--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hugo wrote:
> > Manchurian candidate styule brain-washing yes,
> > but general group conformity can make a True Believer
> > out of most. People like to fit in and they sooner they
> > pick up the lingo the better. I heard many people say
> > they cringed at using terms like Nature Support when
> > they first moved into academies but they soon got the 
> > hang of it. The more isloated you are from old friends
> > and "normal" society the quicker it will happen.
> >
> > If I was classifying NRMs I would put the TMO down as
> > cult-lite: crazy but happy, though rather expensive.
> One has to stand back and take a look at society and how much 
> "predictive programming" goes on.  There is definitely quite a bit 
more 
> these days than there was 30 years ago.  Even 20 years ago people 
might 
> cry "foul" at some TV ads that were a little pushy or attempted 
such 
> programming.  Nowadays it is like a scene out of some science 
fiction 
> movie.  They present to folks in both the ads and in the shows how 
you 
> are supposed to act and buy.  This washes over the 20% of us who 
> actually think and maybe even giggle at some of their attempts.  
The 
> most effective way to counteract them is to mock them through 
satire.
> 
> The problem comes when I talk to someone who has totally 
bought "the 
> lie" and don't know where or even if you want to attempt to 
deprogram 
> them.  They might even become agitated or violent as a result.  I 
was 
> sitting the other day at Starbucks chatting with a former Starbucks 
> employee who now works at a gun shop.  Another guy sitting nearby 
jumped 
> into our conversation.  I noted that his comments were rather right 
> leaning and I figured he didn't know that the kid from the gun shop 
is 
> actually fairly liberal.  It was actually kind of funny to tread 
lightly 
> around some subjects.
> 
> Yesterday I mentioned the BBC 1980 "Brave New World" which can be 
found 
> on Google (both US and UK):
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3536993421073315692
> It is startling to see how close we've come to the "Brave New 
World."  
> Think about how many store clerks these days actually behave like 
the 
> "Gammas" in the show.
>

Thanks for the link! I had no idea the there was a
movie of BNW, it's always been one of my favourite books,
I used to try and explain to people why most of it had 
already come true, but they never got it.


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