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Are we critical thinkers or "useful idiots?"

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The goal of such a scenario would be "forcing" the need for the establishment of a world dictatorship to fight off our putative off-planet enemies. Until his death, Werner von Braun (a luminary in the realm of rocketry) maintained that these plans are all lies, and are a manifestation of the MIC's need for enemies. ("Cosmic Hoax" by Steven Greer -Youtube; Paul Hellyer - Youtube; siriusdisclosure.com; paradigmresearchgroup.org.)

Then there are expanding questions as to whether the coronavirus and the vaccines - purported to save our lives - are themselves bioweapons, focused on preparing us for further depopulation strategies and anti-democratic coercion, in a war against human freedom - moving us toward a "global reset." (Globalresearch.ca and Dr. Vernon Coleman, click here.)

Edward Snowden masterfully demonstrated that we now live in a surveillance state that dwarfs the one in Orwell's fictional 1984.

The fact that some 70 million people still support the Mafia don-like-wannabe Donald Trump, an authoritarian who has clearly demonstrated major fascistic trends, remains a serious conundrum.

The Need for Critical Thinking

It seems fair to say that the public is not particularly interested in the above issues, even though our present and future are at stake.

In many of the developing countries, the issues are more nitty-gritty: having enough food and water, decent shelter and clothing, having access to appropriate medicine, medical expertise, and basic employment.

We, in the "developed" countries, should be immensely grateful that we even have the luxury to contemplate the quality of our thought process. Yet, as we are preoccupied with the pandemic, employment, and childcare, as well as the instability of our politics and the world at large, we, too, are distracted, tired, and currently have limited attention to give to larger issues.

Subconsciously, no doubt things like rampant racism, global warming, and the growing gap between the rich and the poor exist in the back of some of our minds. Some react to the accelerating rate of change and instability by embracing fundamentalism with its black and white answers.

Understandably, many of us tune out in the face of a world and domestic situation that feels so intractable and complex. The "You can't fight city hall" meme works its magic, allowing us to function and sleep at night.

Yet, our denial does not prevent us from remaining the pawns of large trends that will severely affect the world and, in turn, ourselves and our families. Our denial only increases the probability that these trends will strengthen.

There will always be people who choose not to care or think about larger issues. And for many of us, when things are relatively copasetic, it is easy to become complacent and indifferent, going along and getting along. The question is - as a population - where will this lead us?

We know where these thought patterns led the Germans pre- and during WW2.

The games being played this time have to do with world hegemony. Can we allow ourselves to simply drift along, watching the news and other forms of entertainment, while limiting our concerns to our own immediate circle?

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I work as a psychotherapist with an emphasis on transformational learning - a blend of psychoanalytic and transpersonal approaches, and am the author of Self Actualization and Unselfish Love and co-author of Families Helping Families: Living with (more...)
 

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