Wednesday, March 2, 2011

..and did not have a conspiracy theory

A good portion of us Americans believes in a conspiracy theory or another.  Some believe Elvis is still alive, the moon landing was a hoax and that aliens live among us.  The number one conspiracy theory, based on the number of websites dedicated to them is..drum roll: mind control.

The basic concept  of mind control, the way I understand it is that forces outside of us, such as governments and powerful corporations are in cahoots, and aim to achieve total mind control of the masses.  The motivation is control.  However, control to what end is unclear and depends whom you ask.

Well, I have an opinion or two about that.  As you have noticed, I have an opinion and a point of view about lots of things.

If anybody, tells me that their mind is controlled and the government is listening, I say this: What arrogance!  What is it that you have to offer?  Your dumb ass thoughts about conspiracy?  You really think that you are that important that satelites are orbiting at exactly YOUR location.

Very intelligent people believe in that, and lots of them and there is much heated debate about all this.  The drug companies, media, and major government agencies are just so powerful and we have such little power.

There is one if not many problems with all this.   What are they really controlling, our minds?  And what for?  The last time I checked, pretty everyone is in charge of their thoughts, unless one suffers from mental illness, for which meds are available from the above evil drug companies.  So unless you watch endless television and let yourself be influenced what brand sneekers or beers you might prefer, this theory holds no water.

But why is it so popular?

We like to think that the human mind is so complex and life is a hard nut to crack.  But when really thought about it with an open mind this and many issues are quite simple to explain.  Told you I have the answer to everything.

We are humans, with bodies, emotion, characters and maybe a soul.  It is within our nature to screw up, fall down and make some poor choices.  Some of us get back up, brush off the dust and give it another try. And some of us, namely the demographic that we are talking about and then some, point at someone or something to blame.

I once saw a cartoon strip where a redneck looking guy was watching the game and the wife asked, rather yelled: "Who left the toilet seat up?" and he replies:"The government"

Scientist are dying to find life on other planets.  If little green men were found they can proclaim, life on other planets means chances of the big bang creating life accidently is a truth, ergo no God, ergo no moral responsibilities, unless we decide to design some moral code.  Yeppe!!

Theorists want to be eaves dropped, mind controlled, abducted by aliens, and have our next door neigbhor be a shape shifter from planet Zorg.

It will finally unburden them from the responsibility of their own lifes, with their own mistakes, desicions and regrets.  They can point to those outside powers and say it made me do it.  It put it into my kool aid.  The media made me who I am.

Those are not the kind of people that promote meditation, introspection, joy de vivre, and above all the posibilities of the human potential.  We hear from them how limited and unfortunate their life is because they have no control what so ever.

The most unbelievable conclusion I come to is that you can believe what ever you want and live or not live accordingly.

As you can see from this and the previous post I am slowly claiming my life back.  There is no one responsible other than me


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