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A Thoughtless World
Imagine a world without thought, without voice, without understanding. What
would it consist of? How would they survive? A massive crowd of cadaverous drones
careening as they march toward the end of their lives. Society must think freely without
the influence of propaganda garbling their mind. Propaganda consists of intentional lies
that should never be listened to and without free thought society will never achieve much
more than the facts they already know. Thinking is a necessity for humans to survive.
Through different tactics of propaganda society tricks people into believing
imaginary facts. During wartime the most abused tactic, fear, impedes judgment and
frightens people into fidelity towards their country. Posters accumulate through town
becoming scarier as more support builds from society. These images get burned into
everyone’s mind making them deathly afraid of the opposing nation even if the danger
appears slim. Television channels present aesthetic advertisements to promote drugs
and drinking. They educe the human need to be desired by convincing their audience to
buy a product which in turn will make the buyer more glamorous or more appealing than
others. Alcoholic beverage companies create commercials with the most gorgeous men
and the most amazing women drinking their product. When people see this they
automatically assume if they drink this their life will be better. Truly their life becomes
worst. To get information citizens robotically reach out and click a button on the remote
and expect the truth. Although, news channels present nothing but misleading facts and
bias opinions. They only tell the listener half the story and use facts only to support their
position. With all this propaganda in the world, how can the truth be sorted from the
lies?
If people find themselves unable to think, society will never grow smarter or
advance to a new age. Without the process of thinking humans would still live stuck in
the stone age. Over the years inventors have produced things to help the world move
forward to the future. However, without thought, instead of growing more intelligent
their minds would remain stagnant. A democratic society involves independent thinking
and conclusion making with others. No man can live peacefully with other men if they
do not understand that everyone has their own opinion and the right to speak for
themselves. Without thought feelings would eventually deplete. No joy or sadness,
excitement or love. Feeling, the entire basis of life and why humans thrive. Without
them life is not worth living.
Propaganda warps this nation. Free thought, a necessity in human society.
Without it the world would never progress to reach its true potential. How long would
society survive without thought? Each citizen would glide through their life until they
finally died. Yet truly, without the ability to think, they never lived at all.
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