And most important it's those who have bought into almost everything they hear coming from the various TV news outlets and newspapers; that everything is find in America, that all we need to do is to trust that this government will do what is right for the country and its people.
So, if an individual has been caught up in this conditioning process, how can that person escape from that control and, once again, begin to think independently? Here are some ways:
We must think for ourselves and not allow anyone to plant their personal ideology into our minds. We must use our own intellect to determine what is right for this country and society and learn how to shield our minds from the endless stream of poisonous political claptrap that invades our daily lives.
Use the internet for obtaining news and information by searching out the many respected and objective analysts and investigative reporters who are not controlled by the masters of Corporatism; those who use facts instead of opinion, are still honest and ethical, and will not lower themselves to shill for this government or corporations.
However, in using the internet as a primary source of factual, objective news reporting we must be very careful. The danger is that as the internet grows and expands it could be utilized as a most powerful vehicle for spreading the mental conditioning process.
Silence may sometimes be a virtue in specific situations but when certain elements in this government attempt to run roughshod over our Constitution, to restrict our rights and freedoms, or to violate our privacy, then the time for silence is over. The worst thing that we as Americans can do is to remain silent and passive for that's the most important prerequisite for becoming a ripe target for mind conditioning.
To prove that this condition exists in America today, just look at how those in control of our current government are hell bent on tearing at the foundations of America; doing away with important regulations on the financial industry or in the business sector, planning to dismantle or water down Americas social safety nets, repealing Obamacare, withdrawing from the critically important Paris Climate Agreement, cancelling auto emission standards; and that's only a start.
And as this is happening all around the people of this country where is the anger, where is the rage, the refusal to accept what this current government is doing; where are the leaders we desperately need to wake up the American people and tell them that they need to rise up as a body and say "enough is enough and we're not going to take it anymore?"
And when we wait for the American people to speak out, to strongly dissent, to demand that this government take this county in a new, positive direction, we strain to hear a positive response; but that response, for the most part, comes across as a deafening silence.
Michael Payne
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