In defense of the normie I would have to say that you need 3 things to become non-normie (i.e. awake)
1-You have to have a certain type of intelligence.
IQ is correlated but it's not IQ specifically. You need to be able to think abstractly, something which very low IQ people cannot really do to a certain degree. AND you also need to have independent thoughts.
2-You need to have time.
Some people have been so crushed in life that they never get time to think things through. They have no energy to do so. Some are doing multiple jobs, loans, problems, divroce, etc.. That they do not have the luxury of free thinking. They just go with the flow until they die.
3-You need to have been shocked or hurt by the system.
Some groups of people have had it real good with them that they never have any reason to doubt the system. It rewarded them and they see themselves isolated from anyone suffering.
All that said, I think there is a difference between both groups. The difference I believe is in degree and not in kind but perhaps this could be said between us humans and animals?
This difference in degree of consciousness could mean the difference between the salve and the free man. Historically, the salve was someone who was willing to accept being a slave. Surrendering to his enemy.
A free man was someone who chose death over slavery.
What happened is that we have a world which prefers slaves over free men. This has been going for hundreds of years which means our numbers are dwindling.
They are marching humanity towards an ant-colony form of existence, will they succeed?
“Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon them from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins their journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of following the crowd and by choosing knowledge over the veils of ignorance.”
-- Henri Bergson
It's why the study of basic metaphysical thinking at a young age is vital, IMO; along with a classical education with logic and reasoning. I saw a homeschool curriculum with much of this for first graders.
People have ben heavily conditioned by communist materialists and it's further put their higher faculties to sleep. The intuition needs to be exercised
In defense of the normie I would have to say that you need 3 things to become non-normie (i.e. awake)
1-You have to have a certain type of intelligence. IQ is correlated but it's not IQ specifically. You need to be able to think abstractly, something which very low IQ people cannot really do to a certain degree. AND you also need to have independent thoughts.
2-You need to have time. Some people have been so crushed in life that they never get time to think things through. They have no energy to do so. Some are doing multiple jobs, loans, problems, divroce, etc.. That they do not have the luxury of free thinking. They just go with the flow until they die.
3-You need to have been shocked or hurt by the system. Some groups of people have had it real good with them that they never have any reason to doubt the system. It rewarded them and they see themselves isolated from anyone suffering.
All that said, I think there is a difference between both groups. The difference I believe is in degree and not in kind but perhaps this could be said between us humans and animals?
This difference in degree of consciousness could mean the difference between the salve and the free man. Historically, the salve was someone who was willing to accept being a slave. Surrendering to his enemy.
A free man was someone who chose death over slavery.
What happened is that we have a world which prefers slaves over free men. This has been going for hundreds of years which means our numbers are dwindling.
They are marching humanity towards an ant-colony form of existence, will they succeed?
“Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon them from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins their journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of following the crowd and by choosing knowledge over the veils of ignorance.”
-- Henri Bergson
It's why the study of basic metaphysical thinking at a young age is vital, IMO; along with a classical education with logic and reasoning. I saw a homeschool curriculum with much of this for first graders.
People have ben heavily conditioned by communist materialists and it's further put their higher faculties to sleep. The intuition needs to be exercised
Alex Newman - Rescuing our children.
Slides from that talk: Dewey dumbing down and communist plan in late 1800's for gov school
That is not a henri bergson quote, that is from the intro page to Montalk.net