Has the two-headed lobbyist party that owns the media trained everyone to sympathize with the police state dystopia?
2007-06-10 17:14:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Brain-washed, maybe. Stockholm syndrome, no, you have to be held captive for that. More likely, they have scared us into a state that makes people believe anything to stop terrorists is okay. I find this police-state mindset to be very troubling and I watch a lot of media. I think with a little reason and critical-thinking you can learn to decide for yourself and not believe everything you see on TV.
2007-06-10 17:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It certainly seems that way, but when you mix so many metaphors, it requires brain power to discern your meaning. Most people focus on their work, and want to let up a little when they get home. So those who answer you have been pre-screened for intensity, as well as for their understanding of terms like "Stockholm Syndrome" (identification with one's captors) and dystopia, which I had to look up. And I've read everything by Orwell. Anyway, the media are less to blame than their corporate sponsors, and of course, people do have a responsibility to themselves, if no one else, for knowing what world they're living in. I'd guess they average about 30 minutes of news daily, tops, and less than 3 books per year. Most do not question authority, and the slick packaging used to deliver the message conveys an aura of credibility beyond the actual content - like the "Mummy" movies, that have fantastic graphics but virtually no story. What can you do? People aren't to change significantly in one or two generations, and there will always be those willing to exploit the ignorant. I just wouldn't blame the media exclusively.
2016-05-17 06:13:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate this "brainwashed" talk. It's "the masses" own fault. When a commercial raves about a crappy product in a nice way, and people politely buy tons of it, the blame is on "the corporations" or "the media." I will have no more of it! It's sad. What happened was that there were millions of people who simply went along with it. They were naive enough to go along with it.
Hitler is always blamed for WW2. Yes, if you are in a position of power and make bad decisions, some of the blood is on your hands. But not all. Millions of people had to buy into Hitler's crap. They had to think, to make the decision -- millions of them -- to shove crowds of people into gas chambers. They had to pretend to ignore the screams and the pain around them. They had to do that again and again. By choice.
If you want to know who is responsible for this dystopia we live in, look in a mirror. All of you; and me too. I'm just as much a part of it. And I don't know how much longer I can live with it.
Please, people. Wake up. Snap out of the self-induced stupor that it culture. That is society. That is all of the manipulatory factors we buy into. Let's all do this.
Only then will the world really -- REALLY -- change.
2007-06-10 17:53:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Americans are generally morons who bite on small issues, instead of looking at the big picture. Religion and abortion are bigger topics than the economy, illegals in America, and war in the middle east.
2007-06-10 17:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by It's Kippah, Kippah the dawg 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hasnt gotten to me. I fight tooth and nail against anything that even remotely resembling anyone telling me what to think or act.
2007-06-15 08:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by phlada64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be about half. Other half is brain washed by all the craps on INTERNET.
2007-06-10 17:43:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a fabulous question! I think this is an accurate assessment
2007-06-11 02:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by catwoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