First they push you a little bit and you do not resist. After sometime again they push you a little further and you don’t move. Then they push you more and you didn’t realise and go with the flow. So this continues for a while. By the time you realise and recognise that you have been hoodwinked and manipulated, you are stuck in nexus of regulations and policies. You are not in control over your decision making and you feel like you are helpless and hopeless.
Generally people in power and people who want to control do it directly. Instead of showing their force directly they attack the critical thinking of the common person. When you deprive the power of questioning and ability to think for themselves, then there is a huge population who are disempowered and rely on system for their survival.
I think the most powerful Elite and the people who control and run this world would give you the illusion of democracy freedom rights and all these things that gives sense of empowerment to the common citizen. Strategy is that give enough hope and privileges in the garb of rights and ultimately make the common man helpless and completely powerless when it comes to taking decisions that are in their best interest.
Every system is created in such a way that the other person is dependent and always need to be.
When you have enough money where you can do anything and spend on anything to get in life then immediately your priority goes to works power and control.
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