"It just occurred to me that at some point in the future they’re going to try to demand that we condemn whatever radicalized groups and militias wind up emerging as a result of the Gaza genocide."
Oh yes, they will definitely claim that Hamas is every where now, once they purge every Palestinian out of Greater Israel. They will claim that they have been radicalized for some unknown reason and now the entire world is in danger of having their own Oct. 7 or 911. They'll ratchet up that every one should be terrified because the terrorists are in our midst and we should shut our doors and never come out to see the light of day. Every Muslim will have a scarlet letter plastered on their backs saying "Beware, I am a suicide bomber and I just might blow myself up for no reason." I thought about that when Bibi warned that "Hamas is not just Israel's Problem, it's everyone's problem." (https://thesandiegosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/JewBelong2-scaled.jpg)
Not to mention all the bitching and complaining the inhabitants of Western Nations are gonna make about their countries being taken over and invaded by Muslims from the Middle East/West Asia. These countries will call them immigrants that need to go back to where they came from because now they are all turning their countries into Sharia Law Shitholes. They will blame these immigrants who are actually refugees for the deterioration of their pristine countries, blame them for every rape, robbery, and piece of trash in the streets. They will mock them and be sure to post insulting images and videos citing "look at how these immigrants are ruining our country."
They won't make the connection that these immigrants are actually refugees, fleeing from war torn countries. They won't connect the dots that the countries these so-called invaders are coming from were blasted into smithereens because their greedy, warmongering, colonizing Western leaders continue to destabilize the countries the immigrants come from. That the Empire managers regime change their leaders, bomb their countries, mass starved the people, ruin their economies, set up puppet leaders who are sympathetic to the west, destroyed their infrastructures and sacred sights, and on and on.
Some one said to me, "Illegal aliens committed a crime by crossing the border. Didn’t you know that?", and I said, "You mean like the ones who came on the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria?"
It's as if people live in a bubble of delusionary concepts that stream in a linear fashion. A bubble that is remiss to connect any dots except what is spoon fed to them through a tiny hole in their bubble. Otherwise, cognitive dissonance will become a Mental Disorder cited in the DMS-5.
An addendum to your quote about the white people who arrived in the Americas illegally (I like that, I'm stealing it, with full attribution): It broke my heart when I read that many tribes of Native Americans tried to join the Union as States, but were rebuffed and exterminated instead. The whole genocide could have been derailed.
The one revision to your comment I would make is that - all the things you say will happen in the future are ALREADY happening NOW (and have been happening for a couple of decades at least), though as you say - everyone is in their own bubble of reality, their own perceptions and narratives about the world.
>>"cognitive dissonance will become a Mental Disorder cited in the DMS-5"
I doubt it. People (humans) seem to be exceptionally good at resolving cognitive dissonances by ignoring data that go against their beliefs and search for data that confirms/supports their beliefs. It is a RARE individual that is actually impacted enough by 'cognitive dissonace' to actually do something about it and resolve it in a healthy way.
As a way of avoiding dissonance and estrangement from valued groups, individuals subconsciously resist factual information that threatens their defining values. What we believe about the facts often tells us who we are. And the most important psychological imperative most of us have in a given day is protecting our idea of who we are and our relationships with the people we trust and love.
You said:" As a way of avoiding dissonance and estrangement from valued groups, individuals subconsciously resist factual information that threatens their defining values."
I think this is one of the most effective tools that they use against the masses to get them to go along with the "current" narrative.
"It just occurred to me that at some point in the future they’re going to try to demand that we condemn whatever radicalized groups and militias wind up emerging as a result of the Gaza genocide."
Oh yes, they will definitely claim that Hamas is every where now, once they purge every Palestinian out of Greater Israel. They will claim that they have been radicalized for some unknown reason and now the entire world is in danger of having their own Oct. 7 or 911. They'll ratchet up that every one should be terrified because the terrorists are in our midst and we should shut our doors and never come out to see the light of day. Every Muslim will have a scarlet letter plastered on their backs saying "Beware, I am a suicide bomber and I just might blow myself up for no reason." I thought about that when Bibi warned that "Hamas is not just Israel's Problem, it's everyone's problem." (https://thesandiegosun.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/JewBelong2-scaled.jpg)
Not to mention all the bitching and complaining the inhabitants of Western Nations are gonna make about their countries being taken over and invaded by Muslims from the Middle East/West Asia. These countries will call them immigrants that need to go back to where they came from because now they are all turning their countries into Sharia Law Shitholes. They will blame these immigrants who are actually refugees for the deterioration of their pristine countries, blame them for every rape, robbery, and piece of trash in the streets. They will mock them and be sure to post insulting images and videos citing "look at how these immigrants are ruining our country."
They won't make the connection that these immigrants are actually refugees, fleeing from war torn countries. They won't connect the dots that the countries these so-called invaders are coming from were blasted into smithereens because their greedy, warmongering, colonizing Western leaders continue to destabilize the countries the immigrants come from. That the Empire managers regime change their leaders, bomb their countries, mass starved the people, ruin their economies, set up puppet leaders who are sympathetic to the west, destroyed their infrastructures and sacred sights, and on and on.
Some one said to me, "Illegal aliens committed a crime by crossing the border. Didn’t you know that?", and I said, "You mean like the ones who came on the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria?"
It's as if people live in a bubble of delusionary concepts that stream in a linear fashion. A bubble that is remiss to connect any dots except what is spoon fed to them through a tiny hole in their bubble. Otherwise, cognitive dissonance will become a Mental Disorder cited in the DMS-5.
An addendum to your quote about the white people who arrived in the Americas illegally (I like that, I'm stealing it, with full attribution): It broke my heart when I read that many tribes of Native Americans tried to join the Union as States, but were rebuffed and exterminated instead. The whole genocide could have been derailed.
100% agree.
The one revision to your comment I would make is that - all the things you say will happen in the future are ALREADY happening NOW (and have been happening for a couple of decades at least), though as you say - everyone is in their own bubble of reality, their own perceptions and narratives about the world.
>>"cognitive dissonance will become a Mental Disorder cited in the DMS-5"
I doubt it. People (humans) seem to be exceptionally good at resolving cognitive dissonances by ignoring data that go against their beliefs and search for data that confirms/supports their beliefs. It is a RARE individual that is actually impacted enough by 'cognitive dissonace' to actually do something about it and resolve it in a healthy way.
As a way of avoiding dissonance and estrangement from valued groups, individuals subconsciously resist factual information that threatens their defining values. What we believe about the facts often tells us who we are. And the most important psychological imperative most of us have in a given day is protecting our idea of who we are and our relationships with the people we trust and love.
You said:" As a way of avoiding dissonance and estrangement from valued groups, individuals subconsciously resist factual information that threatens their defining values."
I think this is one of the most effective tools that they use against the masses to get them to go along with the "current" narrative.