Bankism, Conspiracism, Capitalism, Hypnotism & Jism

An old friend posted this on FB:

“some time back i was standing in a line at a bank and i was amused by the glossy propaganda on the wall…it read WE ARE HERE TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT MONEY…..i found it highly amusing cos if they did that then the kids would be after them with pitch forks…corporate propaganda in synergy with STATE sponsored Bankism (yes it is not capitalism) will take us to a place that we dont want to be as a people….let’s hope that the penny will drop for a few more folk in 2015 and that there will be a greater awakening to the extent of mind control playing out in every aspect of our lives.”

I made a great effort to look past the obvious objections to this effort (grammar, logical consistency, caps lock, futility, lack of humor, etc) to see if it made any sense, in any context.

‘Mind Control’ seems to be the ultimate crime and yet, when I think about it, just about all humans in history have been cognitively captive to their local culture; looked at through the right lens, any individual who happens to object to the culture they are in may lean towards conspiracy theories and claims of mind control.

What I am confused by is the proposed solution. It seems to me that an individual who isn’t with the societal program has two choices; to remove him- or herself from the culture, or attempt to change the culture. Generally speaking the latter is a super low odds activity but, unfortunately, a couple of individuals in history have managed to do it so this gives all the crazies hope.

Also it is worth noting that where an individual has managed to change a whole culture that a majority of people were in significant pain. It is moot whether this is the case for our mob today.

The only pain we seem to be in is the stress related to getting even more of our share of the world’s resources before they run out.

Lemmings, yes. But Lemmings in a state of strained psychotic ecstasy. Awakening them will just make them unhappier.