What is making us NOT fight back?

I came across this most excellent post, and after following all the requirments below, felt embolded to reprint it. I think it's worth a blog post.

Attribution.
Author: Dock6
Affiliation: AboveTopSecret.com
Title: What is making us NOT fight back?
Link: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread202159/pg1#pid2123735
posted on 5-4-2006 @ 09:33 AM

Excellent post ! I think many people are asking themselves the same questions as those you've posed.
You're right: sixty years ago this situation could never have evolved. A hundred a sixty years ago, no politician or group of politicians would have dared attempt the repressive control of populations as is now occurring.

But maybe I'm wrong. Pearl Harbour for example --- the radar technicians were stood down, apparently, in order the Japanese could launch their fatal attacks. Did those radar technicians come forward? Not even ONE of them? I don't think we can accept that not one of them, or even six of them, did not examine their conscience and decide they must reveal what they knew.
So how come we only learned about the betrayal that was Pearl Harbour, a few years ago? How come for all those decades, we believed that the Japanese had somehow achieved the impossible by bombing Pearl Harbour? How come we didn't ask ourselves: ' Hey ! How the hell did those Japs get so CLOSE to Pearl without being detected???? What the hell were the radar guys doing .... sleeping? '

But we didn't ask, did we? And no one told us. Instead, we watched all the movies and tv shows and books .... and we bought their story: we suspended our critical faculties and simply accepted what we were told and shown.
How come the media of the day didn't ask: ' Hey! How the hell did it happen? What were the radar guys doing?'. And it's interesting, when you think of it, that not ONE of those radar guys' stories made it into the mainstream media of the day? How come the betrayal of Pearl Harbour was not exposed, way back then?

So, the media has been manipulating us a long time, without our even realising it, back then.
Another factor is the 'one in twenty' theory. Apparently, administrators of jails and POW camps, etc., *find* the one in twenty, and isolate them. The one in twenty is the one who initiates action; who motivates the remaining 19; who acts as natural leader. The one in twenty is smarter, more capable, more independently minded than the other 19. The other 19 can be restrained with minimum effort; they are sheep-like, relatively obdedient; are 'followers'. Get rid of the one in twenty, and your job of controlling the other 19 is easy. Perhaps repressive regimes are actively seeking the 'ones in twenty' within our midst. They might find them at protest rallies; in internet forums; etc. They are the first to be picked off. Perhaps they've *already* been picked off, which might account for all us sheepies, just sitting here in confusion and dismay, waiting for our 'leaders' to come and show us what to do to save ourselves ?
Then there's testosterone. It's what makes men fiesty; willing to take on aggressors and repressors. Knock out the testosterone and men become malleable: peaceable; hesitant; unsure; docile. It's been shown that men can be (and are being?) turned into a form of psuedo-female, via chemicals contained in foods, drinks, food and drink wrappings and containers, etc.
Another means of putting men out of balance and unsure of their role and capabilities, is to kick their confidence around on daily basis. We've been advised (by Makow amongst others) that the Women's Lib movement was a pivotal phase in the Zionist destruction of western societies. Women AND men were the dupes. Men were told they had to change, had to accept a less dominant role at home, work, socially, etc. So men grew used to repressing their inherent maleness for fear of giving unintended offence, or of inviting criticism, of being considered 'unacceptable' generally. This created confusion in men; lack of confidence and feelings of shame about who and what they were.

Another tool in the Zionist agenda was to destroy the family unit. Men traditionally were heads of families; were the breadwinners. They gained their sense of identity from this. By promoting Women's Lib and encouraging women to leave the home for work, men no longer felt like the head of anything. Yet every ship needs a captain, and there can only be ONE captain. A family is a ship; one leak and it's disaster.

The family unit was further undermined through drugs, pornography, easily-obtained divorce, credit, consumerism and government dictates that forced parents to surrender their children to dumbed-down education systems that encouraged children to challenge their parents at the same time it forbade parents to discipline their children effectively. Governments imposed their versions of 'sex education' upon children and insist that children recognise same-gender sexuality and marriage, etc. Parents have had to sit back and watch their children being exposed to inordinate emphasis on sexuality: at school, in the media, etc. Parents are 'punished' if they object to what they clearly feel is an unhealthy agenda aimed at their children, by the government for which they pay.
People have been told they 'must not' object to government dictates; 'must not' voice their opinions about issues of race, immigration, education, government decisions, corruption, and a dozen other issues.

