It is a whole topic unto itself if we consider to role of social engineering towards managing behaviour of large numbers and consider that these tactics were used in total in getting people to act with such fervour against their own natural interests- that of allowing an untested vaccine to be tested upon world populations. The fear and panic was designed to play into primitive survival instincts, by-passing cognitive function entirely. And it was accomplished solely on the internet/media, no real-life events required.
Worse, what I saw, was all of a sudden, many felt a sense of importance come over them, by feeling directly involved on a grass-root level, there was something they could do, talk about, write about, getting the vaccine became a ceremony itself. Inertia and boredom and sameness ended and so many pallid even boring lives sparkled with purpose. The us/them, vaccinated, not-vaccinated created a dichotomy grotesquely satisfying to repressions laboured by a social contract and made a "respectable" excuse to divide camps into the washed/unwashed; giving narcissism a public stamp of approval.
Many were already weary of what passed for their social lives, the lock-downs were a perfect excuse to relieve them of what had become something done because of artificial expectations put upon them, Not-partaking was for many a relief with a bonafide stamp of official approval. Even after the lock-downs ended, few erected their social obligations to pre-covid days, feeling justified in maintaining distance. And now it is a self-esteem issue, many will never admit they were duped into medical interventions designed solely to enrich shareholders and big corporations.
It also sent clear message to governing bodies, who was compliant, who wasn't, allowing social engineers to plan better whatever next thing might be on the agenda. But like Pavlov's dogs, one can only hope they remember that too much artificial engineering of response will get the inevitable response of bite-back, instinct can only be messed with so much, until the entity rebels. But in all of it, trust in blanket acceptance has eroded and individual responsibility is perceived as a thing. And governments have the eyes of their people upon them to a degree not seen before, to be accountable to the people.
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branchandroot
Social engineering
Date: 2025-01-22 04:50 pm (UTC)Worse, what I saw, was all of a sudden, many felt a sense of importance come over them, by feeling directly involved on a grass-root level, there was something they could do, talk about, write about, getting the vaccine became a ceremony itself. Inertia and boredom and sameness ended and so many pallid even boring lives sparkled with purpose. The us/them, vaccinated, not-vaccinated created a dichotomy grotesquely satisfying to repressions laboured by a social contract and made a "respectable" excuse to divide camps into the washed/unwashed; giving narcissism a public stamp of approval.
Many were already weary of what passed for their social lives, the lock-downs were a perfect excuse to relieve them of what had become something done because of artificial expectations put upon them, Not-partaking was for many a relief with a bonafide stamp of official approval. Even after the lock-downs ended, few erected their social obligations to pre-covid days, feeling justified in maintaining distance. And now it is a self-esteem issue, many will never admit they were duped into medical interventions designed solely to enrich shareholders and big corporations.
It also sent clear message to governing bodies, who was compliant, who wasn't, allowing social engineers to plan better whatever next thing might be on the agenda. But like Pavlov's dogs, one can only hope they remember that too much artificial engineering of response will get the inevitable response of bite-back, instinct can only be messed with so much, until the entity rebels.
But in all of it, trust in blanket acceptance has eroded and individual responsibility is perceived as a thing. And governments have the eyes of their people upon them to a degree not seen before, to be accountable to the people.