What is Mass Hypnosis in the Social Imagination?

 

In order to better understand the proposed question, let's start by asking what is mass hypnosis. Well, its a type of derangement of the brain carried out by what can be paralleled with or illustrated by the unleashing of a computer virus. 

You see, information, used as a directive measure, is unleashed to control or override all other incoming information. To do so, it is thus implanted at deep levels to override all other information. Just as with computer programming. 

Interestingly, it reminds me of the book/film, Ben-Hur, in which Messala says to Sextus, "you ask how to fight an idea. Well I'll tell you how... with another idea!" Yes, in the social imagination that is exactly how it works. The only way you can get rid of an idea is by superimposing it with another one.

Whether its your computer or your social imagination, just imagine that a “virus” is a corrupt idea or an information directive that is sent/implanted to override the basic operating information system. The virus enters in as coded language sent to attack the basic information of the operating system. 

As it is with your computer, such language is often completely unseen and usually cannot be grasped  or even accessible for the average individual. If it is, for those without borders, it is a curious or strangely luring attractive message.

Again, such language is designed this way because it is not necessary to understand it for daily working on the computer.  Similarly, mass hypnosis works on levels that are hardly accessible by the average person and or group of persons. 

What is dangerous is that such a virus can be designed so that later on in life a skilled person, such as a hypnotist or other manipulator, can piggyback other viruses or messages onto them.  These are called post-hypnotic suggestions.

This computer analogy can help one understand how and why mass hypnosis works, and its power and dangers.  Those who hypnotize others are like computer professionals or hackers that can sneak inside your head using deep programming languages and make small, but important alterations in the mind, somewhat like implanting a computer virus there.

Just to get you thinking, imagine that a politician is running for office. It seems that they are losing the debate against their opponent and you wonder why. You think that your guy is now unqualified and you start to believe in the other guy who starts to sound more reasonable.

What you don't realize is that your guy is confronted by a powerful weapon and so are you... mass hypnosis. Its very powerful, effective hypnotic technique. And before you know it, you’re tossing up your hands and pledging allegiance to the other guy.

Its the use of hypnotic language techniques that causes your opponent to lose the debate and causes you to support the other guy. Think about it, if you have put your complete trust in mortal man, a politician or an expert of any kind that is a mere mortal, you have likely been subjected to mass hypnosis. 

Now, how can we distinguish in our mind if this has happened and who is the bad guy (s)? Especially, when either of them can be playing the same game. Given the past blog about 'power elites' that you may or may not have read that is going to be difficult to figure out; and, it largely depends on how gullible you are... especially, if you are not firm in your own beliefs and or able to reason things out by logical deduction. 

Even so, what we know, a virus has been planted in our minds to be sure (cv-nineteen); but, who put it there? Who is subject to it? Everyone! But, those that succumb are those who cannot discern it; and sadly, will be deceived and will not prevail...they will not be saved!

Wake up and look around at those who benefit from such a virus... When you do, what will you see? You will see that you have been under a mass hypnosis...of global proportions!

*ONLINE SOURCES~ https://drlwilson.com/Articles/HYPNOSIS.htm

https://hypnosistrainingacademy.com/hypnosis-in-politics-hypnotic-language-techniques/

Extra read ~ https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/08/video-lockdown-through-mass-hypnosis-and-frontpagemagcom

The Halo Effect in the 'Coporate' Social Imagination...

This is a content analysis that portrays the delusion of corporate entities who think they know what is really going on; its called the Halo Effect.

Entity #1: People, (myself included) have retreated into the safety of their chosen communities, removing us from having to confront realities that we don’t agree with, thus creating an even deeper division among us. However, in an attempt to protect ourselves from toxicity…

What does this tell us? It suggests that a group of people (including the employee) exists 'lives' within a larger social group and is yet experiencing a kind of feeling of being assaulted by another group in the same larger social group but that group is somehow a threat. This feeling of being assaulted has no basis thus is a delusion. 

