We Are Being Lied To
When I saw this video today, it made me think about truth and what we the public are told. We are surrounded by media these days. But how much of what we absorb is more like propaganda? We are told rents are going up for houses. But don’t we also know about high unemployment? The poverty/low wages? We’re told people in the US have lost a huge chunk of their net worth recently, most of it from houses. Even if rents are rising, that just makes us renters poorer, right? Then you should buy a house, huh?
We are told the foreclosure inventory is drying up. But we can see the foreclosures in our cities and towns. We see how long they sit without being on the market. And we read studies that show as much as 90% are being held off the market. Still, the urgency; buy a house! Hurry! Before rates go up.
About those rates; who’s setting the rates? Who is making the loans? It’s not the markets anymore. It’s the guys reading the teleprompters. Or is it the guys who pick the guys who read the teleprompters? We know these politicians can lie to us, but the message is so convincing. Come on, you really want a house don’t you? It’s cheap; it’ll never be this cheap again! They are going to run out of houses, so you better hurry up and buy! And ‘vote for me because house prices are going up and I made it happen,’ says the teleprompter.
It’s not just houses. People tend to buy stocks because the bonds are yielding practically nothing. So stocks go up, and ‘look, the economy is growing! Vote for me!’ says the teleprompter.
And it’s not just our finances. We’re told we are winning wars, only to slink away at night. And that will be spun by the media. We didn’t lose. Hell no, we saved those people! We’re the victors. Oh, and ‘vote for me’.
So just how much of what we ‘know’ is real. And if some of it isn’t the truth, who’s responsible? What’s their motive? Has the ability to shape reality through the media gotten so advanced, that it’s possible to be told up is down and most people will believe it?
