56. Bred in captivity


We we're all born to slavery, bred in captivity

How do I know this?

Over the past 5 years I've studied marketing, the elite, big brands

In extreme depth

In all honesty, I first did it for my own benefit of profit,

But after learning the truth,

There is now a shift

To better humanity and to help others.

What did I see?

We've grown up in an era influenced by media

News, marketing, billboards, shows, movies

Everything has a hidden agenda,

To influence, persuade, control

Everything from the color and size of a button on amazons website

is designed to make you click

1% more people clicking to purchase

means $100,000,000's of dollars for such a business

Is this bad?

Not inherently,

An exploitation of human design, sure,
and certainly something to be aware of

Did You Know?

Breakfast was not a thing

Until the king of propaganda Edward Bernays made it so,

By slowly influencing the world through media and story

Edward Bernays, known as the "father of public relations,"
created breakfast propaganda in the 1920s
to promote bacon and eggs as a staple American breakfast.
He conducted a campaign that involved misleadingly presenting a heavy breakfast as healthier,
which significantly changed American breakfast habits.

Since the dawn of time, two things have been true

  1. Story is the way to understand and create feeling and emotion inside a human
  2. Humans need connection and want to be a part of something bigger

See how these two things can influence a person?

A story helps YOU see & understand a reality you weren't aware of

Then your natural innate desire to be a part of something kicks in

And when that story is on televisions, radios, newspapers, billboards, shop windows etc

You get FOMO, especially when everyone else is talking about it

So naturally... this is what you do...

Marketing 101:

PEOPLE LIKE US, DO THINGS LIKE THIS

This is scratching the surface,

I cant write for hours or you'll never read it

(A saddening side affect of social media scrolling and dopamine overload)

Let this sink in, nothing can be trusted.

It's likely backed with a hidden agenda.

Profit.

You only need to visit the aquarium to see yourself in the refection

of a brilliant animal reduced to it's shitty environment.

A BOX HAS BEEN BUILT AROUND YOU FOR PROFIT.
and now the average human can take part in it.

I'll see you tomorrow

Jake.

Ps. It's not all doom and gloom, you can combat this by learning, skepticism is your friend.

Believe nothing you haven't deeply studied yourself. Anything you see on a screen is likely there for a reason and should be taken with a grain of salt. ( Yes, including this )

Pps. How do you protect yourself? They're in your life, phone screen, TV, magazines, packaging, radio, billboards. Pay more attention to your own life.

The big world is out there for you & me. Escape.

Love Yourself.

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