They claim that they are retreating from a reality that they don’t agree with. Yet, they don’t know or can’t describe that reality they are retreating from and what reality they are more in favor of other than their chosen community (corporate world). They say that they do this in order to protect themselves… but from what, we don’t know because we are not told specifically? Toxicity is given but that is really subjective. Does it mean contaminants or pollutants or emotions that they feel incapable of dealing with?

Entity #2: We have to be willing to confront the people and structures that create our pain through our voices, actions and behaviors. We need currents to carry our message, and those currents are often the people who believe what we don’t. Having the courage, empathy and persistence to truly listen to and respect each other is the only way that we will be able to come back together as citizens of the world.

What does confront mean to this person? Physical violence or in a courtroom or on the streets protesting? What is that they believe and others don’t?  How is respect possible if they have no clue or desire to understand those that they criticize? And, moreover, how would any kind of ‘come back together’ as citizens of the world be possible given that many people in the world do not see themselves as such (citizens of the world) and never will. That is naïve to say the least and delusional at best.  

Entity #3: We have a responsibility to each other, and part of that responsibility is understanding the systems and structures in which we exist.

What system is that if not the corporate structure? The irony is that they speak as if they know an absolute objective reality that everyone is in tune with.

Entity #4: We have to take action as a citizen, to take responsibility for our place in that system. It is what it means to have patriotism…

Patriotic about what? The corporate life???

Entity #5: We do not have a system that is fair, equitable or just. The pursuit of a system that is was the fight of the people before me whose shoulders I stand on, and it is the fight of my life now. Of all our lives. We need to come together as people to work towards the truth.

What is fair and fair for all people worldwide? What truth?

The problem for such people and their so called world view stems not from any absolute truth but from indoctrination by a Marxist academia and ideological corporatism (corporate structures). From that, we now have a clash of realities… theirs which is propped up by a fake idea of team pride that builds success (if you can’t put out/you are trying) when in fact only builds a fake community of corporate pride. 

Yes, there are a number of ways that the halo effect can influence perceptions of others and especially in the corporate work setting. As we can appreciate the 'expert' take on this when they suggest that the halo effect is one of the most common biases affecting performance appraisals and reviews. 

The corporate world is taking over the minds of people worldwide that work for them; but, that percentage is limited while yet far reaching since the corporate world reigns over and above most human beings in the place where they are... small town/city. This makes them (corporatese and their ruling elite) feel as outsiders or on the periphery of the majority or in a better position of 'reality' who because of that position actually know what's best for everyone else since they make the things they think everyone needs/wants.

Ironically, in terms of being part of a real system (NOT corporate one) that has vested interest in a place over time, one has to have lived in a place over time, developed standards and traditions. This is not the corporate world. The above testimonies are just mere illustrations of the indoctrination into the corporate world - the global team that generates an unrealistic worldview as it has no place over time for a solid moral and plausible foundation. Today, the corporate world is  truly a world without borders, moral standards and practiced traditions. And, even more ironic, the corporation is really about money, it’s not about the individual or diversity; which they the corporate brats seem to discard.

Sadly, such people raised in the corporate world do not have a broader perspective that past generations have to drawn from: the Judeo-Christian World View – the Bible, Western Philosophy (Marx excluded) or the ideas of a Constitution which offers liberty and justice to all those who uphold it in an imperfect world; and lets not forget to mention they have no clue about the free market which offers the maximum opportunity to be self-determined. 

Again, the problem for such people of the corporate world view is that it stems not from any absolute truth but from indoctrination by a Marxist academia and ideological corporatism (corporate structures). From that, we now have a clash of realities… theirs which is propped up by a fake idea of 'communist' team pride that builds success (if you can’t put out/you are NOT trying) when in fact, it actually builds a fake community of selfish corporate pride.

The ideas of individual liberty, civil rights, democracy, free market, freedom of speech and religion stem from western civilization. Being first introduced by the Judeo-Christian cultures whose worldview was grounded in Christian doctrine and western reasoning/philosophy in the which individual, not the corporation matters most.

