Today the subject of consumerism kept popping up. I keep thinking about how circular time is and it seems that throughout history there’s always the examples of great civilizations that meet their demise as soon as the society gets too decadent. Greece, Rome, Roaring Twenties. Good times make weak men etc
But why is that? Consumerism is what the DS uses to hypnotize people, to make them not care about the society they live in, not pay attention to the changes going on around them because they’re too busy caring about themselves.
The more you watch YouTube, the more you start consuming bc these YouTuber reviewers start helping you imagine situations you would be using said items and that’s the thought seed that gets you going and thinking “yea that would be a nice thing to have in case that happens”. Next thing you know you’re obsessed with the item. You’re thinking about it morning, noon and night. Consume consume consume. The average person who is susceptible to this hypnosis is spending his time either working to get the money to buy the thing he wants or spending his time finding the next thing to buy. Where is the time to give a shit about politics? As long as their life is not affected, they won’t unplug.
But a society must reach a certain level of prosperity before consumerism can take place. If society is at a level where you don’t even know if you’ll have a next meal, you wont care about much else and will be very involved in government to demand change.
Therefore the best point to maintain control of a society is to make sure the people have enough money to eat have a place to live and have some spending money. It’s much easier to distract people when they have some money to spend and we’re not talking a whole lot of money just needs to be slightly over “barely surviving”.
Now, you control the media/social media and you basically tell your stars what’s the next big thing for them to focus on.
The extreme preaning of men / feminization of men has happened prior to a civilizations down fall (Greek men and young boys as lovers, Men in drag in the Weimar Republic.
Narcissism also is high in a society before it’s downfall.
Sorry if it’s not very coherent. Just wanted to jot down some random thoughts. I’m sure this isn’t news to anyone but I guess I just never took the time to dissect out all these ideas.
Spot on with consumerism and hypnotizing the masses. A lot of ppl on this thread talk about so much changing in our society post WWII.
Okay, what else changed.... look at the 1950s. Prosperity and consumerism. Life was one big party for a big chunk of America (as compared to the deprivation of the war years).
Thus opening the door for more selfishness (narcissism). Women are working for fulfillment now and not to help support their families. Porn and promiscuity is on the uptick as more men are exposed to multiple avenues for gratification while their wives are less devoted to family. Children observe selfishness and comfort as "normal."
Unseen forces emphasizing self, sensuality, consuming, and the pursuit of wealth to buy these things.
The majority of the population become hooked on comfort and pleasure. Letting men have free reign to express deviance and be free of their duty to protect the vulnerable and the innocent, good men become harder to find. Once they are in the minority, the good men become demonized when they attempt to defend against danger.
Then, once society has degenerated to the point of mostly sensual, pleasure driven people dependent on the infrastructure for their "drug," all that needs to happen to control the masses is to make access to the drug dependent on certain behaviors.
Klaus Schwab enters the room. On his right is Zuckerberg, on his left Bill Gates. Problem solved.
Add in Fauci and it’s the four horseman.
indeed.