The Easy American
Most people don’t see the truth. The truth is complicated, not at all easy (I’m not telling you anything, you don’t already know – if you are reading this.) Believing the status quo, even though it is a BLATANT lie is easy, for the average American. Believing a lie, instead of confronting it, requires no investment of emotions and intellect and allows people to keep the blinders on. That is just human nature. Easy – is what comes naturally to humans - watch YouTube blurbs, and share memes, yeah...we've become a nation of uncaring, arrogant, blind, uneducated, lazy people. Easy is the operative word.Look all over Facebook. How many people do you see writing with text on their walls?
They share bright colorful altered pictures, videos, and enlarged picture of
for the attention it will bring. A large graphic of text will be shared and shared, yet the same text written out in normal font type, doesn’t
get shared. Why?
Humans are easily distracted by bright shiny moving objects. It’s our base instinctive nature – we stayed on top of the food chain by keeping a close watch on moving objects. When that cheetah that runs faster than a human can, has sharper claws, bigger pointier teeth, started creeping up on him or her – humans still won – because the talent – was to be prepared for any movement long before it became a problem. Fight – or – Flight! And this is why television (and now Internet) advertising and marketing have always been so effective – they know about this well documented instinct that humans still have, and it’s why Facebook turned into a giant comic book.
I do get that there are many people who don’t have time to write – I see that they are the ones that usually share a funny joke or pictures of the family – that’s cool – I’m not saying they are willfully ignorant. But all the memes and videos about politics, current local news, world events, even religion and philosophy are spoon-fed in pictures and videos. I don’t think they are all wrong, all the time – I just think the key word is MODERATION with the mass media. (Well, moderation but also vetting the sources.)
We lost that moderation a long time ago – right after the industrial revolution. Like any good American, we do things BIG – and BOLD – and SHINY! And vetting? That is done by you, the sharer, who assumes the last person to share the graphic, a dear friend or family member, would never pass on a lie. THIS IS THE STUFF of “Urban Legends” And, People? You who post the question almost daily – “has anybody noticed that Facebook is slow today?” Let me tell you a secret. The Internet (in particular – I mean websites) is not a magical worm hole – it operates in the same way an automobile highway operates – it has a finite width and length – you put too much on it – it’s going to buckle. Consider this the next time you share. And the next time you see “Page, content, or website not available”
Every time someone shares information with you in the form of video or graphic – think twice before you also share it. Not just because we’ve all already seen it now but because of why you are sharing it. I’m going to share with you some clues on how to tell when its valuable information and when it’s just rubbish being shared for the sake of advertising or self-promotion (called “Like-Farming” 👍)
Never trust media that says you must “Like” it if you agree, and “Share it if you ______” fill in the blank.
Never trust media that is giving away products – just for sharing it with a comment. (There are exceptions – but I’ve seen too many RVs, 72 inch TVs, Cars, and Luxury vacation trips, from sites that offer no details – just that you should share it and comment.) Nothing is free. If there is a giveaway – it’s not going to be done without some effort.
Never trust media that claims an entity, such as Facebook, deleted or censored the picture/video because it was too shocking/sad/violent/racist. And THEN exhorts you to share that picture to prove the censorship was wrong; especially if the picture doesn’t actually fall into that category. It’s simply not true – Facebook, for example, would lose money if they did that kind of censorship. When someone tells you Facebook deleted a picture they posted (and it happens to be true) – there is something they are not telling you – their very own friends – are the ones that reported the post was offensive and wanted it removed.
Finally, don’t you think a true friend shouldn’t have to prove their friendship by copying and pasting something that you copied and pasted…again? Since when is it required to prove you support an illness by copying and posting?
Now, you wanna put your human instincts to good use? Flight or Fight? This one is FIGHT! Consider putting your vote to real use – make a statement – vote for the Veterans Party of America. To vote for a candidate because the other one is worse – is a flight instinct – come on – you can only out-run the two party system and it’s corruption for so long – It’s time to FIGHT! The other reason why our ancestor humans climbed to the top of the food chain and stayed there is because they correctly picked when to fight and when to flight. I fear (yes, I'm a drama queen) we are headed for extinction if we spend this election voting against candidates, rather than voting for a well-qualified candidate. We, yes, the collective “we Americans”, put ourselves in this position. We are responsible for fixing it – not Washington DC.
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