The internet, social media, mass media, cell phones have helped the elite control the population like never before. The youth, looks to be protected by government.
Look on any smart phone, there is always a group instilling fear over something and those in fear look for someone to protect them. Doesnt matter what it is, fear of crime, fear of global warming, fear of natural disasters, fear of political parties, fear of war. The elite have more control than ever.
Fear overwhelms the ability to think critically of which much of the masses never had to begin with.
Look at it this way. Just few decades ago people in general were happy, more carefree, enjoying life. Why? A newspaper came out once a day. You read it and all the problems and crime in the world and that was it, into the garbage it went, forgotten. IF you were a news junky you would also watch 30 minutes of night time news.
IN todays all of the above is every minute of the day, on every cell phone, humans demanding so much news content that media no longer looks to be responsible in its reporting but embellishes everything in order to capture the "market" and the market is you. They need to do this for their shareholders at all costs, advertising revenue is how they survive.
Perfect example, as I even posted in here. Hurricane Erin. A hurricane hundreds of miles off the coast, media embellishing every minute of the day from every outlet leading some to believe that this was a disaster. I watched the hype. There was a CLEAR path, all computer models agreed, the storm was NOT going to hit the USA, clearly over the ocean it would stay between Bermuda and the USA coast.
Well, now we had to hear of massive winds of 110 mph and higher, waves heights that could build to FIFTY FEET, leading those to believe (by omission) that 50 foot waves might hit our coast... OH BUT WAIT! THAT WASNT ENOUGH! hours later it was ONE HUNDRED FOOT WAVES out in the sea that might affect our coast (by omission) while NOAA forecasts were saying 8 to 10 feet on the beaches. Critical thinking, if people simply went to their NOAA website for their area they could have turned off the media hype and relaxed. But then the advertising revenue would stop, right?
Sure, it was a strong storm for the coast of NC and into the northeast. Something that happens a couple times a year. But in today's world everything in the media is published to capture you, make money off of you through advertising. Moral reporting is gone forever, until one day, something breaks the camels back. I dont think it will be good, unless th public starts tuning out the news and living their lives.
Me personally, after getting caught up in it some time ago (to a degree) I learned to turn it off. Particularly politics. Why bother? I pay them to do a job, what will happen will happen no matter what I think and all I can do is place my one vote at the proper time. I dont need to follow their jobs day by day to know how I will vote.
Last week> the weather. I like watching weather but the hype in Hurricane Erin was an all time low in reporting and got caught up even debating another member in here how this storm was not what was being reported and no one had to worry about anything except the typical evacuation (which wasnt needed) of some islands and beach areas.
No spam calls, no social media, no internet, no NOTHIN !!! I didn't even set up my voicemail. Most of the time it just sits on the counter doing nothing. LOVE IT. I grew up on a corded rotary phone. My parents put a lock in one of the holes to keep phone time limited. Different generations back then. Long distance calls were a lot of money. I still remember my 1st beeper. LOL...No remote control TV's. WE were lucky to get a color TV in the late 70's, but only one. The other one was black and white. No phones or TV's in bedrooms either. We all had to watch what dad wanted to watch on the color TV. No questions asked. That flip phone cost me $20 bucks paid in full, $ 15 dollars a month unlimited calls. I'm happy as a clam 
Yeah. My latest phone I got within the last 12 months was just another new flip phone. Being retired and spending most time at home, I have zero need for any kind but a flip phone. I also have a small iPod and a desktop PC so, why do I need a computer phone? NOT
