I was generalising in the main but in the past the media convinced the general population that Jimmy Saville was a beloved entertainer and a charity hero and as we know that was far from the truth. The Government will have us convinced that we need to pay more taxes because of inflation or the lack of trade agreements or for our own health or any other reason, they tell us they are not privitising the NHS but it is slowly being privatised bit by bit. There is a massive scandal in this country where we are actively being encouraged not to use cash to the point that a lot of companies do not accept cash any more (domioes pizza as an example). bit by bit our freedoms are slowly being eroded and that is just this country. The politicians will fight and bicker about any issue other than the real issues like where does the road tax really go and are you sure that all our money is really going into the NHS. They campaign and try to win elections based around immigration when the real scandal is the waste of our money on frivolous ideas thought up by highly paid ministers in government think tanks with no idea what the people of our country need but like magicians the newspapers and tv will be full of some bloke eating a kangaroo's cock on I'm a celebrity whilst atrocities in less favored countries are relegated to a small section on page10 if they are even reported (look at the Mags love in). Yes there are a lot of people who see this and are aware enough to notice the sleight of hand, but there are enough idiots out there who believe all the **** that is funneled towards them without realising it as the crap it is and social media has made the spread of information/disinformation much easier and especially if it is rumours and conjecture.
I hope I am cynical enough to see it and not gullible enough to buy into it but you will have seen even on these forums that a lot of people these days will believe what they are told and even struggle to form there own opinion given facts in abundance.
From what I know about you on these pages you have worked all over the world and for some fairly influential people. I guess your a little like myself in that I try not to judge another person on somebody else opinion and will try and make my own mind up. I try to look at situations with an open mind and even look at it from a different perspective to try and gain understanding.
In short I think that in the whole you are able to understand the world today for what it is so manipulation or control has little effect on you, I was brought up during the miners strike which has left an indelible mark on me as to what governments and the media can do when it is required remember Orgreave or more recently Hillsborough(The millions taken out of the miners pension fund comes to mind when the pound crashed). just some examples of how the truth can and is manipulated to serve a purpose.
Sorry Smug just another rant trying to explain what I meant