Human beings are self - domesticated herd animals that prefer safety to freedom; hiding in the herd is the safest defense mechanism. When danger lurks, hide in the herd and run where they run; chances are the wolf will take someone else. And sheep follow the lead sheep, they like fences, and they never understand that the Shepard is the one who fleeces the herd, butchers the lamb, culls the herd, and dines on mutton. If we are honest, we need to accept that we are a vast minority among 330 million Americans, and that the vast majority of people prefer to live in safe myths, reassuring narratives, and psychological safety. And also, that we are largely takers’ rather than ‘narratives makers’.
>>"the vast majority of people prefer to live in safe myths, reassuring narratives, and psychological safety."
Very, very TRUE! Based on this understanding, I don't see a solution to the "narrative" (and propaganda) problems. Are we doomed to living in our present systems and unable to change them for the better? Is there any (realistic) way to fight back against the "narrative makers"? I'm desperately searching for hope to alternatives, but am unable to find one. (Is the problem with me for not trying hard enough to find alternatives/hope? or is the problem that we are caught in a vice-like grip under the systems, institutions, and organizations of the "narrative makers" and unable to effectively break free of them?)
Human beings are self - domesticated herd animals that prefer safety to freedom; hiding in the herd is the safest defense mechanism. When danger lurks, hide in the herd and run where they run; chances are the wolf will take someone else. And sheep follow the lead sheep, they like fences, and they never understand that the Shepard is the one who fleeces the herd, butchers the lamb, culls the herd, and dines on mutton. If we are honest, we need to accept that we are a vast minority among 330 million Americans, and that the vast majority of people prefer to live in safe myths, reassuring narratives, and psychological safety. And also, that we are largely takers’ rather than ‘narratives makers’.
>>"the vast majority of people prefer to live in safe myths, reassuring narratives, and psychological safety."
Very, very TRUE! Based on this understanding, I don't see a solution to the "narrative" (and propaganda) problems. Are we doomed to living in our present systems and unable to change them for the better? Is there any (realistic) way to fight back against the "narrative makers"? I'm desperately searching for hope to alternatives, but am unable to find one. (Is the problem with me for not trying hard enough to find alternatives/hope? or is the problem that we are caught in a vice-like grip under the systems, institutions, and organizations of the "narrative makers" and unable to effectively break free of them?)