is interconnected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[youtube]EDkR2HIlEbc[/youtube]
"We need media that is brought to us by something other than corporations that have nothing to tell and everything to sell, that are raising our children today." - Amy Goodman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=[youtube]sv5t1QCnKNA[/youtube]
We don't always have to agree, but we need to work together.
These are my thoughts for now, I am interested to hear yours.
"What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning" - Werner Karl Heisenber