Brain Washed? Or just conditioned?

Brain wash.  None of us like to think that we've been brain washed. 

So let's call it a life time of mental conditioning.  I am 75 years old.  From my earliest memories I have been overwhelmed with propaganda telling me how great my country is, how fortunate I am to be free, how awful life would be under Communism or Socialism, how kind and caring the rich are toward me, how welfare recipients are a dredge on society and should be forced to work for their meager stipend, how Capitalism is the best system ever invented, how God looks over us and keeps us on the right road.  

I have been taught not to question my country, to pledge allegiance   to the Flag and sing God Bless America.  I have learned that if I work hard I can become president.  I can become a millionaire, the goal of every right thinking boy.  I can believe in a God who will guide my life, but I can use "business ethics" in my daily life. 

Shall I go on? 

We have been so brain washed that even many of us who understand that we live in a corrupt, decadent system, find ourselves supporting it.  I voted for Barak Obama, knowing that he is just another pretty face of Capitalism. 

We keep getting all bent out of shape because our people and our causes are totally disregarded or trashed by the Corporate Media.  We need to get over it.  Accept that this is our cross to bear.  We are not going to turn around generations of brain washing by the Empire Builders.  That's like spitting into a hurricane.  What we must do is to patiently build our facts and point out to anyone who will listen just what is going on. 

Our day will come, and we need to be prepared to step up to the line.  But the current corrupt bosses are not going to go gently into the night.  Hard times are ahead.  Nonetheless, the Monster will stub his toe and crash and burn.  I think it's written in the Bible. 

 

Curious Carl