Yes, they think the individual matters but only in the corporate context… not the individual who is free to stand alone. Diversity in the corporation is only on the surface… in context of quotas... are there enough racial and religious backgrounds represented here so that people will think they are part of a one world order? 

The greatest mistake is this... to suppose that just because it works in the corporate office or in your town on your street or in your closed community, chosen community, comfort zone...doesn't mean its going to work the same everywhere. Don't put on the halo that you think everyone else should wear. 

Does that seem to go against Christianity and its main task to share the Good News? No, because, the true gospel is a private experience for the one who is among the many when he/she is ready to receive it as the absolute truth. From there you have the means to live in respect of one another. There is no other way except by the Word who was at the beginning, was with God and is God!

 

ONLINE SOURCE ~ https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-halo-effect-2795906

What is Sane and Insane in the Social Imagination...

 

Now, that may all depend on who is calling what is sane and what insane...

Let's start with the concept of the Social Imagination to make sure we can differentiate between the two (sane/insane) given what the social imagination is. The Social Imagination is the collective conscious of a group; therefore, it belongs not only to the one but to the many that participate it. 

The other premise which belongs to the concept of social imagination, which I defended in my dissertation, is that no one could be a 'human being' without the social imagination; and, that in fact, as C.H. Cooley put it... there is only the locus of the mind in which society dwells. It is a composition of common ideas among us formed in the mind in a place over time through the process of social imagination. 

The Social Imagination is both a thing in itself and a process of itself becoming that very thing which we can tangibly observe and even touch. How? Through shared information (codified/written) which are communicated bits of data, the common among us set of information/data/ideas that we as a group and individual can only truly understand when shared as a group in a place over time... in that sense, the social imagination seemingly has no origination other than in the minds of those who share it. 

So, with that in mind, what is sane and insane? Isn't that then everything which is inside of the collective conscious of a group of people in a place over time? Yes. 

Let's take a deeper look. Emile Durkheim, one of the founding fathers of Sociology, thought to look at society as exactly that which I described above a collective conscious. This concept of the collective can be understood in the work of a number of classic Sociologists whose aim was to understand not only human behavior as to what motivates people to act but also to understand the human mind.

Durkheim thought that religion played a deep role in society's organization and stability. In fact, it could be seen as the key social fact that determined a society's wellness. This social fact was the overarching 'over and above force' deemed as sui generis. Could this idea of his be considered as a means for determining if sanity and insanity could also controlled by the sui generis? Perhaps. 

Max Weber considered religion seriously too but for him it was the motivator to act not the fact that controlled people. According to Durkheim, religion is the product of human activity, not divine intervention. He thus treats religion as a sui generis social fact and analyzed it sociologically. Whereas, Weber saw that religion was the thing that motivated man to act... it was not a product. 

They sound similar but the difference is this: Weber looked at the individual as much as he did the group and saw that people act more being motivated by what they believe in... which does not necessarily have to point to religion but rather point to something much bigger than the self as in something bigger and better than self and that this was more the reason than any other reason.

We might surmise that Durkheim looked at the act of suicide as a kind of residue product. According to Durkheim, suicide is not an individual act nor a personal action. It is caused by some power which is over and above the individual or super individual which was the sui generis. Durkheim stated that religion is a sui generis social product over and above the group as a means of control. So, if one found him or herself outside of that control could they be pushed by the 'sui generis' to commit suicide?

Before, moving on, let us look more closely at sui generis as a force over and above a group/society. Durkheim saw this over and above 'socially created' thing/force as the means of holding a society/group together in a place; a control mechanism which he largely presumed was created over time in a place by all who participate in it... hence a product of the group.

Durkheim seemed to emphasize that this kind of over and above force as determining the act of  suicide; thus his argument for such an act was not psychological but social. He concluded that suicide was the result of social disorganization or lack of social integration/intervention or social solidarity.

So, here we could likely have the first social observation as to what may or may not determine the sanity of an individual in a group... given that back in Durkheim's day suicide was seen as committed by those outside of a sane mind- collective conscious. 

