Destroying the Happiness Machine.

Being controlled, manipulated, told what to buy and what to think: welcome to the modern world! Capitalism at its finest! Welcome to overstimulation, to the satisfying of all humanity’s supposed wants. Is this the culmination of human endeavors? Watching a documentary on Edward Bernays, the creator of public relations, showed how, in that industry, humans are viewed as irrational beings who can be told what to buy and think based on our subconscious desires. We are vehicles to be driven, empty shells until consumerism fills us. Once we have what we need, we are told what to want. This market of wants is what fills the malls, the supermarkets, and every inch of public space from television to the streets. That is if you consider television a public space any more, which with media conglomerates consolidating continuously makes that assumption highly suspect. This market of wants, of satisfying the individual not the group, is what drives our distraction from the important matters of living. It’s all about me! Everyone else be damned. That is what we are being told, what we have been told for decades. This facade is covering up the reality that those in power wish us not to see. The fact that we can be agents of change. That if we put an end to this endless consumerism, this continuous production of crap to fill the void, we might look around us and see the world we live in. See the Earth that needs to be taken care of, see our neighbors who could use a hand, and see the invisible cage we are living in. We need to put an end to our endless intake of their manipulations. Look at what you watch with a critical eye, listen to what you hear with a wary ear, and then act, act in a way that is true to the nature of humanity, a rational being with the light of God in you.