Thread: Paradigm Conspiracy: How and Why we are controlled

Take a look at this article. I think it is brilliant. This is inspiring and the writers ideas make perfect sense to me. Reminds me of Terrence McKenna.

http://twm.co.nz/paradcon.htm

-Culture isn't our friend. We all have a "role" to play. This is what keeps us from being true to ourself.
-Change the world by changing your perception of the world

I remember Terrence McKenna saying the only people that create their reality are Psychos and Shamans lol.

There's a lot of stuff to grasp from that paper, I'll have to reread it. I think this same guy wrote a book on this.

Mods feel free to move this to BD or Philosophy if it's not appropriate for this section.

aww come on. No one??

I know it's a long read but it's worth it.

The problem I have with the premise is the whole 'conspiracy' thing. Any study of complex systems would suggest that even though it is what it is, this system of top down control can easily evolve on its own with no coordinated conspiratorial intervention.

Didn't take the time to read. Lul. But this is exactly what I mean when I say (and I say it a lot) that culture is insanity. There is no right way to behave. Stop taking things for granted. Look at how an animal behaves and try to understand its point of view. I mean. Look at what you are and the opinions you have. How much of it was pushed into you by society?

This was one of the major bad points when I chose to study and learn. The only thing that eased this a bit is that other smart people might share this point of view with me.

tldr; But I don't understand how anyone can think culture is bad. The diversity of culture is largely responsible for life being so interesting and fun. I'd rather die right now than live in a tedious plastic world.

Also, the refusal of culture would be a culture itself, therefore an oxymoron.

No scatter, not an oxymoron. Culture is the gathering of social conventions and beliefs. In fact, your like for culture only shows how affected by it you are. You were taught to like it - to like knowledge, music, videogames, etc etc. Nothing controls more than culture - after all a man's culture is the basis of what he is.

I again ask... how much of what you believe and behave was actually pushed into you by society? Why are you in the position you are now, wearing the clothes you are now, doing the things you are now, thinking the way you are now? The answer to all of those is culture.

Saying the refusal of culture is culture itself is just like saying atheism is a religion.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

The problem I have with the premise is the whole 'conspiracy' thing. Any study of complex systems would suggest that even though it is what it is, this system of top down control can easily evolve on its own with no coordinated conspiratorial intervention.

I don't think the word conspiracy is used in that paper the way you think it is.

The word ‘conspiracy’ comes from ‘conspirare,’ which means ‘to breathe together.’ A new cultural paradigm begins with each person stepping out of the old and daring to breathe something new.

Believe it or not, I think there is already a paradigm shift happening. Technology like t.v. and Internet has brought different races of people together. And I think in that paper I posted they said that jobs are going from the typical boss-workers type environment to group team-work environment. Then there is "supposedly" a one world government thing.

But I find it interesting that their saying, if you break the culture role, the paradigm starts to shift or something like that.

We conform to social systems by adopting the roles that go with them, narrowing ourselves to fit the cultural agenda. We become the competitive, insecure, obedient, brain dead, soul-disconnected creature that our social systems require.

Liberation is the liberation to be who we are in the big picture, not to be narrowed by models that aren't worthy of us.

Obligingly, school systems produce people with precisely the low self-esteem that's needed for worker "flexibility."

I believe that there is a "conspiracy" (even though I know that so many of you hate that word) in that; the Powers That Be exploit our human instincts, to reach any number of ends. People are so turned off by hokey words like mind control; population control; brainwashing; etc., that they write the whole, ridiculously feasible concept off as just another tin foil hat "conspiracy theory."

But this is what goes on in pretty much all authoritative societies. Mind-games are played. Subordinates are kept subordinate (unless otherwise deemed worthy of promotion), and the powerful do what they can to keep their status, which - to them - is about more than just themselves. It is about keeping (perceived) "order".

From teachers, to parents, to cops, to politicians - there is always some level of "control" - a sense of "greater good"...a "goal" - that those in power are trying to establish or maintain. They are usually not completely forthcoming with their followers. They strive to remain one (or one hundred) steps ahead. They dictate; they orchestrate; they choreograph. This isn't to say that they're all "bad", by any means, but that is how being in a position of power works.

I haven't read this particular article, but I've read a lot of others on the topic. In my opinion, it's quite obvious that we are controlled on so many levels that the general public is either oblivious to, or willfully ignorant of. And I do believe that there might be a paradigm shift coming, or already beginning. I doubt it will be anything "global", but more significant.

I agree with Kromoh about the culture thing (if he is speaking to the 2nd point that Xaq mentioned). It's not that I openly "reject culture." It is that I'm so inclusive of all cultures, that I don't really have one, myself. A culture is not just a paradigm. It's a paradigm shared by a particular - relative - social group. So I don't think that not having a culture can be labeled as a culture, itself.