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indoctrinate
ɪnˈdɒktrɪneɪt/Submit
verb
past tense: indoctrinated; past participle: indoctrinated
1.
teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
"broadcasting was a vehicle for indoctrinating the masses"
synonyms: brainwash, propagandize, proselytize, inculcate, re-educate, persuade, convince, condition, discipline, mould; More
archaic
teach or instruct (someone).
"he indoctrinated them in systematic theology"
CHAPTER I
ORGANIZING CHAOS
THE conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society.
Our invisible governors are, in many cases, unaware of the identity of their fellow members in the inner cabinet.
FyreByrd
Blind faith, "Just believe what I tell you" is a simple example of propoganda.
Mon1k3r
FyreByrd
Blind faith, "Just believe what I tell you" is a simple example of propoganda.
People are trained to simply soak in broadcasts like a sponge, and to believe that there are no reasons or means by which they could have knowledge of important, life-impacting events, laws, and policies. The have to work a 9 hour workday, commute another hour and a half to two hours or more, and then they've got 4 hours left of the day if they want to get 8 hours sleep.
This is why our kids are jerks, and this is why the country is in this untenable situation. The general concept of civic duty and function as a citizen has been so convoluted and bureaucratized, than only lawyers can now fulfil civic functions.
When the Holy Roman Catholic Church wanted to maintain power, they severely limited the masses' access to education, particularly reading, so that bull# flags wouldn't be raised against their leaders when people figured out what the bible really says. People know how to read today, but for the most part don't do it, unless it is more gratuitous 'entertainment' reading, or tabloid periodicals. When it comes to learning about things that really affect our lives, like what lawmakers do on the hill, either for us or against us, there is an intellectual roadblock placed in the way.
Ironically, civilians don't take oaths to defend the constitution, and they are, and those who do take oaths to defend the constitution are destroying it. This is a good sign.
A Case Study: Paducah, Kentucky
Michael Carneal, the 14-year-old killer in the Paducah, Kentucky school shootings, had never fired a real pistol in his life. He stole a .22 pistol, fired a few practice shots, and took it to school. He fired eight shots at a high school prayer group, hitting eight kids, five of them head shots and the other three upper torso (Grossman & DeGaetana, 1999).
I train numerous elite military and law enforcement organizations around the world. When I tell them of this achievement they are stunned. Nowhere in the annals of military or law enforcement history can we find an equivalent "achievement."
Where does a 14-year-old boy who never fired a gun before get the skill and the will to kill? Video games and media violence.
I want to talk about a much broader, yet narrower, scope though. I want to cover areas of endeavor as opposed to simple opinion. The military, police, journalism, education, etc. (career fields) are deserving of a critical review in this thread. "Why" is the question. Why is the military a huge clique? Why is the thin blue line so protective of itself? Why has the 'art' of journalism become so opinion driven? Why have conservative values been driven out of the institutions of higher learning?
Mon1k3r
I think journalism has become so opinion based because you can't pin opinions on anyone except the person, and then that opinion can't be held against them because they 'have the right' to their opinion. However, in the cult of personality, one's opinion can easily become another's opinion, should they choose to adopt it. Indoctrination happens more easily through opinions, because if they're presented in such a way, to the right people, by the right people, then they are more apt to be trusted, and thus followed.
I think the real problem with opinion oriented journalism is that it inevitably finds new and creative ways to further divide people into smaller subsets, based on opinions which represent limitless possibilities, and not facts, which, by process of elimination bring one closer to the truth.