Mind Control an 'enslaved' Population using unlimited pleasurable distractions - Aldous Huxley (Brave New World)
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In this video we explore the dystopian society of Brave New World and examine which elements of it pose a threat to us today.
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Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He authored nearly 50 books: novels and non-fiction works, as well as
wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with an undergraduate degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry, before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death.
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By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. Huxley was a humanist and pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism and universalism, addressing these subjects in various publications.
Mind Control (or brainwashing, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and re-education) is the idea that the human mind can
be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques. Brainwashing is said to reduce the subject's ability to think critically or independently, to allow the introduction of new, unwanted thoughts and ideas into the subject's mind, as well as to change his or her attitudes, values, and beliefs.
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people. Thus allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as
a de jure form of property. A slave is unable to withdraw unilaterally from such an arrangement and works without remuneration. Slavery began to exist before written history, in many cultures. A person could become enslaved from the time of their birth, capture, or purchase. While slavery was institutionally recognized by most societies, it has now been outlawed in all recognized countries, the last being Mauritania in 2007. Nevertheless, there are an estimated 45.8 million people subject to some form of modern slavery worldwide.
In Abrahamic contexts, sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything that violates the ideal relationship between an
individual and God; or as any diversion from the ideal order for human living. To sin has been defined as "to miss the mark".
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Sins fall in a spectrum from minor errors to deadly misdeeds. Catholicism regards the least corrupt sins as venial sins which are part of human living and carry immediate consequences on earth, and, if unrepented for, more painful purgation, assuming the person is destined to heaven, as it is written in the formation letter "Purgatory", "most of the early Fathers of the Church speak of a cleansing fire, though we cannot tell whether this means actual or spiritual fire."
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Conversely, sins of great evil are mortal sins which bring the consequence of hell if they are not addressed either through an act of perfect contrition or going to confession about them.
In Zechariah 12:10, They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child - Is this about Jesus' Crucifixion? - Tovia Singer