(Stillness in the Storm Editor) The Deep State is keenly interested in destroying free thought. This is nothing new. The way that power was maintained throughout history was to limit the people’s ability to think freely and share ideas freely with others. Consider the Spanish Inquisition as a historical example. The following article is a classic example of how the Deep State sell the idea of thought control and censorship to the people—through fear and social ostracization programming.
Socrates, arguably of history’s greatest philosophers and contributors to the advancement of human life, was forced to drink poison for the crime of “corrupting the youth” with divergent ideas.
The Deep State uses ancient disgust mechanisms inherent in the animal origins of human beings to cause social division and cultivate a reaction of revulsion to taboo concepts. The following article is an example of that.
Here’s an excerpt from an article I recently wrote that discusses social conditioning through invocation of disgust programs.
A disgust mechanism is an ancient tool used to incentivize the avoidance of threat in the environment. In nature, an animal is compelled to avoid a rotting piece of food because it smells bad. The smell triggers a response in the brain that generates strong negative emotions, which are then associated with the object in question. The same fundamental mechanism is at work in human beings, but with a twist.
Due to the fact human beings possess a reflective and self-referencing mind, a person’s disgust mechanism can be weaponized against them. By that, I mean, humans are not just disgusted by physical things, like the smell of rotting garbage, they’re also disgusted by ideas and the people that are associated with them. In society, we call these taboos and the people that dare to entertain them as deplorables, the unclean. Additionally, people are also influenced by ingroup dynamics—we are strongly motivated to gain acceptance in a social group, so much so, when confronted with the choice to form a strong opposing opinion or go along with the crowd, most people choose the crowd.
What’s more, disgust responses are extremely strong and ancient emotional triggers. They shut down holistic brain function, and divert blood flow away from the neocortex, toward the animalistic emotional centers of the brain. In short, when you feel a disgust response, your mind stops thinking rationally and operates out of emotion only. You go into fight or flight mode, ultimately seeking to destroy and stamp out the thing you have identified as revolting.
The way the strategy works is fairly simple.
Create a social group formed around a set of values, truths, and cultural beliefs.
Make people feel accepted by that social group by espousing or identifying with the specified beliefs.
Engineer or use a real event, that is seen by the social group as reprehensible, associating it to the target you’re trying to ostracize, decry, or smear.
Use emotional appeals and moral panic tactics to associate the target to the reprehensible act—without citing any hard evidence.
Promote a moral panic that is directed at the target so it becomes part of the belief systems of the social group. Now, if you don’t believe what the group does, you’re an outcast. (Think: hatred for people who don’t hate Trump).
This formula has been used for centuries to steer public opinion. It is a very old and effective strategy that draws upon instantiated biological programs and fundamental psychological aspects of human nature.
Examples of this method can be found in war propaganda from WWI.
In these examples, the horrible act of killing or eating babies is at center stage, activating the disgust response in onlookers. Once done, the strong emotions of revulsion are associated with the villain depicted in the image, in this case, a German soldier. The energy charge of the emotions overwhelms the rational process of investigation, causing most people to invest themselves fully in the belief that the villain is the cause. At this point, the propaganda or mind control tactic has achieved its goal: the person now feels a strong personal desire to discharge their upset, through a presumed moral justification to do violence against the target. They now act like Deep State pawns, telling everyone around them that if they don’t believe what they do, they must be part of the problem.
Once you’ve trained yourself to recognize these manipulation techniques, it’s much easier to guard against them with critical thinking and discernment.
More to the point, the unaware masses are now being weaponized against free thinkers. This is unfortunate. It’s a reality we must contend with strategically to continue the mission of freeing the planet. By this I mean, sharing your truth might become harder as you are labeled a conspiracy theorist and people begin venting their rage on you—which is part of the disgust programming agenda. Nevertheless, with kindness, tactic and careful strategy, progress in sharing truth can be made.
– Justin
(Jacinta Bowler) People who believe in conspiracy theories might be more likely to engage in petty crime, and no, this is not a conspiracy. A new study from researchers at the University of Kent and Staffordshire University in the UK has demonstrated a link between this type of thinking and how people feel about, uh, not acting entirely lawfully.
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“Our research has shown for the first time the role that conspiracy theories can play in determining an individual’s attitude to everyday crime,” explains psychologist Karen Douglas, from the University of Kent.
“It demonstrates that people subscribing to the view that others have conspired might be more inclined toward unethical actions.”
That ‘everyday crime’ in this instance isn’t anything too crazy – stuff like running red lights, or avoiding paying taxes if you think you could get away with it.
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The researchers conducted two studies, one that investigated the phenomenon in a cross-sectional way, and one that involved a controlled experiment to further elaborate on their initial findings.
In the first study, the team asked 253 people about their attitude towards conspiracies in general (‘that governments hide information from the public’), and whether they believed particular conspiracy theories (such as ‘Princess Diana was murdered by elements within the British establishment’).
They also asked questions about the likelihood of committing small crimes – say, trying to claim a refund or replacement that you weren’t actually entitled to.
And yes, they did find a link.
“As expected, belief in conspiracy theories was significantly positively correlated with everyday crime behaviours,” explained the researchers in their paper.
Of course, this doesn’t show that conspiracy beliefs are causing the petty crimes, just that the two are associated.
Next, the researchers took a step further and went online to find 120 additional participants to take part in an experiment.
These people were asked similar questions to the first study, but in the middle half of them were given a conspiracy theory article to read, while the controls were given nothing. Then the participants rated their belief in conspiracies and how likely they would be to commit petty crimes in the future.
“Being exposed to a conspiracy article (vs. control) influenced participants’ levels of intention to engage in everyday crime in the future,” the team notes in the study.
“Specifically, intentions to engage in everyday crime were significantly higher in the conspiracy condition than the control condition.”
The researchers think this might have to do with the way believing in conspiracy theories makes people feel.
This specifically pertains to a phenomenon called ‘anomie‘ – a belief system conflict which causes a breakdown between the community and individual. The team thinks that believing in a conspiracy theory might also shift your feelings about belonging in a society.
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“This research highlights that everyday crime might be a flexible and dynamic response to the social context, and in particular to how social norms are perceived to be followed (or not) by powerful groups in society,” the researchers wrote.
“Engaging in everyday crime may be empowering for people who perceive that the world is full of conspiring powerful elites who ought to be challenged.”
It’s important to note that this is a small study, and the researchers caution this isn’t the only possible explanation for conspiracy believers’ occasional unlawful behaviour. Other factors, such as the personality traits of honesty or humility, could be better predictors of people’s compulsions towards everyday crime.
But it’s still an interesting study, and future research might give us another tool to help people with conspiratorial leanings.
“People believing in conspiracy theories are more likely to be accepting of everyday crime, while exposure to theories increases a feeling of anomie, which in turn predicts increased future everyday crime intentions,” explains psychologist Dan Jolley from Staffordshire University.
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Stillness in the Storm Editor: Why did we post this?
Censorship of information is critically important for the Deep State to maintain their false reality paradigm, which is the foundation of the mind control system used to enslave the individual and society at large. The preceding article reveals one such method the powers that be are using to censor information. Properly understood, one can begin the process of liberating their mind from false conceptions of reality, particularly those incomplete bits of knowledge that if contemplated fully, would activate the truth-seeking urge and result in the development of mental autonomy—critical thinking and discernment skills.
– Justin
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https://www.sciencealert.com/does-believing-conspiracies-make-people-want-to-commit-petty-crime
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