How Did the Entertainment Business Corrupt the World

I am going to start with the invention of the radio. Radio was the beginning of the end. Hitler used this form of communication as a successful tactic against the German people. After World War 1, Germany was heavily punished by the Allied powers. A new leader, Adolf Hitler, was elected with the promise of restoring Germany to its rightful place in the world.

He, in turn, created a propaganda campaign against the Jewish population by removing any oppositional radio stations and claiming the Jews and others were the problem for Germany's strife at that time. He brainwashed the German people into believing that he was proper. We all know how that turned out. I know there was more to that story, but using the radio as a weapon was a crucial part of his plan.

The United States did the same thing. We were supporting the troops, creating the German and Japanese people, calling them names, making them into monsters, making them our enemy, giving a news cast over the radio to brainwash the American people, and to support this country.

Movies of the time were based on heroes and villains, often shaping our perceptions of good and evil. By consistently portraying Germans, Japanese, or other groups as enemies, the entertainment industry has influenced public perception, creating stereotypes and biases that persist today. Understanding this pattern helps us recognize how narratives are constructed to serve specific agendas.

Movies, after movies, tell the same story of heroes and villains, casting villains from one culture after another. A plug-and-play of a host of cultures, belief systems, religions, colors, genders, political affiliations, you name it, and they can make money off it; they are going make it.

Movies and television get us emotionally invested; the brain doesn’t distinguish between truth and entertainment. As we are lulled into a movie-like state, our subconscious mind absorbs information as if it were real, shaping our beliefs and attitudes without our conscious awareness. Recognizing this helps us understand the power of media to influence our subconscious and beliefs.

Let's add the internet and social media, handheld computers called phones, and instant gratification to feel connected. Over time, algorithms tailor content to our preferences, reinforcing existing beliefs and potentially brainwashing us into specific political or religious ideologies. Recognizing this process helps us see how digital platforms can manipulate our perceptions and fears.

You can’t just trust anything. From our leaders, from each other, from the water and food we drink, and from trusting our health care system, our religious beliefs, and others' religious beliefs. Then I ask: Is this why this country feels split in two? Is this why, instead of saying hi to our neighbors, we run inside our homes, afraid to communicate with others?

Is this why we are afraid to share our beliefs: because we fear retaliation?

Yes, I have a phone and like watching movies and television, but knowing what I know. I see how it affects my thoughts and ideas, and honestly, it scares me.

Just one man's opinion.