The world we wake up to every morning and interact with isn’t exactly what it appears to be. A lot of the stuff we interact with, see, or hear about is simply there, to imply control over us through a subconscious process. This can even be true for the colors a designer chooses for something they are putting in the public, or even true for a professional recorder, modulating the sound during the recording of an artist’s song, or other type of sound, to make it sound more appealing. Even though they might not be directly implying something, true or not, there are many other ways to sway people’s opinions, in a targeted direction, through having an audience observe socially engineered spectacles. They don’t even need to state what they are trying to imply, just use of psychological tricks, to make their magic work. Memes and other posts online are great examples of people trying to do this. Some of these posts might seem friendly but are trying to sway your opinions on a much deeper level.

Real magic does occur when someone is able to take something intangible and use it to have a real-world impact. Some people are even considered “influencers,” since they are very familiar with the process of social engineering, and are able to perform social engineering online, and influence multiple people. Before the days of social media, writers, television, and radio personalities were in their place. People who do this generally know how simply people think, and that even though most identify as individuals, they usually fall victim to group thinking.

With the advent of the internet, along with better research methodology, some have woken up to this secret process and understand it better than most in previous generations. Others still stay strong, with their mob mentality, going so far as to attack people and family closest to them, for a chance of being viewed as a loyal follower of whatever. because they are convinced moral, even when most don’t. We see this a lot with the current pollical realm, where families are being broken up, over people supporting a politician, who doesn’t really care about them to begin with.

Lately, it has seemed like all the people who were labeled as conspiracy theorists have been making correct predictions, no matter how outlandish they might come off at times?
This is because in the modern era, one of the biggest issues we see is truth and lies being weaponize.

Why, the truth is it’s much easier and cheaper to do than most people would think. However, we live in a time where we have quicker access to information, compared to previous generations, while also at the same time, manipulative and conniver have taken it to their advantage as well. The average person is blessed in a way, that they can reach out to multiple people through social media to share ideas, while at the same time it’s being used against them. The interesting thing about manipulation through media is that truth does have power, and while we might be up against people with greater infrastructure, their techniques and how they use media manipulation are few. A liar’s biggest weakness is what happens when they get caught. Most people who lie do it for manipulative reasons primarily and rely on genuine trust to do so. However once caught, the liar or the manipulator will fail to convey their message, which usually results in their distress. If someone has enough knowledge on subject matter, as well as personal communication skills, it’s easy to thwart one of these manipulators. Now more than ever we can reach out to a larger crowd, and bring truth to the people, which has always been pivotal for a people’s success.

This isn’t only happening in the news but all of mainstream media together. In all aspects of media, there are crowds ready tired of what the mainstream media provides and wanting something new. This means that there is an open market, with plenty of opportunities for people wanting to start their own private media companies, as long as they get out of the rut and learn from the mistakes of the mainstream.

However, people performing their own journalism, are also considered fake news, by shills of the mainstream news corporations. Some platforms have gone so far as to shadow ban or outright deactivate account of users pushing stories that run contrary to what the mainstream media pushes.