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The Worst Among Us Controlling the Narrative

And We Are Letting Them

By Eric DurlandPublished 6 years ago 6 min read
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(VLOG posted at the end for those who prefer to watch and listen rather than read.)

Because the truth is, the good people would live peacefully and justly within any fair social and economic system we create.

The problem with our society isn't that the good people aren't law abiding and morally-rooted citizens that generally—in an unprovoked manner—don't want to hurt others, or see others in pain and misfortune. The good people aren't maliciously, prejudicially, or intolerantly judging and demeaning others (save, perhaps, unconsciously, in order to impress the tainted souls that unbeknown to them control them, and the way they think). No, it is the bad people who are presently the ones controlling the narrative. It is the bad people who are the ones who have us so deeply nuzzled within this nightmare we unwittingly live—with their grandiose smiles (or stone cold emotionless gestures), and their active embodying of straight "two-facery." It is the bad people that give social and political systems across the board a bad name (i.e. capitalism, communism, anarchy, etc.). Because the truth is, the good people would live peacefully and justly within any fair social and economic system we create—no matter how lawless, broken, and corrupt a given system may conceptually be, as portrayed to the propagated masses.

It is through this controlling of the narrative that is exactly why the bad people with the loudest voices are always the most "loving," "tolerant," and "open-minded"—and just about every other positive word that inflates the way we perceive them—whilst they deflate the social worth of others via trolling, nitpicking, and nagging, planting ignorant seeds of thought into our minds that then grow into self-fulfilling prophecies. These are prophesies that we ourselves then manifest into reality, with or without our permission, with or without any validity to the given thoughts, and with or without recognition that such judgments—unconsciously placing ourselves as "superior" to others (which is exactly what we are unwittingly doing)—are in-fact ignorant, prejudicial and intolerant, and it is the reason we are falling as a society.

In a nut shell, the worst among us are perpetually (and clandestinely) strategically hardwiring the way we think, so as we view others in certain ways that degrade their social worth, whilst allowing the aggressor to lift themselves (and ourselvesthe observer being invited into the given in-group) a step up above the socially-degraded soul, within the given social hierarchy. They are that whisper in our ear—"She's weird!"—paired with the squinting of the eyes and tightening of the lips (and other gesturing's such as this), that issue to us the feelings we are literally (and often unconsciously) being forced to feel—told that we are supposed to feel—towards a given soul by the worst among us, hiding in plain sight. Those souls most often, masterfully pretend to be our "best friends," loving church-going and active members of the given community, and who are generally "liked" by most that they meet. All the while, concealing their utter narcissism behind the level of rank they've achieved, within the various hierarchies they've chosen to submit themselves to—and all in the name of selfish self-preservation.

You see, the problem is, we live in this world where nearly everyone has been so deeply bullied—and often in ways that are completely over our head, as the worst among us are proficient at keeping their attacks under the radar—that we find ourselves voting for the underdogs that are, in fact, horribly skewed human beings, embodying nothing but masterful duplicity and superficiality, and concealing outright selfishness and self-indulgence from the public's eye.

For example, everyone wants to believe in these celebrity news anchors and politicians, who are perpetually being negatively blasted by generally a good 50 percent of the population. (And, on that note, they are themselves perpetually blasting the other 50 percent of the population, themselves perpetuating the perpetual circles of negativity through spreading ignorance, bullying, and prejudice—yet in a despicably, societally, socially justifiable manner—as they victimize themselves and their respective team as a means of further claiming superiority over the given opponent.) But, this is exactly why humans like Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton—just to name a few—are in social, financial, and political power. Because, they are the most proficiently superficial and duplicitous souls, most actively playing the "Game of Triumph"—and they are the ones with the strongest voices controlling the narrative. They are the ones telling us exactly what we want to hear, and thus, exactly what they want us to think, whilst completely concealing from view their outright egomania, superiority complex, and utterly selfish, clandestine, and generally tainted agenda.

And, again, it is all because we live in this world where everyone is perpetually being bullied—a world in which many of us unconsciously want to see the bullied, thrive. So, we blindly stand behind these duplicitous and meretricious people who are proficient at one thing: controlling the narrative (with loud, and often charismatic, voices, through lies, deception, and generally deeply skewed intentions). These people, who we've often never met, and who have often given us no good reason to like them other then because they are an "alpha," they are "tough," they are "socially dominant," and "choose-your-favorite news channel" has told us to like them... (shaking my head) This is also why, if I may, and if it isn't blatantly apparent, the world is clandestinely egomaniacal, hypocritical, petty, selfish, self-centered, self-indulgent, meretricious, and duplicitous. Because the worst among us are completely and unquestionably in control of who gets to thrive, and who gets to wither—controlling the narrative—in this despicably tainted and selfish elitist meritocracy we've, arrogantly, chosen to create.

What we need is a judge of the bad guys, to correct the crooked narrative being painted by theirs truly. What we need is a judge that isn't out to shun and degrade these fallen souls, in the same ignorant way they've shunned and degraded others—rather, to set them straight and then to stand them back up as humans, so we can all walk together towards our destiny, as a team. Because, again, the good people of this world aren't out to maliciously hurt others (physically or mentally). But there is, in fact, a great majority of humans who would, and do. And they are those souls that are controlling the narrative: the ones that presently aren't being judged and degraded as mere footstools to someone else's Triumph.

Whilst, quite sadly, the fallout of this is having good people, who have been beaten and bullied—often unacknowledged—living within their self-induced illusion of "friendship," "camaraderie," and "happiness" that are conforming to these tainted social norms of our status quo, and becoming the bullies simply to find a sense of acceptance in life. But these aren't the bad guys... No, the bad guys are in fact the unsuspected souls, so skillfully hiding under the radar. The bad guys are the "cool" and "popular" people—the people that presently control our status quo at the highest positions of social, economic, and political authority: our newsmen, our lawyers, our cops, our judges, and our other elected positions of authority—the same ones most often found facetiously giggling at the expense of others; duplicitously manifesting ignorant and prejudicial gossip and banter behind closed doors, and tightly-knit social settings; pettily trolling, nitpicking and nagging others as a means of maintaining their social dominance (though artfully passing it all off as a "joke" and "playful banter").

It's time for the good guys to start controlling the narrative, and stop complacently conforming to every negative thought that has been elusively and maliciously planted into our heads about others—particularly about those that don't (care to) excel in this superficial and duplicitous reality we live, the first footstools for those who seek Triumph. Because letting the bad guys control the narrative for this long is why the Darkness presently owns us; it's why the good guys are presently homeless and jobless, living in slums and suffering physical and mental ailments; it's why the bad guys—the most selfish, self-indulgent and egotistical narcissists—presently have all the money and social and political power and are controlling "truth." It's why the Light has lost its ability to be the defender of Itself; and it is why we are presently falling as a society.

But, the fact of the matter remains, until the Light takes back control of the narrative, the sad truth is: The Darkness will continue to create "truth" coincided with debilitating systems of hierarchy and caste, based entirely in ignorant and prejudicial judgment, that allow some to live like gods, whilst others, like rodents; and we will continue to fall as a society.

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About the Creator

Eric Durland

My only goal is to say all the things you don't want to hear, to make you think about the things you don't want to think about.

All I offer you is the truth.

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