Is a big part of human society ignorant and controlled by governments and corporations?

[Reuben Goldstein]

It's not so much that a big part of society is ignorant. It has a lot more to do with the fact that they have for a long time been fed a diet of complete misinformation. They have been deliberately fed the clap trap they are fed in order to manipulate them for one dubious reason or another. You only have to look at the situation in the UK to see this. Any would be Prime Minister must win the backing of Rupert Murdoch because in order to be PM you must win the Sun vote.

What can we do about it ? We have to start by controlling the media in a way that it is managed responsibly, free possibly from commercial interest, but with a strict remit of promoting decency and sound practices within a society.

Modern society has been brainwashed and fully controlled by various media outlets that have encouraged a complete degeneration of moral and ethical standards within the society in which we live. For example people have been bombarded by this notion that celebrity is the only thing that you should aspire too in this life, hording excessive wealth is applaudable, violence is somehow this hugely glamorous past time that should be given lip service in virtually every form of media - most worryingly video games that are played extensively by our youth and competitveness is good.

All of us whether we like to admit it or not our controlled by the opinions of the people around us. Therefore it is vitally important that the messages that mass media potray are of decent ethical standards. If we can make people believe that some of the most rancid pursuits in society are to be applauded and encouraged then the same can be said of promoting values of kindness and decency if we can only make it cool and applaudable to do so. We can also dis-credit the old negative pursuits by pouring cold water on them and making them seen as uncool and deplorable. For example if we treated gangsters in the same way as we treated paedophiles would we really have so many people wanting to aspire to be the former ? I doubt it.

This is what is now required of us and it is the key to changing the society in which we live..

Have a look at the following links. They talk about this subject in greater detail:

http://www.laitman.com/2009/05/public-op...-goodness/

http://www.laitman.com/2009/05/the-tv-nu...-morality/

http://www.laitman.com/2009/04/everyone-...he-movies/

http://www.laitman.com/2009/04/leaders-a...he-public/

I'd be intrigued to hear your opinions of the above.