Every Point of View is Parochial

Nobody is “well informed“. If you believe to be well-informed and you are no longer a child, then it is now time for you to give up on that myth.

Many people seem to think they are well-informed on account of paying attention to mainstream media (see also “Mainstream Milieus“). Of course the spinners of the mainstream myth go up to people wearing fancy clothes and point their cameras at them and stick their microphones in their faces in order to appear as if they are providing their consumers with infomation — this is undoubtedly a hoax. Quite often when someone is standing on a stage or in front of a podium, with all the cameras and microphones pointed at them, they will say obvious bullshit — such as “we are doing everything humanly possible to assure the health, safety and well-being of [whatever social group they are purporting to be concerned about]” .. and this is obviously false. This is false because they do not say things like “we have sacrificed 10 lambs, and I have also personally sacrificed all of my own children [since that is what some hocus-pocus deity required]”. They aren’t doing everything. They aren’t telling everything. They are probably doing many things that they want you to ignore, and which they will not tell you about, and that you therefore remain uninformed about.

I became acutely aware of this phenomenon when about a week ago the information that “The Macrons” have decided to sue (and are now apparently indeed suing) Candace Owens. The details of the accusations being thrown in both directions across the pond need not concern us here, but I will say this much about it: a large part of the issues around the case seem to focus on whether particular pieces of information should be either publicized or kept private.

Personally, I feel I became aware of the case because of my interest in information (and therefore also in censorship-related issues). I regret to admit being “sucked in” to paying attention to what Ms. Owens and also many of her colleagues were saying about her “right” to express her own opinion. The reason why I regret it is because I normally do not pay attention to irrational media (which are based on brand names [1]).

Luckily, I can say now that I feel I have already recovered quite well from some of my worst experiences due to having exposed my brain to such a large amount of irrational media over the past week. 🙂

As alluded to above, I believe humans are very prone to being influenced by “milieu” effects, The most obvious “milieu” effect is certainly the language(s) we choose to use for communications. Yet I think there are probably many more. One which I personally find particularly intriguing is the “western” (and/or “capitalist”) concepts of production and consumption. I feel it is quite obvious that in this system “propaganda” and “well-informed” go hand-in-hand. [2]