From a
former special advisor to the Foreign and Commonwealth office :
Throughout
the 20th Century there has been ongoing research in many
countries into ways of controlling large populations both overtly,
through force of arms and covertly, through techniques such as
information management and psychological control. The first of these
methods has been used since the earliest beginnings of humanities
transition to societal and communal living, and it has been, and
still is limited in its effectiveness because it relies solely on the
dominant group being able to physically suppress the often
numerically larger subservient group. This, as has been shown in
numerous revolutions to rely on an implicit acceptance by the
subservient group to be dominated. As soon as this acceptance is
removed, the dominant group tends to be overthrown and replaced. It
has been the desire of the dominant to achieve a state within which
the overt controls are no longer required for almost as long, because
control by covert means suffers less from the acceptance problem,
given that it can only be challenged if it has been revealed.
The
earliest, and still most common form of covert control is religion.
There is often debate amongst theologians and students of comparative
religion regarding the similarities between geographically disparate
belief systems, and the explanation often presented is that many
belief systems developed from a single root source and were modified
as groups of early civilisations became more diverse and faced more
varied challenges, but the remnants of the original beliefs was
retained to a greater or lesser extent in stories such as creation
myths, global floods, stories of giants and so on. This is unlikely
to be the case given the number of assumptions that it relies upon,
principle amongst these being the assumption that there is a core of
truth to these beliefs which has lent them strength to retain their
broad shape over multiple thousands of years. In reality the story is
rather different, and relies on no assumptions other than the idea
that in any society there is a need to control a large proportion of
the population, if one regards this as an assumption rather than a
simple statement of fact.
Using
this need for control as a start point it becomes clear that religion
is a potentially powerful tool of control if it is harnessed in the
right way. People are instinctively ware of their own mortality and
are habitually wary of situations of uncertain safety. As a
consequence an idea that offers security, and also offers the hope
that death is not the end has a tremendous appeal. If you analyse the
similarities between World religion you see that they tend to relate
to highly uncertain and highly dangerous situations. Examples are
cataclysms, floods, fires, earthquakes, monsters, demons and so on.
The point of similarity is that these disasters are caused by
behaviours that tend towards individual freedom rather than group
thinking. One of the best examples is that most religions proscribe
sexual freedom, and most commonly homosexuality. Sexual freedom is
common amongst almost all higher mammals, with the caveat that sexual
freedom is repressed whilst raising offspring, but returns once
offspring are grown. Sexual diversity encourages genetic drift and
increases hybrid vigour within a species. Homosexuality plays a role
in this, sexual activity both homo and hetero sexual encouraging
cooperation between individuals, strengthening communities.
The
proscription of sexual practices is key to understanding the way in
which social control works since the principle is to curtail
individual freedom by making certain natural behaviours unacceptable
thereby creating mental disharmony and lack of balance. Once an
individual is challenged in this way they become easier to control,
and the more freedoms you proscribe, the easier the control becomes.
That is the history, and it has been highly effective. The 20th
Century has seen a step change in the use of covert control
techniques. Technology development has increased the ability to
disseminate information on a scale that has not been possible before.
Alongside this, the understanding of the details of the way in which
the brain works has developed. It is interesting to note that many
religions are wary of psychology, and more specifically psychotropic
drugs. The reason for this is again clear. Psychology presents an
opportunity for a shift in those who have power away from religious
leaders and towards governments. It is worth noting that the rise of
technology and understanding has occurred alongside a decline in
religious belief, but that there has been no concomitant shift in
individual freedoms. The bulk of the population is still just as
controlled but in a different way and by a different group.
The
aim is to reach a point that there is a fully two tier global
population, a small global elite serviced by and provided for by a
vast slave population. The 1% is only the start......
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