Thought that I would add to the paranoia
We do not really need prisons; we are being conditioned to behave exactly how they want us to.
Here is a technique rolled out across all the UK, called 'nudge', a part of behaviour modification psychology.
'Nudge' is being used all over the place, Organ Donation encouragement, Jobcentres, tax offices to ensure tax is paid and on time, DVLA car-taxation,
council tax payments, vaccination programmes, and the list goes on and is extensive
I first got interested a few days ago from the BBC2 TV, Newsnight. There was a brief mention of "Nudging" as having been introduced into UK Jobcentres
to increase client (jobseeker) buy-in when looking for and applying for work.
A look around the net revealed quite a lot of information, and potentially, a conspiracy theorist's dream.
Documents on Behavioural Insights own page show some of the areas where they are and have already been nudging us.
www.gov.uk...
www.behaviouralinsights.co.uk...
Nudging was rolled out from a govt. dept. called Behavioural Insights Unit
It's a govt. unit (was part of cabinet office), privatised as a limited company, registered as a charity and now funded by lottery money
Seemingly, it was registered as a Ltd company so that their research findings are not accessible via govt. disclosure requests under the freedom of
information act.
So, the peoples’ own money gained from the lottery is being used to fund the people who are responsible for persuading people to play the lottery in
the first place.
There are pdf docs on the Behavioural Insights site (not at all easy to find - buried behind layers of pages), and some of the campaigns they are
involved with are listed.
The Nudge techniques have been exported and now being used in USA.
Have a deeper look, and you will find that the Behavioural Insights charity is part owned by another ltd company / charity, which is in turn part
owned by yet charity / company.
Go and have a look at the ownerships and partnerships in these two other companies. You will see some interesting bed fellows.
The reference links above are entry points into layers of UK govt. websites and docs. You can build your picture as to how the UK people (and now the
US people) have and are being nudged into desired behaviours.
This is actually happening here and now.
Enjoy