john locke states that we are never 'free', i.e. having of free will. that we are immersed in a world that wants attention. that once we achieve one thing, another thing presents itself; and we desire that next thing.
my question is 'what world'?
there is a dualism of worlds. we have the created one, and the one that we have created. the world made by us and for us -does it want attention or do we 'want' to give it attention; this then is the question.
the world that we are in, does not want attention. it doesn't crave our attention. the tree outside my window does not care if i give it attention or not.
we have created a world of mass marketing. this is what you want. this is what you need. the definition between these words, at best, has become blurred. at worst they mean the same thing. this is control. this is how we control ourselves. this is the matrix.
here we have two evils. the marketing juggernaut of the world/mass media, and then the anti-media media -adbusters; which is an "anti-consumerist" (their words not mine) group; which allows you to consume their stuff. this group is littered with anti-media media.
another point i love is when media takes the 'blame' for given problems or issues. for over exposure, but not stopping the exposure -begging for attention. asking to control you. and we oblige them. so it's not a question of 'going against the machine' -just which machine do you prefer to be controlled by.
however...is there a third option?
it can't be an absolute freedom. because what is absolute? we are, at least, a body. a physical thing. a physical thing that, again at least, desires to survive (in the words of thomas hobbes). this desire to 'go on'. of self-preservation.
so maybe then we are able to recognize the dualism. one is crap, and as long as we don't 'feed' into it we'll be fine. in the words of chuck d 'don't believe the hype'.
i'll go one further...'don't believe it.'
[shalom...]
3.11.07
imprisonment of what...
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I'm confused. So we are imprisoned by mass media? Because they give us a vision of reality that is not true? It us not just mass media. Family, friends, culture, even society as whole all do the same thing. It is more than a self-preservation thing, it is more of a outright refusal to see the real world. That is how we cope with the harshness of survival. We can't handle the truth and need something else...
in a sense, but rather being controlled by mass media, that we have created. we have created our own control.
but i don't believe that my family, friends (at least) are hiding a reality from me. now the whole culture/society thing...sure.
any refusal to see the 'real' world is a making of your own. survival isn't harsh. it just is. a harsh survival would be me wondering if i was going to live through the day. we (as americans) don't have that. if we do...that is our own making.
but what then becomes 'true' or 'real'? and i know how you are going to answer, and if that is the case; then is not the delusion real? or is it even a delusion?
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