Engineering Reality: A Century Of Cultural Control, Part I - The Architecture Of Control
Posted by freedomforall 5 days, 17 hours ago to Philosophy
Excerpt:
"Author's Note: For years, I understood advertising was designed to manipulate behavior. As someone who studied the mechanics of marketing, I considered myself an educated consumer who could navigate rational market choices. What I didn't grasp was how this same psychological architecture shaped every aspect of our cultural landscape. This investigation began as curiosity about the music industry's ties to intelligence agencies. It evolved into a comprehensive examination of how power structures systematically mold public consciousness.
What I discovered showed me that even my most cynical assumptions about manufactured culture barely scratched the surface. This revelation has fundamentally altered not just my worldview, but my relationships with those who either cannot or choose not to examine these mechanisms of control. This piece aims to make visible what many sense but cannot fully articulate - to help others see these hidden systems of influence. Because recognizing manipulation is the first step toward resisting it.
This investigation unfolds in three parts: First, we'll examine the foundational systems of control established in the early 20th century. Next, we'll explore how these methods evolved through popular culture and counterculture movements. Finally, we'll see how these techniques have been automated and perfected through digital systems."
"Author's Note: For years, I understood advertising was designed to manipulate behavior. As someone who studied the mechanics of marketing, I considered myself an educated consumer who could navigate rational market choices. What I didn't grasp was how this same psychological architecture shaped every aspect of our cultural landscape. This investigation began as curiosity about the music industry's ties to intelligence agencies. It evolved into a comprehensive examination of how power structures systematically mold public consciousness.
What I discovered showed me that even my most cynical assumptions about manufactured culture barely scratched the surface. This revelation has fundamentally altered not just my worldview, but my relationships with those who either cannot or choose not to examine these mechanisms of control. This piece aims to make visible what many sense but cannot fully articulate - to help others see these hidden systems of influence. Because recognizing manipulation is the first step toward resisting it.
This investigation unfolds in three parts: First, we'll examine the foundational systems of control established in the early 20th century. Next, we'll explore how these methods evolved through popular culture and counterculture movements. Finally, we'll see how these techniques have been automated and perfected through digital systems."
And it's getting worse. Influencers? I am supposed to value the opinion of someone whose only job requirement is the ability to obtain an internet connection?
Viewership of that is likely predominantly male.
Gays and blacks make up about 13% of the population, so one might conclude viewership as more than half of the viewership is white male..
At least 50% of ads I have seen belittle white men or exclude them from ads altogether.
White men, when portrayed at all, are portrayed as foolish morons.
Advertising on the college football games has been about 80% toward the black, gay, and female market.
When I see obvious racist and sexist ads I will never buy any products from those companies again.
My immediate family is no longer supporting them and never will again.
Tv programs and recent movies have been overtly racist and sexist against white males.
Not a dime that I control will ever go to support American media again.
The sooner they go bankrupt and all their racist/sexist employees starve, the better.
Unfortunately, it doesn't filter out the disgusting, lying propaganda being imbedded in programming itself by DEI woke racist scum.
the content of tv/movies for the racial and gender identity of all the villains in
"entertainment" over the past 24 years, and compare the result to reality, thus
exposing the racist-sexist intent of the brainwashing.
The fedgov wastes so much on lies, perhaps its time for some truth.
Interesting that he mentions Jazz. Having once been a Jazz musician, I find a host of beneficial outcomes: social cohesion beyond (so called) race, a mastery of musical creativity and an ability to explore musical and all other surroundings without loosing sight of where one started from, (bringing it all back home).
If that one example was intentional then it was a good thing . . . or maybe it wasn't and their intent backfired and increased consciously introspective awareness for not just the musician but the listener as well.
Playing Jazz did not take away my interest/appreciation in other forms of music nor did it cause me to misbehave or cause harm to others, didn't cause me to vote a particular way, other than being able to see all around the subject.
I am sure that 99.9999999% of their efforts were meant to harm and not help.
Maybe the point is it was purposed manipulation in spite of any positive affects.
Would appreciate your and others view on this one example.
Another outcome of their efforts might very well be the 'Division' created in manipulating the most vulnerable among us while creating the opposite affect in others..
Them people independently figured out how to use government to control people- STRONGER TOGETHER was Hillary's slogan. We should curtail government powers NOW to prevent the centralization of power that is the inner goal of people in this culture.