Thread: Social control through ideological division and fear

Something to keep in mind as we are all guilty of falling into this trap. But the important think now is to wake up and remember to think for ourselves:

One of the simplest ways to control a population is by dividing that population into ideological camps.

Are you a Republican or a Democrat ?
What do Democrats believe?
What do Republicans believe?

Democrats claim to represent ordinary working Americans through government action.

Republicans claim to represent ordinary working Americans through business action.

Are all Republicans capitalists and conservatives?

Are all Democrats socialists and liberals?

Why have moral issues become the basis of the difference between the political parties?

Why have Americans allowed themselves to be ideologically divided?

The American Constitution does not give the federal governement the right to legislate morality!

Freedom and liberty are defeated if Americans are forced to return to a time when the government dictated the morality all 'subjects' were to adhere to and which idol to worship!

Have the enemies of liberty already succeeded by turning popular culture into the worship of the celebrity, a form of idol worship?

In a free society the individual makes the choice and is not forced by government to live in a certain way. Is this true in America today?
In a free society if you fall for the politically divisive rhetoric of those in power you have fallen under the social control of those who will stand up and ask for the resources to carry out their grandiose social plans based on their conceptual understanding of reality - which, is in many cases, critically flawed due to spiritual corruption.

The simple truth is that both parties are of and under the control of American aristocracy. They truly are just playing at ideological differences to divert the public's attention from the reality of aristocratic greed and unjust deeds.

Social control through fear and anger:

"I am watching television, reading newspapers and magazines and listening to radio, and all I get is fear 24/7. I wonder when we stopped being the home of the brave." - John Berger

American aristocracy does not want to reformulate the issues of existing political debate. Flunkies of the American aristocracy, with a desire to control their fellow man know that there are several ways in which to control a population.

One is to instill fear.
Watch out! YOU are the next terrorist target!

Most Americans have very little to fear from terrorists. If you happen to work in a monumental building that has become an icon or archetype of American wealth and ideology you may rightly fear terrorists.

The Twin Towers were just such as icon. Patriotic Americans mourn the slaughter of the innocent men and women that were ruthlessly murdered. Patriotic Americans rue the use of deaths of innocent men and women as a cynical tool to manipulate public opinion.

The crumpling of the Twin Towers ended an era of blind confidence for American aristocracy. For American aristocracy to claim that it was unexpected is patently ridiculous!

Ramzi Yousef, an Islamic terrorist, detonated 1,500 pounds of explosives in the underground garage of the North Tower of theTwin Towers. American structural engineers had allowed for enough redundancy in the structure to keep it from failing. Anyone that understands steel high rise structures understands that what is to be most feared in a steel structure is a fire. Although this is true there has never been a fire in a steel structure which has caused the entire structure to fail until the Twin Towers and the CIA building collapsed. Oddly enough even burning jet fuel with plenty of 'office' combustibles should not have burned hot enough to cause structural failure!

If you work in an American icon, Twin Towers, the Pentagon, the White House, the Capitol building, the Empire State building, any large government structure, you should consider the fact that the building in which you work may become a target. This fact alone is likely to instill fear. When working in an icon you are taking a risk, presumably you are well compensated.

If you use mass transit you are at risk. Hijackers may take control of the plane on which you are flying and fly it into a building. Taking the train is not necessarily safe as the multiple bombings of the commuter trains in Spain and London will attest. I'm sure that those that suffered from the sarin attack on the commuter train in Japan will attest to the fact that mass transit can be a target and what about those threats to the New York cityt subway.

If you do not work in a American icon and do not use mass transit you need not worry about terrorist attacks unless you happen to be downwind of a nuclear reactor or chemical manufacturing plant. Maybe you live near a oil refinery or near a liquified natural gas storage facilty. Did you know that North Korea has long range missles with, very possibly, nuclear warheads that can reach the Western coast of America? San Francisco? Los Angeles ?

Are you scared yet? Have I succeeded in instilling fear ? Perhaps you are not afraid, perhaps you are angry. Is what I speak against all patriotic Americans and therefore blasphemy ?

Good now, due to anger or fear, you will allow those that pretend to govern in the name of the average working American citizens to pass laws that will allow those that govern to control many more facets of your every day life and you will thank those that govern for protecting you. In the past this was termed 'a shake down' !

