Fantastic. For me, failure to recognise the existence of the unconscious is the number one contributor (of a long list, including the state of the education system and other topics you have touched on) to the dire state we find ourselves in. I love that you can take on such heavy and serious matters and still inject some wit into the writing!
I'm noticing the word propaganda quite a lot recently—much more than I recall since my early childhood days.
I remember hearing 'that word' plenty concerning whatever the US media aired about North Vietnam...or perhaps something the Soviet Union...or even East Germany may have revealed. I can still hear my father saying something like, "everything they say is propaganda." Then a milk commercial would come on the TV, and we all laughed at how cool and healthy it seemed to wear one of those white mustaches...as the Marlboro man appeared next and gallantly rode his horse through the wild America we all thought existed. And I just watched as my mother and father reached for their next cigarette.
As always, Mary, I appreciate your courage in exposing complex topics...things far too many people want to bury inside their subconscious minds. And thanks for bringing the world, "pro-panga-danga"...
Thank for you sharing these insights on subliminal messaging and propaganda. When I was in 9th grade, one of my teachers led us through an exercise of looking through magazine ads to see how sexual innuendo was subtly used to sell products. It was a valuable lesson, and I am glad to have learned it at that age. Many current substack writers are pointing out the world-wide propaganda campaigns to which we have been subjected over the past 3 years. Mark Crispin Miller, Naomi Wolf, C.J. Hopkins, Celia Farber, and el gato malo are among them. I appreciate your contribution to this topic, Mary.
This was a very clever presentation of the subject of propaganda, with a number of twists and turns along the way only to reach the "end" of your post to find out I have to wait until next week to see how it really ends! I did, however, enjoy the family story of "pro-panga-danga". You and Peter taught your kids an invaluable lesson.
That quote from Bernays's book about "the managerial aristocracy" and how it determines for us how "we live, and move, and have our being" in the world really spoke to what we've been experiencing these last 3 years. It's makes it very hard to be authentic anymore and not be judged for it. If "they" had their way, they'd turn us all into automatons. Oh wait a minute, isn't that what trans-humanism is all about?
PS- I got your message, and I understand. No worries. Thank you.
Cliffhangers from you and Eisenstein in the same 24 hours.. I dunno if I can take the suspense!
Also.. are you familiar with the spiritual associations said to align with certain ailments? You Can Heal Your Life is a book about this and you can do internet searches for spiritual meanings of health issues large and small. Do I buy it all? No. Is it sometimes eerily insightful? Yes. Check it out and see what you think!
Fantastic. For me, failure to recognise the existence of the unconscious is the number one contributor (of a long list, including the state of the education system and other topics you have touched on) to the dire state we find ourselves in. I love that you can take on such heavy and serious matters and still inject some wit into the writing!
I'm noticing the word propaganda quite a lot recently—much more than I recall since my early childhood days.
I remember hearing 'that word' plenty concerning whatever the US media aired about North Vietnam...or perhaps something the Soviet Union...or even East Germany may have revealed. I can still hear my father saying something like, "everything they say is propaganda." Then a milk commercial would come on the TV, and we all laughed at how cool and healthy it seemed to wear one of those white mustaches...as the Marlboro man appeared next and gallantly rode his horse through the wild America we all thought existed. And I just watched as my mother and father reached for their next cigarette.
As always, Mary, I appreciate your courage in exposing complex topics...things far too many people want to bury inside their subconscious minds. And thanks for bringing the world, "pro-panga-danga"...
Thank for you sharing these insights on subliminal messaging and propaganda. When I was in 9th grade, one of my teachers led us through an exercise of looking through magazine ads to see how sexual innuendo was subtly used to sell products. It was a valuable lesson, and I am glad to have learned it at that age. Many current substack writers are pointing out the world-wide propaganda campaigns to which we have been subjected over the past 3 years. Mark Crispin Miller, Naomi Wolf, C.J. Hopkins, Celia Farber, and el gato malo are among them. I appreciate your contribution to this topic, Mary.
This was a very clever presentation of the subject of propaganda, with a number of twists and turns along the way only to reach the "end" of your post to find out I have to wait until next week to see how it really ends! I did, however, enjoy the family story of "pro-panga-danga". You and Peter taught your kids an invaluable lesson.
That quote from Bernays's book about "the managerial aristocracy" and how it determines for us how "we live, and move, and have our being" in the world really spoke to what we've been experiencing these last 3 years. It's makes it very hard to be authentic anymore and not be judged for it. If "they" had their way, they'd turn us all into automatons. Oh wait a minute, isn't that what trans-humanism is all about?
PS- I got your message, and I understand. No worries. Thank you.
Cliffhangers from you and Eisenstein in the same 24 hours.. I dunno if I can take the suspense!
Also.. are you familiar with the spiritual associations said to align with certain ailments? You Can Heal Your Life is a book about this and you can do internet searches for spiritual meanings of health issues large and small. Do I buy it all? No. Is it sometimes eerily insightful? Yes. Check it out and see what you think!