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> I don't even know anymore. We're gonna have to raise the bar on what it means to be a "tinfoil hatter"; the original definition has become reality. That's so
by pnathan 13y ago
> I don't even know anymore. We're gonna have to raise the bar on what it means to be a "tinfoil hatter"; the original definition has become reality.
That's sort of where I've gotten to this summer. It's really frustrating and saddening.
Although mind-control waves still aren't, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, a thing.
- VladRussian2 13y ago>Although mind-control waves still aren't, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, a thing. knowing that you're under constant surveilance and your every step/action is recorded makes wonders in the way of shaping and controlling your behavior.
- zanny 13y agoMainstream media bombardment and constant advertising harassment do a pretty good job of mind control, though. Also, culture is the best mind control. Raise people with a mind set the way you want it and you never have to do anything directly, because they already are siding with you even through cognative dissonance.
- baddox 13y agoPublic schools are far more significant than the media.
- a3n 13y agoYou could be right. Or it could be the exact opposite. Or something else. It doesn't matter. Fundamentally we do it to ourselves, because we're herd/pack/social animals. We shun anyone too different from the tribe, it's in our DNA. Because of that, we are highly evolved to fit in. Yeah, we're self aware and all that, we have choices, but what we generally choose to do is identify with some group and hate opposing groups. It's what we do. The chimpanzees are laughing at us.
- 001sky 13y agoIn England and Wales, truancy is a criminal offence for parents.[6] Since 1998, a police officer of or above the rank of superintendent may direct that for a specified time in a specified area a police officer may remove a child believed to be absent from a school without authority to that school or to another designated place....
- mmavnn 13y agoIt's not that widely known, but you can remove your child from state education as a parent and teach them yourself. You just have to tell the local authority you're doing so in writing.
- ldfkcvbm456 13y ago>herd/pack/social animals I can already tell you have no idea about what you are talking about because you cant figure out the word to use here. Stupid pop-sci reading pinkerian evo psych pseudo-wisdom lesswrong.com idiot. Who's "we"? I bet that just pissed you off, keep projecting how much of a inferior you are. >generalizing everything as a "tribe" You do know those evo psych idiots use the term "genetics" and not "DNA" right? Now you really don't know what you are talking about. >highly evolved to fit in I swear schools should just stick to bible class instead of evolution class if they cant even teach it properly.
- Torgo 13y agoManufacture of consent is effectively mind control.
- OWaz 13y agoToo often people forget that propaganda machines (media outlets) and biased education materials significantly shape the perspective people have of the world. That's the kind of 'mind control' which matters.
- pyre 13y agoUnfortunately, nothing as simple as a tinfoil hat can block this though.