Mind control: people no longer think for themselves

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Mind control: people no longer think for themselves

It now seems like this is the norm in society, that people need other people to think and make decisions for them. Here on GAG, I always see questions like, "My boyfriend slept with another woman, should I dump him"? or "My friend wants us have a no strings relationship, what should I do"? Whatever happened to thinking for yourself? Do you no longer trust your own instincts?

Mind control: people no longer think for themselves

I believe the main problem comes from the mainstream media and the crazy bullshit it feeds people through the television. People have been mesmerized to believe that commercial television reflects the reality of the real world, and so most people have become unknowingly brainwashed to think that what they see on television is how life really is. Television programs are a perfect example. Why else do you think they're called television programs? Because they program your mind, how to think, how to behave, and what to believe.

Mind control: people no longer think for themselves

People's minds have become like a prison. So many people do not live the way they want to live because they're afraid of what others might say or do. It starts at a very early age. From childhood everyone is conditioned to to rely on other people to give them the truth. If their parents tell them that Santa Claus is real, they believe it, until they become older and realize that Santa does not exist. They eventually go to school and believe that teachers cannot be wrong because they are the experts in education. They are also taught that doctors are the experts in health and that whenever you get sick you have to do whatever the doctor tells you to do. And then they eventually start watching television and are brainwashed even more. I'm not saying you should never take advice from other people. I'm saying that most people allow others to think and make decisions for them.

Mind control: people no longer think for themselves

This is the one that annoys me the most. The thought police. These are the people who want to have you punished for thinking or saying the wrong thing. It's not enough that you get criticized for thinking for yourself and having a different opinion, they also want to have you arrested and put in prison. These people aren't just stupid, they are very dangerous. They are a major threat to our freedoms. How they're doing this is they're hiding behind "hate speech" or "hate crime." If they find something offensive they just call it hate speech or hate crime, when in actual fact it's just somebody having a different opinion. I once saw on a TV show in the UK where a woman, in front of university students, said that she was not a feminist. Instantly she got booed and harshly ridiculed, just for not calling herself a feminist. The irony is that the ones who loudly go on about tolerance are usually the most intolerant. They want you to be tolerant of thier opinions and lifestyle, but they cannot tolerate anybody who disagrees with them.

The point of this myTake was to wake people up to the reality that there is a war on our minds and that we don't have to go along with it. People need to start trusting in themselves and stop allowing other people to think for them.

Mind control: people no longer think for themselves
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