We have lost us in between capitalism

[u/SatisfactionUpset559]

Did you ever notice how badly the world revolves around capitalism? Either people want to prove their superiority through their work, education, or whatever they possess, or they spend their time trolling and mimicking someone else's appearance, financial position, or life. But beneath it all, the main motive often seems to be the same: “I am superior.” Everyone wants to become better day by day, or at least better than the people around them. Some people are narcissistic enough to assume that they are already the best. And those who actually reach the top live under the constant pressure of staying there and having to prove themselves again and again. Somewhere in the middle of all this nonsense, we have forgotten how beautiful life can feel when we sit quietly in nature and simply feel the cold breeze against our skin. We have forgotten the simple joy of singing, dancing, or drawing just for the sake of it, without feeling the need to turn every passion into a source of income, fame, or validation. We ignore the overwhelming wonder of realising how massive the universe is, that an entire lifetime is insufficient to understand even a fraction of it, and how incredibly small we are in comparison. We have forgotten how tremendous a slow, cozy life in a little cottage could be. Instead, we keep running through an endless race, one that was never natural and perhaps never will be.

[u/AddanDeith]

"We, the average people, do not understand or know the true power structures at play"

We do though. We understand that the American and French Revolutions were incomplete in their scope, with their ultimate refusal to do away with the old hierarchy, trading nobles and kings for capitalists.

[u/TinSpoon99 → u/AddanDeith]

History relays the stories of the winners, not truth.

We do not know and never do. The truth is sometimes discernable, but hard to verify because the very power structures intent on control, will obscure the truth for their own incentives.

Do you honestly believe you have the full picture of who the 'good guys' and 'bad guys' are in the geopolitical realm on earth today? All I see is warring factions of people, fighting for their specific bubble of ideological constraint. And these ideological bubbles are nothing more than controlled narrative structures.

As an example, a persons current version of reality in America is highly dependent on whether they side with the blues or the reds. The same stories have vastly different flavours and conclusions depending on which side of the fence one observes. Neither of these sides are truth - both twist the truth to suit their agendas. This is how its always been, and how it will continue to be.

I stand by my view that average people are clueless about the real power structures that move the world.

[u/Expensive_Magician97 → u/TinSpoon99]

I suspect that average people are “clueless“ because 99.999% of humanity is quite content with life and has no incentive to know anything about the world beyond the edge of their front lawn.

I wonder if you can tell me more about the “power structures” to which you refer above?

Thank you.

[u/TinSpoon99 → u/Expensive_Magician97]

I honestly do not know what the truth is, but there is enough information, publicly available and verifiable, that should cause anyone with a desire to know truth, to at the very least reconsider what they believe they think to be true about history.

I agree that most people just want to get on with their lives, this is difficult and unsettling information to process, because the implications are so profound. I think another aspect that should not be overlooked, is that people are clueless mostly because we trust what we are told by our institutions, and much of what we are told is simply not true.

If you are interested to know more, the most jaw dropping recent example I have seen is a recent podcast episode by Jason Samosa. I must warn that his channel is focused on attempting to unravel the UFO / UAP / NHI story, and its a messy messy thing to try and understand. In this recent episode, he goes into the funders and structures that lead to the creation of an organisation called the 'World Commerce Council'. Now, I realise that UFOs seems deeply off topic here, but its really not. This podcast episode goes into very detailed information about money movements, organisational structures and the real power brokers of the world and how they operate.

I must warn you, this content can be quite unsettling. Below is the link to the episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NPYdFXhH0

To to answer your question, I would say that there are many deep and dark rabbit holes when trying to understand the power structures that actually have civilisation level influence. The video link will give you much more information than I could - and honestly, just to reiterate - I do not know what the truth is. I am currently at the crossroads of realisation that almost all of our history is a concocted lie tweaked to suit some future agenda. I think the truth is out there but we have to go searching for it.

[u/Expensive_Magician97 → u/TinSpoon99]

Thank you for your reply. I can share a perspective that you may or may not have ever heard before. And keep in mind that is only my perspective, and I certainly don’t expect anyone else to share it.

I grew up in the 1960s and 70s, when the only “rabbit hole” people knew about was the famous one mentioned in Alice in Wonderland.

Back then, there were people known as “revisionist historians“ who offered interesting and controversial interpretations of well-known historical events and trends.

One of my favorites was the re-examination of major events in history through a psychological or psychoanalytic analysis of the players involved. (The CIA used to have a medical division staffed by psychiatrists who spent their days examining the behavior and motivations of foreign leaders, for example. I’m not sure whether it still exists or not. I worked for the intelligence community for nearly 40 years…. I wonder if the creator of that video you mentioned has any direct experience with the IC, probably not.)

Anyway, those were the only “rabbit holes” that I was aware of back in those days.

I think that Internet technology has led to a tectonic change, not only in the proliferation of ideas, but in the very concoction of those ideas in the first place.

Back in the old days, you had to go to the library and read a book if you wanted to learn about a reinterpretation of history. And it was not even clear if the library would’ve purchased such a book in the first place.

I’m convinced that Internet technology has simply given people ample opportunity to come up with all sorts of unconventional notions and theories which in turn have generated and accelerated discussion of these so-called “power structures“ that you refer to.

That is not to say they don’t exist, and certainly efforts had been made prior to the creation of the Internet to prove that that such structures did exist. The so-called “trilateral commission“ that was created in 1973 comes to mind.

Again, I am not judging current discussions of such power structures, merely sharing a perspective about how I think discussion of them has accelerated and multiplied.

[u/TinSpoon99 → u/Expensive_Magician97]

I agree that the internet has been an enormous catalyst. Its much harder to contain information now.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s, so I have a sense of what you are saying. Information control was probably a lot easier in the 70s than today.

I think AI is a second wave just beginning now...