I voted today. On my way out I saw a young leftie with a social justice t-shirt. And it occurred to me.. people are SO EASILY manipulated. SO, SO, SO easily. I give you meaning in life, maybe some status and a title, you give me your time, energy, and soul. It has always been thus.
So many lives shaped as the powerful want them to be. The…
I voted today. On my way out I saw a young leftie with a social justice t-shirt. And it occurred to me.. people are SO EASILY manipulated. SO, SO, SO easily. I give you meaning in life, maybe some status and a title, you give me your time, energy, and soul. It has always been thus.
So many lives shaped as the powerful want them to be. The powerful don't BENEFIT from molding strong, independent minds, they benefit from CONTROLLING them.
Look, the Dems are very powerful right now. They play the game hard and play it well. They have the media infrastructure and the University Madrassas to help them. The Republicans, overall, just aren't as professional or as powerful. It will take a generation for them to catch up. IF they catch up.
TWO bits of good news? 1) This is still a 50-50 country and 2) all of this manipulation is happening in the age of the internet, where it's more easily visible. Otherwise, given the fevered pitch of today's young and impressionable, you may very well have a Red Guard scenario.
The mind is a terrible thing to waste. All we can do is live our lives, look inside, and act on what WE know is true, not what our puppet-masters say is true. And keep our minds clean. As for me? I'll do what I can in this world and let God sort them out...
We can only do what we can do. But I get frightened when I observe the depth of hate on the left and the seeming breadth of its influence and power. Lots of misery in the wake of such influence.
I voted today. On my way out I saw a young leftie with a social justice t-shirt. And it occurred to me.. people are SO EASILY manipulated. SO, SO, SO easily. I give you meaning in life, maybe some status and a title, you give me your time, energy, and soul. It has always been thus.
So many lives shaped as the powerful want them to be. The powerful don't BENEFIT from molding strong, independent minds, they benefit from CONTROLLING them.
Look, the Dems are very powerful right now. They play the game hard and play it well. They have the media infrastructure and the University Madrassas to help them. The Republicans, overall, just aren't as professional or as powerful. It will take a generation for them to catch up. IF they catch up.
TWO bits of good news? 1) This is still a 50-50 country and 2) all of this manipulation is happening in the age of the internet, where it's more easily visible. Otherwise, given the fevered pitch of today's young and impressionable, you may very well have a Red Guard scenario.
The mind is a terrible thing to waste. All we can do is live our lives, look inside, and act on what WE know is true, not what our puppet-masters say is true. And keep our minds clean. As for me? I'll do what I can in this world and let God sort them out...
We can only do what we can do. But I get frightened when I observe the depth of hate on the left and the seeming breadth of its influence and power. Lots of misery in the wake of such influence.
absolutely. so unfortunate but as you said, we can only do what we can do.