Have you ever noticed the illogical and extreme false dichotomy that exists in politics? Society at large manipulated into a dependence on one dimensional thinking, an either "this or that" mentality, and obvious polar opposite ideological extremes that are all intellectual oversimplifications. Conspiracy theories are both true and untrue, they are both right and wrong, they are relevant and irrelevant, but only depending on who and what you are.
Take for instance, the conspiracy theory of the "illuminati" and the "masons" clearly form some type of ethnocentric enclave. They are extremely well funded and connected and yet anyone who happens to think they may be part of a "conspiracy" sounds like a fucking idiot.
This IS obfuscation: a type of preconceived notion we were not accustomed to detecting until now.
The express function and purpose of television centralizes on the obfuscation of reality, the blurring between fact and fiction.
Have you ever noticed when watching a scary movie or a pivotal theatrical climax, we tend to get goosebumps, feel our hair stand on end or have a racing heartbeat?
The biological brain does not distinguish between physical experience and fiction on tv. It behaves as if what is occurring on the screen is happening to the person.
As one continues to watch more and more television, this obfuscation of reality becomes more and more complex, more and more entangled with personal identity and worldviews.
One of the reasons for the heavy investment in television media has to do with how obfuscation facilitates the success of politics, or lack thereof.
Donald Trump, Barack Obama, they all rely on the television to obfuscate reality which insulates world leaders from the disgruntled poor, often painting a far rosier picture than exists in reality.
Ever wonder why Hollywood always makes fictional movies about real world events? Movies like 911, Blackhawk Down, and other historical fictions all contribute to how the mind sees the world, how it perceives itself and what worldviews it relies on to function in life.
As we are being exposed to antithetical viewpoints concerning SARS-Covid-2, or any type of manufactured conspiracy theory, reality becomes obfuscated due to the brain's attempt to synthesize differing viewpoints into a comprehensive schema.
Quite often, the brain will not succeed in combining different rationales. Instead people are filtered into polarized , political extremes, distinct subgroups like progressives, conservatives, Antifa, etc.. The fracturing of peoples' identities into political antagonization develops directly from obfuscation. Human consciousness seems to prefer oversimplified arguments relying on the polar opposites of progressives or conservatives, for instance, rather than being able to contend with the truth of both arguments from an objective viewpoint, thereby treating information itself as mutually exclusive.
The process by which a person goes, for instance, from Antifa (being against fascism) to being in agreement with forced vaccine mandates has everything to do with this obfuscation of reality due to the television.
When we engage in conspiracy theories or politics or any other thought form, a struggle occurs inside our psyche and the effect of it creates political polarization, an either this or that mentality, a "progressive" view or a "conservative" view, the parsing of ideas in real people. Whether you agree or disagree, the function remains the same: a limited perspective based on false dichotomy, unable to see the truth in both arguments.
