Posted on 05/23/2013 6:53:15 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
There is a fascinating piece of audio out there from Aldous Huxley titled "The Ultimate Revolution". This lecture is a lot like the book Philip Dru, in the sense that a lot of conspiracy theorist websites have had a bonanza with it, which is sad commentary. I will say that a large 70-90% of what he's saying you have to throw out the window because it's nonsense, but in the first few minutes of the lecture he says something that is incredibly profound:
Well now in regard to this problem of the ultimate revolution, this has been very well summed up by the moderator. In the past we can say that all revolutions have essentially aimed at changing the environment in order to change the individual. I mean there’s been the political revolution, the economic revolution, in the time of the reformation, the religious revolution. All these aimed, not directly at the human being, but at his surroundings. So that by modifying the surroundings you did achieve, did one remove the effect of the human being.
That's the normalcy bias. We see this in modern media, academia, and the like. The progressives keep advancing their agenda despite their smaller numbers because they have the culture by the throat, by "normalizing" themselves though inserting themselves and their beliefs in key positions. A great number of book writers/publishers are progressives, for example, Stephen King. They're even using the sports world to push their agenda, ex: Jeremy Lin. The corruption of the news and universities is too deep and wide to keep this short. The corruption of TV shows is also readily apparent.
The point is this. Most of the sensational things that Huxley talks about is simply not needed. As Huxley says, still in the first few minutes:
It seems to me that the nature of the ultimate revolution with which we are now faced is precisely this: That we are in process of developing a whole series of techniques which will enable the controlling oligarchy who have always existed and presumably will always exist to get people to love their servitude.
That's what it's all about. The current "bias of normalcy" as the progressives who dominate so many sectors of pop culture aim for, is to get you to love your servitude. One of the biggest examples of this are all of the efforts being put into trying to convince Americans that it's in their best interest to disarm.
Pong.
BTTT.
A case can be made that normalcy bias explains much of what is going on in our culture, but this is not it. Normalcy bias is a concept in psychology that suggests that things will be like what they have always been. Because bad things have not happened, they probably won’t happen. So people go about their business as usual, often missing clear signs of impending problems.
What PGA describes is more like the “availability heuristic” which suggests that you are more likely to believe something if you can find even one example of it. By seeing more an more progressives, gays, etc., in the media, in entertainment and in positions of power, we are more likely to accept that as normal, simply the way things are.
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Here’s a link to a great aricle on Normalcy Bias from our own ChocChipCookies blog:
Normalcy Bias: It’s All in Your Head
http://thesurvivalmom.com/2010/12/29/normalcy-bias/
What is suggested in this article, is, gradually change normal so the change is gradual and not terribly offensive to the normal stuck person. Those of us who are tuned in to subtle changes see the future changing. Most people do not pay enough attention outside their daily ritual to perceive the changes. There will come a time of critical mass being reached and the explosion of sudden change will shock them so badly, they stop acting and not function well.
Yep. the blog is right about the process and the impact. Just named it wrong.
Tell a lie over and over and people will begin to believe it. Off hand I can’t remember who made this statement.
Hitler said something similar in Mein Kampf. And Goebbels as well, later on.
Obama probably did too.
Ran a correction. Thanks for the help
http://progressingamerica.blogspot.com/2013/05/normalcy-bias-or-availability-heuristic.html
You are a gentleman and a scholar. As I mentioned above, your analysis was exactly right, just a little problem with the terminology.
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