People are afraid to open their mouths. They feel their opinions are 'wrong' or punishable. The media reports the punitive actions of governments against those in society who speak out. The media is engaged in a campaign of terror, on behalf of governments. People see black-outfitted monsters, seemingly seven feet tall, their faces hidden behind black visors, their shoulders padded to immense proportions, wearing six inch soles, weilding a variety of terrifying weapons against old age pensions staging a peaceful protest. People are terrified. What if *they* were beaten by these government sanctioned goons, simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time? What would happen to their family if they were incarcerated without charge or evidence?
So, for quite some time now, people have been manipulated by governments who push and pull, push and pull. The message people are being given is brutality simple: keep your mouths shut and do as your told and you might survive what we have in store for you. What we may or may not have in store for you is a secret. However, if you DO dare to open your mouth and voice any objection to this govenment, we can promise you that you will suffer a fate worse than death. Now go to work, shut your mouths, see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing , think nothing, pay your taxes, obey us, believe everything we tell you even though we will vary our tune daily .... and you and your family might make it through until next week. You have no opinon, no rights and probably no future. So shut up and enjoy what little you have today.

No, governments and corporations couldn't have gotten away with this sixty years ago. But sixty years ago, people had just fought the fight of their lives, WW2. They'd survived the ravages of the Great Depression. Then along came the golden years; the 50's and 60's and formica and refrigerators and air-conditioning and new cars and homes and light, romantic Doris Day/Rock Hudson comedies and extended leisure time. Golf and tennis and music lessons were no longer just the province of the wealthy. People grew used to a new, more leisurely, more materialistically enriched lifestyle. They grew used to peace, to governments who handled the big-issues, which resulted in 'more' of the good stuff for much of the population. Gone for most, were the days of not enough food and money. Everything seemed wonderful and getting better by the day. People forgot 'hardship' as their parents had known it. And movies and the new wonders of tv introduced people to 'escapism'; encouraged them to dream often unrealistic ambitions for themselves and their children.
In other words, people lost much of their 'edge'. They grew complacent to a degree. They wanted the fun stuff of life and left government deal with the boring issues. People surrendered their independence in return for what seemed like the good life. And then they took the good life for granted.

Problem is, when you hand responsibility for yourself to someone else, or to a group of others, you need to realise that those others are going to do what's in *their* interests, not yours.
Governments/politicians are NOT the way they're portrayed in all those movies and tv shows. Sure, they have the nice suits and the grey-flecked hair and good teeth. Their voices are often rich and deep and comforting, but so are a lot of radio announcers' voices ... and a lot of those are maniacs. It's not HOW they speak, but what they say that matters. But most important of all is what they neglect to say, which is actually what they secretly MEAN.

TV and movies have manipulated us to accept that if a politician LOOKS nice, then he/she is 'good'. We've come to believe that if a politician went to a 'good' school; if he is handsome, if he lives in an exclusive neighbourhood, if he socialises with celebrities ... then he is someone we should allow to control our lives. Well, Madonna is a celebrity and Tom Cruise has nice teeth and hair ... but would you let them determine your children's fate? Would you allow them to poison your water and food and strip you of employment and your previously nice neighbourhood? Arnold Swartzenegger was dynamic in Terminator and funny as hell in Twins and Kindergarten Cop ...... but does that really qualify him to control the lives of millions? Does it?

At the moment, we're waiting like frightened sheep, hoping the days of Fonzie and Brady Bunch mentality will return. We don't like these wars and unemployment and fear. We want it all to stop. We want to be able to go back to enjoying that sense of childhood we knew even ten years ago. We want someone to step up and fix things so that we can feel better. And according to various so-called 'conspiracy theories', we're exactly where 'they' want us to be, right on schedule. According to the same theories, 'they' will soon introduce the anti-Christ ... who will look exactly the way we've been conditioned to expect our 'leaders' to look: tall, tanned, silver tipped hair, nice suit and teeth and a voice like honey, which will reassure us that all we have to do is follow him and we'll all be able to sit back and relax and enjoy again ........ forever, in hell.
It all comes down, as Bob Dylan said a long time ago, to doing it yourself: ' If you want someone to trust ... trust yourself ' --- ' If you want someone to love -- love yourself' -- ' If you want someone to believe -- believe yourself'.

There will always be one in twenty. But they're having a rough time right now, like the female lawyer they're trying to lock up for 106 years for doing nothing more than exposing corruption in her locality. SHE is one of the ones in twenty. You have a choice: support and defend those Ones in Twenty now, so that they can fix your world up for you. Or sit back on your couch and watch re-runs of Everyone Loves Raymond and let them take those Ones in Twenty away, leaving you and yours helpless and doomed. But people are going to have to make a decision and live with it, because this crap isn't going to go away or get better without a hell of a lot of work and risk.

One of the best bits of advice available at this time, is to do as the ancient Scots did, when they were poised at the edge of a life and death battle. They recited their genealogy, then called to God, saying: 'God --- give me the courage of my ancestors ! ' Doing the same might just be what puts us on the right path and gives us the courage to continue.