Watch your searches carefully.

[Raynine]

I did a Google search on how the US government is a parasite on average workers and all I got was Donald Trump is threatening federal employees. This is why we cannot trust information sources today. A downsloping bell curve in america is being taken advantage of by the planners of "sustainabilty". Does the government take advantage of people who can barely read the lines let alone between them? The government knows what it has to work with and the inability to recognize centrally planned propaganda is a real danger in our society these days. I hope Trump and Musk are able to deal with this issue quickly because with AI coming online propaganda is going to explode. America's media has become Orwellian and that must be understood by everyone.

 

[BULLDOG]

I did a Google search on how the US government is a parasite on average workers and all I got was Donald Trump is threatening federal employees. This is why we cannot trust information sources today. I have a higher IQ than most people so I can figure out what is going on, but what about people who can barely read the lines let alone between them? The government knows what it has to work with and the inability to recognize centrally planned propaganda is a real danger in our society these days. I hope Trump and Musk are able to deal with this issue quickly because with AI coming online propaganda is going to explode. America's media has become Orwellian and that must be understood by everyone.

Smart people don't brag about their IQ. The only ones who do that are conspiracy theory nuts who exaggerate and are too stupid to understand how stupid they are.

 

[Raynine]

Smart people don't brag about their IQ. The only ones who do that are conspiracy theory nuts who exaggerate and are too stupid to understand how stupid they are.

Smart people do not attack the messenger. They provide evidence to dismantle arguments they do not agree with. "I hate Trump" is not a very convincing argument.

 

[BULLDOG]

Smart people do not attack the messenger. They provide evidence to dismantle arguments they do not agree with. "I hate Trump" is not a very convincing argument.

"I'm smart, so this conspiracy theory is true" sucks pretty hard at being convincing. Of course, MAGA/cult members will believe anything you say.

 

[Raynine]

"I'm smart, so this conspiracy theory is true" sucks pretty hard at being convincing. Of course, MAGA/cult members will believe anything you say.

Your argument?

 

[BULLDOG]

Your argument?

You're nuts. I win.

 

[Raynine]

You're nuts. I win.

That was the argument used in the last presidential election. Did you see how that worked out?

 

[Raynine]

That was the argument used in the last presidential election. Did you see how that worked out?

 

[Raynine]

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You said:​

what happens to a society when the media becomes Orwellian?

ChatGPT said:​

When a society's media becomes Orwellian, it means the press and communication systems are being manipulated to control information, distort reality, and suppress dissent—similar to what George Orwell described in 1984. Here’s what typically happens:

1. Truth Becomes Malleable – Facts are rewritten or obscured to fit the ruling ideology. People are bombarded with contradictory messages, making them doubt their own understanding of reality (doublethink).
2. Mass Surveillance & Fear – The media works alongside authority to monitor, report, and regulate thought and behavior. Fear keeps people in line, discouraging critical thinking or opposition.
3. Language is Weaponized – Concepts like newspeak emerge, limiting how people can express themselves. Words are stripped of meaning or repurposed to shape thought (e.g., "war is peace," "freedom is slavery").
4. Dissent is Criminalized – Those who question the official narrative are shamed, censored, or punished. History is rewritten to erase inconvenient truths (memory holing).
5. Endless Propaganda – Constant messaging reinforces the “correct” worldview. People are conditioned to accept state-approved narratives without questioning them.
6. Loss of Individuality – Over time, people self-censor, conforming out of fear or exhaustion. Independent thought becomes rare, and personal identity dissolves into collective obedience.
7. Perpetual Crisis & Scapegoating – Society is kept in a constant state of emergency, with external or internal enemies (real or fabricated) to justify control and repression.

In such a society, freedom becomes an illusion, and people live in a controlled, manipulated reality where genuine knowledge and critical thought are nearly impossible.

 

[Votto]

Smart people don't brag about their IQ. The only ones who do that are conspiracy theory nuts who exaggerate and are too stupid to understand how stupid they are.

IQ2 would disagree.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

I did a Google search on how the US government is a parasite on average workers and all I got was Donald Trump is threatening federal employees. This is why we cannot trust information sources today.

If only trumpanzees were using Google, instead they use disreputable "sources" like Twitter and Newsmax and Fox. Bear in mind there are many many other search engines, far more than people think.

A downsloping bell curve in america is being taken advantage of by the planners of "sustainabilty". Does the government take advantage of people who can barely read the lines let alone between them? The government knows what it has to work with and the inability to recognize centrally planned propaganda is a real danger in our society these days.

Well the Trump government thrives on mostly unfounded propaganda, they don't care about society at all.

I hope Trump and Musk are able to deal with this issue quickly because with AI coming online propaganda is going to explode.

Trump and Musk are the very people seeking to exploit AI for that purpose.

America's media has become Orwellian and that must be understood by everyone.

Yes it has and has for quite some time. I'm a book person, much of what I know came from books, sadly many younger people have no idea how to educate themselves, they simply rely on soundbites and sensational claims on Twitter etc, that's the sum total of their "efforts".

 

[yidnar]

"I'm smart, so this conspiracy theory is true" sucks pretty hard at being convincing. Of course, MAGA/cult members will believe anything you say.

smart ? you're one of dumbest homos on this message board ..