It is not uncommon for a popular actor or actress to make Twenty million dollars to be in one film. That same popular actor or actress might do more than 15 films at that rate. It is very likely that in that time that actor will have played a role that somehow discusses our society and our American way of life.
(Its important to take the time here to realize that by doing one film and only one film at this rate you could easily give yourself a $50,000 annual income and live comfortably above the national average, and never ever have to work again. You could do this, live better than you do now, and still leave quite a bit of money for your children.)
Hollywood is home to the highest paid soldiers in the history of the world. Some have an agenda, some don't. Many are mercenaries willing to use there weapons in whatever fashion pays the bills, all the name of “entertainment.”
I am really going to do everything in my power not to go down the “art-school commie” road. It would be an easy road to take and quite frankly once you dig through belligerent stereotypes associated with it, it’s not hard to see where that type of opinion can come from. I am going to say here, as I have said in the past, I do not necessarily agree with the actions of our government; especially when it comes to decision that bring people to combat. I do however have reasons that are “my own” and not reasons that were given to me by Hollywood.
Our armed forces have units that were created to design and implement Psychological Operations. I trust you to investigate these units on your own. I will discuss them only a little here, but I believe it’s a subject worth every American knowing about.
Basically Psyop units are trained to sway the hearts and minds of a target audience using popular media sources. ART. Psyopers are trained to think pencils, film, radio broadcasts, and filtered information, as weapons more valuable than bullets. Every enemy who puts his weapon down is considered a Psyop kill. Psyops is involved in every conflict and has likely been involved long before you or CNN heard what was going on.
Psyopers are restricted by law from using these talents in a way that would affect the thoughts or beliefs of American citizens. Even writing their private opinions in a public forum can at times be questionable concerning the law. Since these are considered weapons, there is no difference between the use of words by a trained Psyoper and a rifle by a trained Sniper.
Dictionary.com
trea·son P Pronunciation Key (tr(image placeholder)(image placeholder)z(image placeholder)n)n.
- Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
- A betrayal of trust or confidence.
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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Latin tr(image placeholder)diti(image placeholder), tr(image placeholder)diti(image placeholder)n-, a handing over. See tradition.]
When one has understood that words are weapons how does this definition concern that 20 million dollar actor? We have all heard of the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction), but we overlook the WMP (Weapons of Mass Persuasion). Free Speech protects the artist from government reprisal, but it is the “claim” of entertainment that protects the artist from “we the people”. Artists can claim that “we the people” can choose freely to believe whatever we want, but I think we can agree that “we the people” have a proven history of believing what we are told.
It has long been understood that we are not to trust our politicians. It’s part of our culture to teach this lesson to our children. Recent scandal concerning “bribes” in government have the media scrambling to raise the prices of their commercial time, knowing that “we the people” will be glued to the set hoping to see some senator cave in.
bribe P Pronunciation Key (br(image placeholder)b)n.
- Something, such as money or a favor, offered or given to a person in a position of trust to influence that person's views or conduct.
- Something serving to influence or persuade.
I think what I am trying to say here is trust no one. Remember that the idea of the selfless hero is just another idea sold to us by the media. I am not saying that they are not out there, but I am saying that they are not on a screen somewhere proudly proclaiming there selflessness.
Even if you are all alone in your beliefs and ideas you are still a soldier fighting in a war to protect those beliefs. I think it is important for you to understand all the weapons that are being used against you everyday. We as individuals are not special, but we are unique. Anyone attempting to change your unique thought is an enemy.
Being old, and powerful does not make you an authority on what is right. Being young and beautiful does not make you an authority on what is right. We let the rich sway our opinion because we admire them, and hope that by thinking the way they do, we can somehow become more like them. My advice then is to find the faults in everyone starting with you. You don't have to try to fix them if you don't want to but you do have to understand them in order to insure that they are not being used against you.
I don't even know if I made any points here, but I do know that I was able to get some things down and straight I my own head. I hope that a casual reader finds something here that helps.
