Those who tell the stories - rule society.

Plato

Today, a handful of corporate empires own and control the vast majority of everything you read, hear, and watch, from the biggest movie studios television and radio networks, newspapers and magazines, to the vast universe of internet news and entertainment sites.

News personalities are not the only high paid actors to serve the propaganda machine. Most late night talk shows are owned by the same corporate overlords, and thus follow the same script, only laced with a laugh. These late night talk show host usually open with commentary about conspiracy theories that are completely unrelated to the subject aimed debunk objective. This is a standard tactic used by propagandists to set a tone so that anything that follows will be seen through the lens of absurdity. Instead of challenging the point with science and rational arguments - they kills it with a smear.

The pace of our modern world makes it nearly impossible for working people to research the events and policies that shape their lives. When seeking answers to life's most pressing questions when we go first? Google. Enter the subject - hit Go! And there it is - only what they want us to see.

In today's culture of copy and paste journalism, it's common for hundreds of unrelated outlets to feature the exact same report. This is not the result of laziness, this is by design.

When we see identical headlines across seemingly unrelated platforms, the logical mind concludes: well, then it must be true! Delusion that numerous news sources have arrived at the same conclusion, gives us confidence to share the chosen narrative. And just like that we become the unwilling pushers of propaganda.

Search engines are the holy grail for those seeking to control the narrative. Google is already more powerful in terms of its control over people's lives than almost every government on the planet. As the most influential search engine in the world, through its ubiquitous reach Google has more power to influence USA elections than any foreign nation.

Medicines used for thousands of years were suddenly classified as alternatives, while the new, petroleum based, highly addictive and patentable drugs were declared the gold standard.