If an individual appears to lack social organization skills or refrains from social interaction/integration they can appear to be outside of the sui generis. I think this seems to be quite the rationale when in view of the social imagination. 

One might ask though... then, does the group push an individual or even group of individuals to the brink of suicide as a collective measure (in the social imagination) to remove this disorganized person or dysfunctional member (s)? That is a good question. The last two blogs on this site were devoted to understanding the use of information warfare and the power elite... including the tactics they use.  

Even if that is not convincing as to what is sane and insane in the social imagination, then consider what experts list as the key symptom of schizophrenia: delusion. The word delusion refers to a belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder.

Could someone be called out as 'delusional' given what we know about the social imagination, the power elite and information warfare? Could someone be listed as delusional if they are 'religious' or patriotic given? Yes, I think so. But, there would have to be an established authority to do that kind of listing to make it all appear legitimate especially in the social imagination... who? Exactly... 

Now, all of that could sound a bit delusional... but I couldn't possibly call it out in myself. Its always someone else who does that because the delusional person has no idea its them. If I were, I certainly could not have selected such an appropriate photo/illustration as seen at the top of this blog page. 

 

 

*Seriously, if you or someone you know displays irrational behavior and or suicidal thoughts as listed above... please, seek immediate help. There are plenty of online medical orgs/sites to direct you. From a Christian perspective, healing starts with the renewing of your mind by reading the Word of God.

 

The Power Elite in the Social Imagination...

The Power Elite is a 1956 book by sociologist C. Wright Mills, in which Mills calls attention to the interwoven interests of the leaders of the military, corporate, and political elements of society and suggests that the ordinary citizen is a relatively powerless subject of manipulation by those entities.

One of the goals Mills set for himself in The Power Elite was to tell people how much the organization of power in America had changed during their lifetimes. For instance, in the 1920s, there was what Mills called 'local society', that was found in towns and small cities throughout America... where and whose political and social life was dominated by 'local' resident businessmen. 

Small-town elites, usually Republican in their outlook, had a strong voice in government because they were conservative in their thinking being in that 'local' outlook... looking out for their best interests which were truly near and dear. And, for most part, the congressmen who represented them were of a similar experience with local connections to dominant families in those 'local' circles.

By the time Mills wrote his book, this world of local elites had become as obsolete as the Model T Ford. Power in America had become nationalized. The Power Elite recognized that companies which were once local were growing into corporations with far reaching implications. 

Yes, they still were primarily regional in their workforces and customer bases as well. But, this was changing quickly because of the demand for housing (veterans of WWII) and out of a 'victor' mentality that Americans grabbed onto and with that came a sense of prosperity and with that greater demands for things that the local output could not maintain. This opened up nationwide markets as in national markets thus developing  national interests (over local interests) which eventually led to international interests.

What had once been a propertied class, tied to the ownership of real assets in the place where they were had now become a managerial class (corporate society) without 'local' borders. And, with them came to be a political corporate society. They were and are rewarded for their ability to organize the vast scope of corporate enterprise into an engine for ever-expanding profits. 

No longer were the chief executive officers of these companies chosen because they had bonded with the company over time having got their 'foot in the door and worked their way up. Nor were they justly competent in the local framework of things as in from 'there', having 'local know how' ... they did not have to be. 

Every American was now in their eyes the same being... the same in their likes and dislikes. It did not matter if the power elite were in touch with the locals or regional influences as they once were. What did matter was being from a 'right' and essentially necessary corporate social background. 

Sure, connections still mattered, but so did bureaucratic skill... the ability to maneuver, to climb on and ride any horse put in the gates and the ability to ride it out in any downturn. The men who possessed those skills did not have to be 'local' and in fact that was rejected for broader pools of 'men/women' with such corporate traits/abilities. And, so it was and is!

Remember folks, according to Mills, the "power elite" are not 'local' but rather those that have come to occupy (maybe even created to occupy) the dominant positions, in the dominant institutions (military, economic and political) of a dominant country, and their decisions (or lack of decisions) have enormous consequences, not only for the U.S. population but, "the underlying populations of the world." 

