[thirdwhrldPzz]

Maybe I’m weird but I never had faith in them.

I don’t know when I learned it, but I’ve looked it up a few times to be sure I’m not day dreaming; after the WW2, declassified propaganda research became the basis for ad and marketing programs in university.

It’s always been about establishing a mood and inserting a meme to go with it. Maybe that’s “gotten worse” as we whittle stats looking for growth. I think people are just aware of what’s always been true.

Somewhere along the way it became blind allegiance to a certain kind of agency, like a religion. We’re all busy FOMOing, being ourselves, like the Sprite commercials told us, we miss that we’re just shuffling along the same old routine as dad and grandpa, feeling too unique to be required to grow a potato or sew a pillow.

[jdmoreira]

You might have learned it from here or similar to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self

[thirdwhrldPzz]

I want to say it was during college years which for me was mid 90s. My focus latched onto anything I could apply elastic structures to; advertising/marketing and it’s effects on economics.

Circling high minded wisdom isn’t new. Tribal chieftains, god kings, preachers, now the nerds promising human longevity and prosperity for all-time to come… if we all just follow this model, it’s ours for the taking! Not so new.

I’m still waiting to be impressed.

Onward with the next generation rug pull. They got pensions in the 80-90s. It was reported Trump and co were looking into leveraging 401ks for gambling, but they used covid to hand over stacks of cash without question to leverage the average workers debtors prison they find themselves in.

It’s the circle of life, Simba.