On October 27, 2015 10:49:05 AM Razer <Rayzer@riseup.net> wrote: A post which I agree with, 100%. Comments inline.
On 10/27/2015 10:27 AM, Lodewijk andré de la porte wrote:
2015-10-27 16:21 GMT+01:00 Razer <Rayzer@riseup.net <mailto:Rayzer@riseup.net>>:
Have I ever mentioned that "If I were Stalin" the people I'd line up against a wall for the firing squad would be marketers, and the psychologists and sociologists that collude with them?
geez, chill it's not like they're intentionally malicious
I can hear it now, from the tribunal hall:
"I vas only following grant money!"
Yep! Milgram thoroughly discredited the "only following orders" excuse decades ago. (Look deeper the initial study they always talk about in popular media; Milgram repeated that experiment covering nearly every variable, at least 40 of them. 0% (zero) of participants continued administering the faux, potentially damaging/fatal shocks when told "you have no choice." Z e r o.)
For some people, four walls are three too many. Do you REALIZE the amount of neuro-psychogical damage advertising has done to industrial societies.
There are not enough +1s I can give you for this.
Let's start with the net socioeconomic effect of revolving charge consumer debt economic slavery because 'shiny .. shiny' "stuff" which we'll be subhuman if we don't own, bombarding our brains almost every waking second today...
Truth. Making people think they must have useless crap... and hey, mindless consuming = economic stimulus, so now you're patriotic! It's pernicious and deceitful. This manipulative propaganda has incredibly negative effects it has on the very concept of self. It sets up unrealistic expectations of everything from self image to gender roles. A complete distortion of what society is and what really matters in life. They'll say anything to make a buck, and it *must* be true because it's on the tee vee! You know, the home of "reality" shows and "fair and balanced news" for which you should "lean forward." (Left, right - all are corrupt and pwned by the same damn corporate pigs. Same hand, different puppet.)
"Elections" ... What DO you think the US political parties are doing with that flood of Citizens United corporate cash? Get-out-the-vote phone banks? ROTF!
http://razedbywolves.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-not-money-its-what-they-do-wit...
(Intentionally left in the blog post URL. If you haven't yet read it, go do that now.) That's a very insightful post, Razer. If you have to say more than that for someone to get a clue, there's not enough critical thinking left in them to get through. Citizens United... the PATRIOT ACT... gotta love how they wrap up rancid turds in shiny words. -S