There are many ways to look at this quote. As you see here, all three of us have chosen a different approach to take. My view on the quote leads me to think about the fall of great societies, why and how these things happen is important to understand in regards of our own survival. Did they program their absence?
I’ll start with an interesting example of this. Easter Island in the pacific, when we first discovered this place there were no trees on the island, the only island in the pacific without trees. Also large stone statues were found there, the signs of civilization. So what happened to the people there?
Their society thrived on the resource rich environment. They used the wood which came in abundance to make tools for fishing, fires and huts. Eventually as their population grew they ended up cutting down all of the trees on the island. This meant they no longer could make tools for fishing etc. Eventually they ran out of meat and their only source of meat was each other. They turned to war and cannibalism!
I wonder what the islander thought as he was cutting down the last tree, condemning his people to a horrible fate “it’s ok, we have great technology, we can invent a wood alternative” or “I pay my taxes, I’m entitled to this wood!” why didn’t they regulate their consumption of the wood when they had the chance? Is it because they were overpopulated or over reliant on the wood? Not particularly because other societies have survived similar deforestation and overcrowding issues.
It was a slow change, one that happened over a number of generations perhaps. The islanders were simply unaware of it happening until it was too late. Or maybe some did know but were making money from the trees and therefore unwilling to change as they had too much to lose. Even hiding the issue; from the rest of the islanders to protect their source of wealth. Also another important point is that they were totally isolated, with no neighbors to call on for help.
Now if I translate the above example into a modern day context. It’s not just that we’re running out of oil but it has a harmful affect on our world by us using it so much. We face massive climate change issues, that threaten us all, but we seem to be doing very little about it, why? Are we programming our absence?
We are programmed from birth! Initially by our parents, then by schools and education, to conform to the society we live in. Everyday we are bombarded by advertising and media, always offering to make our lives easier or better. We may choose to ignore them but they still have an influence over our daily lives. They project an ideal, something that we are supposed to strive for.
Are we programming our absence in this way? Is the media and experience of our daily lives distracting us from the bigger picture? If so why?.. what is the bigger picture?
Our society has been designed specifically for one purpose. To keep the masses subdued and contented, to create a stable, controllable and productive society. Edward Bernays(regarded as the father of public relations) used psychology of the subconscious to manipulate public opinion. He developed ideas on crowd psychology to create a stable and most importantly, controllable society. He believed the general public (the mob) were irrational and couldn't be trusted to make rational decisions and therefore needed to be controlled. His methods, among others, are being used today and with them, we are programming our absence.
We are now so invested in this façade that many of us are completely unaware of its existence or the impact it has on us.
Have you heard of the new world order? This is the plan to create a one world government with an id chipped population. I only heard of this recently, why haven’t we heard about this in the news, why is it not the centre of talks in parliament, when it is massively important and has implications to us all? Quite simply because we are not supposed to know! We have been programmed not to care or even notice. If we did know the whole truth about the state of the world there would probably be mass riots.
Who benefits or profits from this? I couldn’t begin to list themon this blog, only that it is a relatively small group, of extremely powerful, wealthy and secretive people. They operate inside and outside our governments and their tactics are deplorable! They create destruction and chaos in order to sway public opinion to go to war or pass an unjust law that invades our human rights. 9/11, 7/7, the lusitania(was sent into German controlled waters deliberately, even after the Germans warned they would destroy it) are some examples. Terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, Al Qaeda how many times have we heard these words. They use them to program us with fear so we stay indoors and buy things that make us “happy”.
Ossama Bin Laden never once used the words Al Qaeda to describe his terrorist group until after George W Bush. Doesn’t seem like much until you consider who would have to most to gain from having an intelligent, structured, organized and violent enemy (that didn’t exist). After the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks our governments persuaded us into going to war by using deception and fear tactics. War is highly profitable for arms traders, banks and reconstruction groups. The Carlyle Group that George bush is a board member of profits a great deal from the war and the reconstruction demand that it creates afterwards. It also keeps a leader in power because you wouldn’t want to change leaders in the middle of a war.
We have been sold a massive lie one that goes deep into our subconscious to keep us like a herd of sheep. Will we be able to change, in spite of all this, to stop burning fossil fuels and use alternate means of energy? Stop killing each other for money and power and work together for the good of our entire planet. Or will we end up like the Easter islanders? In which case, sadly, we are programming our absence.