George Orwell's "1984" long ago recognized that it serves those in power to keep our attention focused on perceived threats. Many a social psychology experiment confirms the principle: A perceived enemy serves to quell dissent within any cultural or social group. Emotional fear and anger responses cause people to vote their "gut" feelings and abandon reason. Enlightened individuals will want to check their fears and angers against the facts and to resist those that serve American aristocracy purposes by cultivating a climate of fear.

When working Americans assume that politicians have their best interests in mind they are using faulty logic.

Of the three major terrorist actions to occur within the past few years in America two of them were perpetrated by former American soldiers.
The Oklahoma Federal building bomber, Timothy McVie fought in the Gulf War and was flunked out of being an American green beret. The sniper, John Mohammed, was trained as a sniper by the American military.
Other American soldiers turned terrorist bomber include Vietnam War veteran Raymond Luc Levasseur and Eric Robert Rudolph.

Possibly Dick Cheney's claim that democracies do not breed terrorists is incorrect. Ted Kaczynski who? Is it possible that we no longer live in a democracy?

We now live in an American aristocracy oligarchy or plutocracy.
However you feel about terrorism and however you feel about America it is almost a guarantee that the forgoing will cause you some agitation. Has it caused fear? Has it caused anger? If it has caused you to experience any emotion at all then it has been a successful ploy.

Why have you allowed your emotions to be manipulated ?
Have you become a mindless human robot?

Politicians that use fear to garner votes are evil men that pretend to care about citizens but actually do not!

"It appears that when George W. Bush says the "American is safer but not yet safe," he means to begin scaring us again. When we talk about security, we are actually making people question it. I am saddened that elections are now fear-based. Terrorism being used for political ends by our government against us is a kind of terrorism and constitutes psychologicalabuse. Americans must become fully aware of this and, as a society, reject this unethical, destrutive type of manipulation." - Robert E. Griffin

"Throwing around a potent word like "terrorism" only cheapens it. The federal Homeland Security Department's list of juicy terrorist targets is so broad and flawed that it includes the Amish Country Popcorn Factory, a petting zoo and a Mule Day parade among the vulnerable sites. Indiana - not California, not New York - was the state with the most terrorist targets (8,591). With the same lavishness, the George W. Bush administration is frenetically classifying documents as "secret", and even reclassifying information that had been public for years; "top secret" will cease to mean anything at all." - Patt Morrison

"The continual drama of disaster is anesthetizing. I am numb from the sheer number of warnings. I have heard the warnings, however valid, too many times." - Kathleen Clary Miller

Government officials claim they can not tell the truth about an existing situation as it could or would create panic. This is blatantly false as government officials from George W. Bush right on down to your local mayor use fear, anxiety and anger as a lever to justify their policies.
"By just giving Americans the good news and hiding the bad news, the George W. Bush administration undermines the bedrock of America. Give Americans all the news and let the citizens give their elected representatives an up-or-down vote." - Richard Dickinson

"Those who use fear to control others inevitably find themselves controlled by fear as well." - Dan Sewell Ward

Do not allow yourself to become a mindless human robot!

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When another terrorist attack comes, the first thing people will scream is "why didn't you warn us.'??

They've been very successful in "dividing" the camps.

I just know right now......where I live.......a decade or so ago....this place was wiped off the map......people pulled together and brought it back. Right now......wouldn't happen. It would be every man for himself.

Magna Carta happened in England for a reason..

England is an island.

Protected by its coasts. Land-locked European nations have a long history of war-fare and threat of war by their neighbors. This gave the gov'ts the power to have a police-state and have a strong central gov't with power and control over their poeple.

America for all intents and purposes is also an island. Lightly populated neighbor to the north, poor neighbor to the south, oceans to the east and west. That largely contributed to America's freedom over the years. Bush and friends had to get us scared constantly of impending doom. Forget about our island status, forget about our freedom. Like medevil Europe we have enemies all around us poised to attack.

So, they go about their merry way of infiltrating us, spying on us, and sending our boys across the world to do their dirty work. Freedom is the big loser. Hitler and Stalin both used violent tragedies to consolidate their power and eliminate opposition.

Fear works.

Bush and friends had to get us scared constantly of impending doom.

No, that's Al Gore!

i know we all make light of it all but there seems to be another revolution coming...

And I'm not talking the Internet

People, we simply cannot let them divide us this way - we cant.

If we had been working together, talking together, and discussing what was best for our country and our families, this would not have happen. Instead of that, we were listening to politicians tell us what we needed and what 'they could do for us.'

