The Reason You Don't Like to Read or Study

I've been exposed to many people throughout life, and I must say that the vast majority of people (over 90%) seem to have a decided aversion to reading and/or studying. In fact, most do not wish to expend ANY effort on thinking, reasoning or any other similar activity. I've noticed this in people ranging from high school dropouts to Ph.D.'s, and every level in between. I've often wondered why this is the case because in my humble opinion, learning is as vital to life as breathing and drinking water. In my experience, the mind becomes stagnant, septic and highly susceptible to mind control programming and techniques when it is not often and regularly refreshed by the introduction of new thoughts, ideas, concepts and facts.

In my study of the educational system (as well as my personal experience with it), I've learned that the design of educational strategy and the method of teaching both leave a lot to be desired. The system was designed around the early 1900's, and this basic approach remains unchanged. I've found that this approach is decidedly antiquated and totally out of touch with modern reality. The goal is NOT to teach a child (or any other student, for that matter) to be able to think and/or reason with any semblance of accuracy. The goal is to create a compliant public citizen who will:

1. Preserve the status quo,
2. Recreate the status quo by their compliant behavior,
3. Never question authority,
4. Never think 'outside of the box',
5. Never do any independent thinking,
6. Never question the unspoken motives of those who design and control society,
7. Think of people who think outside of societally-defined constraints on conceptual horizons as being: weird, strange, "Conspiracy Theorists", crazy, wacko, stupid, etc.
8. Believe what they are told by mass media outlets without independent critical analysis,
9. Believe what they are taught in school without question or critical analysis,
10. Have a great aversion to learning, reading, thinking, reasoning, etc.,
11. Think that entertainment and recreation are the only worthy pursuits in life,
12. Believe that the events in history all happened by chance and not by design,
13. Look to external authority figures for guidance in virtually all matters,
14. Become child-like in their approach (i.e., the shirking of individual responsibility) to life,
15. Be easily manipulated by mass media influences.

I could go on, but I think that I've made my point. If you don't believe this, all you have to do is watch an episode of any of the current talk-shows or Judge 'Slap-em' shows to witness children in adult's bodies freely parading their ignorance on national television. If you can truly understand these shows, you can tell that America has already been destroyed from within due to the people no longer having the ability or intelligence to maintain any semblance of freedom. Freedom requires high intelligence, courage, personal responsibility, critical thinking skills, and eternal vigilance. These qualities appear to be in very short supply in this era.

Ok, I'm done with my soliquy. Now I'll share a good article that I've found in which the author speaks on a few of these points. It's a good read. Hopefully, people will find the courage and personal strength to overcome the social programming that creates an aversion to learning and study. An ignorant people are very easy to control, manipulate and subjugate. How intelligent can American society be when one of the biggest shows is "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader"? Think about it if you still have some reasoning power left inside your mind..

Your Reasoning Power

I have an article that goes into the nuances of understanding the subtleties of understanding how reasoning works. It also speaks on the subject of how we are conditioned and manipulated into adopting certain views of reality. This is a part of uncovering the 'nuts-and-bolts' of the mind control and mental programming systems that are a ubiquitous part of our existence in modern society. It is critical that we review our paradigms and uncover the hidden assumptions and spurious foundations of our belief systems in order to analyze them and make our own decisions about how we think and the conclusions that we support in our lives. Read it well...

The Media Social Engineering Apparatus

It would appear that I'm not the only one out here who has done some research and analysis on the current condition of the media and those who utilize it for social engineering purposes. I found an excellent article that discusses this topic in a very coherent, thoughtful, honest manner. The author actually covers how the alleged 'right wing' media movement uses fallacious logic, innuendo, faulty assumptions, condescending treatment of opponents, and other logical and tactical shortcomings. Even though this information is good and true, the most important element in the article is the part that discusses the incessant push and efforts of those who control the mass media to manipulate and control the population.

This control of the population appears to be the ultimate goal of the 'powers-that-be'. They have been working at it incessantly, and it would appear that they have succeeded beyond their wildest imagination. I guess that you could call this the 'Nanny Society' because the majority of people do not question the ubiquity of government intervention in their lives. In short, we have been conditioned to uncritically accept 'government as parent' for us all, regardless of age. It can go without saying that we have been conditioned to think this way, because it wasn't always like this. People used to be much more independent in their lives. In addition to that, the population has been dumbed down so much that it is probably necessary that most of them have some sort of 'adult supervision' of their behavior. Many people have been stunted in their intellectual and spiritual development to the point where they are dangerous to others, as well as to themselves. This is no accident. It could be said that this would actually play into the hands of tyrants and their government vassals because it could be argued that 'government nannies' are necessary. But it would appear to me that it is in their interest to magnify and stimulate massive dysfunctionality in the population, thereby ensuring that a steady (or even growing) supply of 'government nannies' would be necessary. And from my observations and life experience, government power seems to always expand. I can't remember ever hearing any government bureaucrat attempt to reduce his power, influence, budget, or personnel. They are always working to expand their power, influence, budget and personnel.

What is even more alarming is the removal of true education from schooling. We are beginning to witness the results on society of removing critical thinking and reasoning skills from the education of our children. Now, shallow euphemisms and meaningless platitudes pass for intelligent reasoning and critical analysis. Most people today parrot whatever they hear on television and think that they are well-informed on current events. Nothing could be further from the truth! It is a dire situation because we are rapidly approaching the point where society will not be able to be sustained with any type of continuity. The backbone of America has been destroyed, and that is the moral content of the country. Once this has been destroyed, the rest of the decline of this country is already a fait accompli, except for the actual announcement of the event. I'm not sure if it would ever be announced though. It will merely result in a permanently reduced standard of living for Americans, as has been orchestrated in every other country around the world. The entire world has now been converted into a feudal slave camp.

Another testament to the ineffectiveness of the voting process and/or the wishes of the people allegedly 'represented' by the government is the fact that Bush has announced that he is escalating the troop levels in Iraq despite the fact that: 1) the people of America do not want more war in Iraq, and actually want US troop out of there; and 2) the results of the latest election in which the Republicans lost a multitude of seats in Congress due to their displeasure with Bush, demonstrates that the government does not represent the People. The worst part of the situation is that people will continue to support this political process even though the sentiments of the People do not have any influence on US policy, domestic or foreign. But as long as people continue to follow along like lemmings, nothing will change.

The first step towards changing this is for you to wake up and get a grip on reality. Question everything and use your mind for critical analysis.

The second step is for you to find like-minded people and network with them. Let's face it--if someone is hopelessly enslaved to the media misinformation, they will have to come to their own realization of that fact. The old adage comes to mind: "A person convinced against his will is of the same opinion still." In short, you can't force people to wake up if they don't want to come out of their somnambulism...

More information coming....

Great article on the Media

This was a very good article that discusses bias in the media. The author speaks about Mainstream Media sources as well as talking about the bias in some Alternative Media sources. There used to be more identification of where the bias was historically. Now, it seems that everyone tries to tout their own objectivity, when the truth is that there is no such thing as total objectivity. Everything in the press, and in life for that matter, is viewed from a particular viewpoint. Total objectivity is impossible, but it is possible to determine the biases and unspoken assumptions that a particular book, article or work is based upon. This is critical, because the viewpoint and hidden assumptions are what will determine the conclusion. It is subtle, but extremely fundamental to the reasoning process.