On the day of 9/11 and thereafter, as the war drums started to beat, the mainstream media wasted no time and brought in spin doctors to misdirect the shocked viewers’ anger toward Muslim terrorists. The alleged perpetrators were identified without any investigation.
Some American legislators were reluctant to support the war without scrutinising it first. To bypass scrutiny, anthrax attacks were launched. War hawks were determined to get their wars by hook or by crook; manipulating and compromising legislators was deemed necessary. Fear was used to silence critics. The Antichrist’s minions eventually succeeded in taking the American war machine to the Middle East to plunder and kill millions.
The real scoop was how the pliable and receptive Western public responded to 9/11 and was deceived into giving consent for future wars. This was not achieved in a single day, but a whole century of research and experimentation has gone into moulding the minds of the unsuspecting public. As a result, today we are more vulnerable to brainwashing, behaviour modification, and mind control.
Sadly, we have reached the position where we are now willing to self-sabotage due to the psychological manipulation and psychological programming that have been going on for decades. Experiments by social psychologists during the 1960s, such as ‘Asch conformity experiments’ (Asch conformity experiments, 2024), showed that people are prone to overruling what they know to be true and would, under group pressure, conform to the opinion of others.
We often go along with the group (herd mentality) even if we do not agree with what others are saying. As Friedrich Nietzsche says, “Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.” What happened after 9/11 was that the drums of patriotism began to beat louder and louder, and people did not want to be seen as unpatriotic, so they supported the war machine.
To manufacture consent, governments and media often conceal vital information from the public, leading to cognitive dissonance. Survey results are promoted in the media, showing the majority of the population statistically agrees with what the government intended to do all along. The role of the PR strategists is to make sure the policymakers get what they want.
Another powerful trick the media plays on its audience is to keep repeating certain keywords. When America was planning to invade certain Middle Eastern countries, the famous demonising the enemy strategy was utilised with lies like Islamic terrorism and Muslim terrorists, labelling Islam as a potential enemy. As the cliché goes, if you repeat a lie often enough, people will eventually start to believe it.
People have this inbuilt trust that those in positions of authority would not lie. A study on obedience to authority was carried out by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s (Milgram experiment, 2024), which showed that ordinary people would cross certain limits to obey authority. Now in the 21st century, more sophisticated propaganda methods are employed to persuade people to willingly give up their decision-making ability. The public allows the media to manipulate them rather than holding them to account. This is one way to avoid becoming complicit in the crimes that are done in their name.
Decades of indoctrination have made people feeble-minded and lacking fortitude. Maybe the problem lies with their diets. Sadly, as consumers, people choose addictive, poor-quality foods and poor-quality information. Take, for example, caffeine, one of the most popular addictive morning drinks. In April 1995, NASA published an article titled “Using Spider-Web Patterns To Determine Toxicity.” They tested a range of different chemicals, including Marijuana, Benzedrine, Caffeine, and Chloral Hydrate. The side effects of caffeine showed that the spiderweb was severely deformed. (Noever, 1995)
Caffeine slows down blood flow to the frontal lobe of the brain. This is why, during the early part of the 2020s, when the pandemic was declared globally, to create fear and to vaccinate everyone, workplaces were closed down, and people were advised to stay home and consume junk information and junk foods. Unbeknownst to many, numerous sophisticated propaganda and psychological manipulation techniques were applied during the pandemic. The list of techniques at their disposal is very long, and it is not possible to discuss all of them in this work.
The real purpose of mainstream media can be described in a single word as ‘deception.’ The media has always been at the forefront when it comes to indoctrinating people and changing cultures. In the early 1920s, an article appeared in the New York Times that claimed that doctors were recommending people to eat bacon and eggs for breakfast. Similar articles began to appear in nearly all the states of America. To this day, bacon and eggs have become the staple diet in the West. The only problem with the article was that the doctor never suggested such a diet.
Why were bacon and eggs promoted so much in the media? One item is good and the other is bad for health. Since ancient times, the pig has been considered a filthy animal that eats anything and everything from the floor. It is also considered to be a vulgar animal with no shame. Therefore, according to a hadith, pigs will be killed when the son of Mary (i.e., Jesus) descends:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah (SWT)’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the Jizya tax. Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it (as charitable gifts). Sahih al-(Bukhari:2476)
Misleading people through the media and propaganda is also part of oppression. The media will often use subliminal messaging to brainwash and manipulate people to buy things that consumers otherwise do not have any intention or desire to buy. Subliminal messaging is also used in warfare to manipulate the minds of the enemy.
References
Asch conformity experiments. (2024, 10 22). Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments
Milgram experiment. (2024, 10 21). Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
Noever, D. A. (1995, April 01). Using Spider-Web Patterns To Determine Toxicity. Retrieved from NASA: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20100033433