The stark truth is now staring us in the face. It isn't what they 'could do for us' - rather 'what they could do TO us.'.

We need to stop with the dem/rep. The only opposites here is
Them vs Us.

All of the politicians are beholden to the money men. Surely we can all realize if they were not doing the bidding of the money men, they would not be in office. The people with the money and power have enough of both to destroy any politician that didn't act on their behalf.

They have hogtied our political system by pretending there are two 'strong' parties and it gives nothing else a change. For far too long we have swallowed this bilge and believed it - because what was the alternative?

Well, it is time we make our own alternative. Vote all of them out - then do it again and again. We have a 90% encumbency rate. All of those critters have been up there long enough to do something about any problem we have - whether you lean toward the liberal side or the conservative side.

Everyone thought Ms. Hutchinson was so anti-illegal - she isn't. She voted the way we needed this time - but if she had been doing her job - there would never have been a need for this vote. Now she is sending letters regarding 'helping the Hispanics education', etc. Her past letters have in no way suggested she wants the illegals gone.

Loot
k at Mr. Cronyn, now that Chertoff is talking tough about a fence, Mr. Cronyn says we need to wait and let the people on the border decide where and what kind of fence.

It's all politics people - and it is played out for our benefit - while the other hand is selling us down the river.

V.O.T.E Vote Out The Encumbents

Originally Posted by gofer

Bush and friends had to get us scared constantly of impending doom.

No, that's Al Gore!

See, that's the problem right there in a nutshell. (Although I could be misinterpreting your meaning behind that comment).

I don't know if your remark was meant to be sarcastic in that all politicians are scaring us lately - or - because Gore is a liberal Democrat and you might be a conservative Republican, so obviously you have to stick up for Bush and take a shot at a Democrat. (If I'm wrong, please correct me of course)

If you read the full article, they want to divide us by party affiliation. Luckily, for some reason I've never gotten caught up in all that "my side" "your side" stuff.

I hate putting labels on people and I hate being labeled. Personally, I think it's dangerous. I vote for whomever I feel would best represent the people and protect our country. I think the other way keeps you closed minded and not open to the views and opinions of others. I see it all the time with people. They'll immediately dismiss someone without even hearing what they have to say, simply because that person is not from their own party. I think that's dangerous because you could be limiting some one who may have a better vision or ideas. Someone who could actually make a diffence.

There's been so much demonizing from both parties that we see each other as enemies rather than Americans. It's a dangerous trend that needs to stop. If not by the politicians/media, then at least by us! There's no more civility in debates or reporters asking questions to candidates. I find it completely disgusting and I won't fall into their trap.

The irony of it all is that while we argue amongst ourselves about whose "team" is best, both parties are selling us down the river laughing all the way. I realize that not ALL people are like that, by I do see it coming from the real hardcore conservatives and liberals. They're just stubborn and set in their ways. If they only saw the big picture and took their egos out of the equation, our country would be much better off.

Stop being good Democrats. Stop being good Republicans. Start being good Americans.

chloe24

You are saying it so well.

We have got to realize while we are out here fighting with each other - they are all the best of friends.

The next time they step up to the microphone, appear on a talk show, or have a rally - just think in terms of their being professional wrestlers.
I have to say I haven't watched professional wrestling since I was a teenager - and that was B & W times, folks, but I do see the commercials of them while surfing through the web.

The get up there and bombast and call each other names and threaten all manner of mayhem. They even designate some to be the 'good guys' and some to be the 'bad guys'.

We all know they are all in a company whose goal is to make money - lots of money. It is to get you to take your money and give it to them and their handlers. What we aren't seeing is their sessions where they decide who will hit whom and how and when, etc., and just how the other will sidestep to keep from being hit, etc.

Sure they all want top billing, but if they don't get it - they are still good little troopers and 'the play's the thing' - they do their part and reap the rewards. Who knows, in the future it might be their turn.


So, the next time you see them and their 'charades' just realize it is a show - for your benefit. It is a show to separate you from your money, and your country.

To them their political affiliation is nothing more than a means to an end.

We have to quit being dem/rep and be just Americans. Go ahead and vote for the issues and vote for the person if you feel they are worthy or will do the best job - just don't vote for the party. It is suicidal.

Look, I'm NOT a Republican. I only said that because that's what Gore SAID...the greatest threat ever to humanity is Global Warming! Apparently none of the things we talk about are a greater threat than the temperature. I was trying to make a funny. Lighten up.