The institutions which they head, Mills posits, are a triumvirate of groups that have succeeded weaker predecessors: (1) "two or three hundred giant corporations" which have replaced the traditional agrarian and craft economy, (2) a strong federal political order that has inherited power from "a decentralized set of several dozen states" and "now enters into each and every cranny of the social structure," and (3) the military establishment, formerly an object of "distrust fed by state militia," but now an entity with "all the grim and clumsy efficiency of a sprawling bureaucratic domain."

Doesn't it look like the picture of America today? Don't be fooled into thinking that any one man can make America great... regardless of party. And, don't be fooled into thinking that any one party can do it either Democrat or Republican. And, don't forget who owns the media and military ~ The Power Elites. 

Just, remember folks, its power, money and connections that controls what the power elite want you to think! They don't care about you or where you are from and they certainly don't care about the small town you might live in or the local company you might own or work for... You are just a number in their power ball game!

"Do not put your trust in mortal man who cannot save" ~ Psalm 146:3.

 

 

Note ~ The above is an interpretation from an excerpt taken from "The Power Elite Now" by Alan Wolfe (Nov. 2001)

*ONLINE SOURCES ~ https://prospect.org/power/power-elite-now/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Elite

Information Warfare in the Social Imagination...

 

Really?

Yes, really...

Information warfare (IW) is a concept involving the battlespace use and management of information and communication technology (ICT) in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. 

Information warfare is the manipulation of information trusted by a target without the target's awareness so that the target will make decisions against their interest but in the interest of the one conducting information warfare. As a result, it is not clear when information warfare begins, ends, and how strong or destructive it is.

Information warfare may involve the collection of tactical information, assurance(s) that one's own information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize or manipulate the enemy and the public, undermining the quality of the opposing force's information and denial of information-collection opportunities to opposing forces. Information warfare is closely linked to psychological warfare.

The United States military focus tends to favor technology, and hence tends to extend into the realms of electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, information assurance and computer network operations, attack and defense.

Most of the rest of the world use the much broader term of "Information Operations" which, although making use of technology, focuses on the more human-related aspects of information use, including (among many others) social network analysis, decision analysis and the human aspects of command and control. 

Information warfare can take many forms:

• Television, internet and radio transmission(s) can be jammed.
• Television, internet and radio transmission(s) can be hijacked for a disinformation campaign.
• Logistics networks can be disabled.
• Enemy communications networks can be disabled or spoofed, especially online social community in modern days.
• Stock exchange transactions can be sabotaged, either with electronic intervention, by leaking sensitive information or by placing disinformation.
• The use of drones and other surveillance robots or webcams.
• Communication management 

*For the above, see online source below...

Now, what do you think? How do you feel? Do you feel like you (we) are under attack or involved in an info war? Many people do... so you are not alone. But, the problem is finding out who is on the attack and who is on the defense. I have been saying for several months in various ways that this is happening here and now. 

How, well if we are talking about psychological warfare (and we are) then we can point to such tactics as wide spread mass hypnosis in direct correlation with the capitalization of herd mentality through the art of manipulation such as controlled media propaganda; and, all the listed above have been employed in one way or another since March of this year. 

Who will win? That's anybody's guess right now but one thing is for sure in the social imagination... historically, the winner takes all and has the right to record how it all came to be their victory! 

The sad and scary aspect of this kind of warfare is how ordinary people, politicians and experts, can be so easily lured into this kind of battlespace. People from all walks of life recruited innocently and even unconsciously by the art of manipulation. They end up becoming tools or weapons themselves in such battlespace. 

If you don't accept this as a reality, just read my previous blogs on the Social Imagination ... especially, on those posts on the social reality which is only in the Social Imagination. 

*ONLINE SOURCE ~  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_warfare

* OTHER  CONFIRMING READING ~ https://globalsecurityreview.com/cold-war-2-0-russian-information-warfare/