Are we brainwashed?

[Ttrader]

People have goals, go to college, buy a house, forget their goals.

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[Cryptolupus]

Well, people have goals, but the real question is: are they REALLY their goals?

[A L I E N]

Subconsciously whether you'd like to admit it or not, we are all in some way, some form all brainwashed.

It all comes down as to how strong minded you really are.

Yes we are all brainwashed, but what is good now more and more people understand it. Less fellows watch TV and almost no one believes in promisses of polititians.

[Xising]

I look around and see people no longer have goals.
We are perfect consumers. And I can't help thinking that over time, we have been "gently" pushed in this direction.
No more goals, no ideas, ideology, morals or principles. Just having the latest iWhatever, fast car and sleep with plenty of women. Like a new special breed of zombies.
In the past people fought and gave their life for freedom. And now I think we are less free then before. It's just that we are persuaded otherwise. Like in ancient Rome - bread and circus.

I think we are being brainwashed every day through social media, news, advertising and whatever we watch on TV. They want us to believe that in what they want us to believe. However, each one of us is capable of critical thinking and we always have a choice on what we choose to see and believe. We can only be brainwashed if we allow them to do it. I’d rather read books or watch something that could expand my knowledge in general and not a single second spent on Hollywood news.

[tomwalsh]

It is an interesting concept that society is brainwashing.

We are an innately social species, allowing us to share ideas and concepts, building on the past success and failure of others to develop or technology and progress our society.
As a result all our ideas are based on the past ideas of generation before us.
In a way you could say we are brainwashed because we all learn and are thought using the same societal norms, allowing us to interact with others in society on common ground.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, if you didn't have common ground thoughts in order to communicate with others no one would care what you had to say.

The key to expanding your mind is building upon and questioning these 'brainwashed norms' not rejecting them

[anthonytippetts]

I look around and see people no longer have goals.
We are perfect consumers. And I can't help thinking that over time, we have been "gently" pushed in this direction.
No more goals, no ideas, ideology, morals or principles. Just having the latest iWhatever, fast car and sleep with plenty of women. Like a new special breed of zombies.
In the past people fought and gave their life for freedom. And now I think we are less free then before. It's just that we are persuaded otherwise. Like in ancient Rome - bread and circus.

I agree with you. Sometimes I think about it.. Why do we need all those fancy clothes? The most expensive cars? Who are we so hardly trying to impress? Seems like our life passes and we don't even know why do we buy all expensive and useless stuff.

[innocent93]

I look around and see people no longer have goals.
We are perfect consumers. And I can't help thinking that over time, we have been "gently" pushed in this direction.
No more goals, no ideas, ideology, morals or principles. Just having the latest iWhatever, fast car and sleep with plenty of women. Like a new special breed of zombies.
In the past people fought and gave their life for freedom. And now I think we are less free then before. It's just that we are persuaded otherwise. Like in ancient Rome - bread and circus.

Well...that is true, there is no romance in this world, at this time not a lot of people are able to be happy for the small things, we only consume.

[kylekyle2000]

With the current situation we are in, I have to admit that our society, together with the media (songs, tv, social media) is influencing us and making us think in such a certain way as if going against that would be taboo.

[Minnie1928]

Brainwashing is a common thing in our society. Usually, the main brainwasher is the media that is presenting to us the false things that we usually believe in. Our world was built on the brainwashing technique. Just look at the consequences of the world wars. Entire nations were brainwashed by their leaders and that led to the catastrophic losses. Today there are different techniques but again these methods have been proven useful for the individuals that want be above other people.

[BountyX]

We are more brainwashed than we would ever suspect. The movie industry is very effective in this sense.

[yoseph]

We are more brainwashed than we would ever suspect. The movie industry is very effective in this sense.

People were brainwashed to think that being gay was a natural phenomenon in life, look at the movie industry they promote it so much that we have accepted it.

[shiki3226]

I think we are not. No one has the right to control us or cause us to act in a certain way that is against our will. However, we can be influenced and that is the thing that we have to be careful of.

[Naoko]

they make of us those who are comfortable handling.. then I try not to listen to news, less to watch ads and think more about my own desires than about imposed ones

[Darklinkz]

Somehow, yes. People aim on things that they see on tv, movies and especially on social media. It really annoys when youth follow stupid trends that those popular media personalities started. It's not important what's right anymore but only what's in.

[Holy Dank]

Everything we see and hear is conditioning us to act a certain way, and it takes a very mindful person to be able to be able to filter out all the garbage that is being pushed on us.
Short answer is yes, companies and authority figures, all kinds of people are always trying to figure out ways to get in your head.

[Gabbass]

i believe that yes. since our childhood, unfortunatelly our opinion, our preferences, our goals are already programmed. and only strong, very strong people can resist that system.

[GenaBoom]

yes, we are. a big impact of brainwashesness give our parents. their attitude to the world is completely reflecting on us. only with growing up, some of us understand the system plan and try to avoid it. but the majority, unfortunatelly are born with washed brains and will die with brainswashed

[Akolade66]

most of us , yes but there are still people who go out of the system and do extraordinary things..

[Olrac]

Brainwashed I guess is not best term to use. For me, people are just more focused on material things and they tend to forget their goals. Or it could also be they're just enjoying the moment and set aside their goals in life for a while.

[Danzu]

yes of course, but we can easyly clear our mind, our thoughts. it starts as soon as we understand, that we are brainwashed))