--- 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.