Why are people manipulated so easily?

[Istand4truth]

I just want to vent. I am becoming increasingly frustrated with friends and family members who just don't get it. I have liberal family members who are supporting Obama's Libya adventure because "Ghaddafi is a bad guy whose troops rape women." I have right wing family members who are sending me jokes that say that Obama isn't doing enough and that he is not spending enough money for the military. Yikes! These are people that I have been sending informational email to for years.

With all of the information that I send to people many still really don't know what is going on. They have no idea about the false left/right paradigm and they continue to be manipulated by the main stream media outlets!

Does anyone feel like I do? This is a lost cause. The globalists are making so much headway because our family members and friends and neighbors don't bother to be informed on the issues. They are letting this happen. Am I wrong to blame the public at large for the actions of the globalists?

Do you think that those who don't bother to become informed and do something about it will be held accountable? Does it even matter?

Maybe I am in the wrong. Should I just go back to my regular life. Maybe I should just watch TV, mind my own business and go with the flow!

[InfoWarrior82]

Fear.

1. Fear to actually face or consider that everything they've known has been a lie.
2. Fear of being mocked by others.

[Rincon]

Removed

[Istand4truth]

I sometimes wonder if we are confused also. But then I remember that I am basing my beliefs on principle. Undeclared war is unconstitutional. It's as simple as that. It doesn't matter if a republican or democrat president does it. I have read countless books on the Constitution, politics, good government, corruption etc. I have read countless independent news sites. I have done hours of my own research. So have many here on this forum. There is a good chance that we are on the right side vs. someone who watches the mainstream media news outlets.

I guess I had hoped that more people would have been awake by now. It doesn't seem to matter how bad our politicians get. THey are still supported in their actions by diehard democrats and diehard republicans. I have just been sick thinking about the illegality of this Libyan war, and how Congress was not even consulted on this. We are in world government now and things are pretty ugly to me. :ymsick:

[sbsion]

entirely the "degree of intelligence" according to their natural natures

[HeirofNumenor]

their inability of some to see evil deliberately implemented system-wide...that their own country would be corrupted, and betrayed by it's own leaders (from both parties)

[davedan]

I was blind about the Iraq war. I remember defending Pres. Bush and the case for war. I remember wondering how could people trust "Saddam Hussein" over our own President.

Daniel says just like Alexander the Great, the US will go to war with Media (Iraq) and then we will go to war with Persia (Iran). After than the US (anglo-american) Empire will be divided and fall apart.

When China and Russia, and Mexico invade, they will split America up into 4 parts.

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[Shimdidly]

I remember back in 9th grade, I thought Bush was just an inheritor of a bad situation; with a lot of tough decisions to make. I used to think that the world would turn evil overnight if John Kerry won the election. At the same time, it felt like both decisions for president were bad, but I knew of no alternative, and no one as of yet has spoken to me about real issues. I wasn't "awake" yet. Even then, though, something felt wrong about invading another nation under the justification that their leader was a ruthless dictator. I puzzled over the implications of the US being the "world police", but I passed it off thinking that it was a tough situation where no completely correct decision could be made.

In 11th grade, my AP US History class began studying the time-period where the Federal Reserve was created. I wondered why no parallels with the "Moneyed Monster", discussed in earlier chapters, were mentioned about the Federal Reserve. I passed it off thinking that they really must have been quite different, and the guy that wrote the history book knew better than I would. I asked my teacher how printed money was placed into circulation; it seemed paradoxical that money could be printed without benefiting someone.

Still, I wasn't "awake", but in those select areas, I could sense something amiss.

The first eye-opener I saw was "Endgame" by Alex Jones, since then, I've been slowly learning about the principals of freedom, how the Federal Reserve really works, the NWO, etc.

[NoGreaterLove]

I just want to vent. I am becoming increasingly frustrated with friends and family members who just don't get it. I have liberal family members who are supporting Obama's Libya adventure because "Ghaddafi is a bad guy whose troops rape women." I have right wing family members who are sending me jokes that say that Obama isn't doing enough and that he is not spending enough money for the military. Yikes! These are people that I have been sending informational email to for years.

With all of the information that I send to people many still really don't know what is going on. They have no idea about the false left/right paradigm and they continue to be manipulated by the main stream media outlets!

Does anyone feel like I do? This is a lost cause. The globalists are making so much headway because our family members and friends and neighbors don't bother to be informed on the issues. They are letting this happen. Am I wrong to blame the public at large for the actions of the globalists?

Do you think that those who don't bother to become informed and do something about it will be held accountable? Does it even matter?

Maybe I am in the wrong. Should I just go back to my regular life. Maybe I should just watch TV, mind my own business and go with the flow!

Because they are not endoctrinating themselves with the media of the Book of Mormon.

[1984Orwellherenow]

hmmm... the family members you've described sound like me. i've never thought about why i like to be manipulated, so my thoughts are pretty raw: ithink it feels really good to be manipulated. really really really good.

so there you have it. an answer, and i give the best.

occam's razor.

[Rosabella]

Pride is the core of being manipulated. Focus on self and not on God's will. People who are fear based, instead of faith based are the easiest victims of being manipulated. For it is their emotions that control their thoughts and actions not the influence of the Spirit. The emotions are self-protecting and self-focused. Those that are truly faith based on God are also passionate about God and His will and seek out His will in all things regardless its outcome to self.

To be truly faith based one must be purged of Pride. Pride is the root of all deception and sin. The arrogant and the insecure (all of those caught in the pride paradigm of focus on self) are a great risk of being manipulated because at their core they are thinking about self first over God first. If you are focused on self you are not focused on God, for you must be selfless to truly be a humble follower of Christ and to have His Spirit to be with you. The words of God's prophet will mean to a true disciple of Christ far far more then to those that have not purge all form of pride out of themselves. If we listen to the Prophet things like politics, preparedness, sharing the Gospel, obedience, living a life with true Charity, missionary work etc all become clear, we hear the real meanings of the Lord's servants words. When pride is in us we can misinterpret the meaning of even the words of prophets to mean what OUR will for it to mean is and not Father's. To have the Holy Ghost reveal to us truths we must purge the blinding and damning pride.

So Pride is the cause of being manipulated. This is not limited to liberal politics it also can be found in Constitutionalists too, or truthers etc. Everyone is fighting pride. Everyone needs to purge it but it is most difficult thing to do. Pride is found readily within those that think they "know" more then others about anything. Knowledge and riches both increase the danger of having pride, because we start to feel "above" our brothers and sisters. We must become humble like a little Child and submit our will to God in all things or no matter what part of the Gospel or we feel we are doing right, if we continue to have Pride it will be our fall. The only salvation will be if one purgers all the many forms of Pride and becomes humble as a Child to Father in every aspect of our life. Then and only then can the Spirit truly guide any of us to all the truths. With pride you may find some of the truths but in the end it will not matter what you know or have but the aspects where we lack humility will be the very part that damns us. So if one is doing the Lord's will in certain areas but not others they can falsely think they are "safe enough" from being lead astray or they are "humble enough" to have the Spirit. When you think you have superior knowledge and mock those around you or judge and condemn them by words and actions, because you think you are better then them in anyway you have stepped away from humility and entered pride. When you think you are humble enough or good enough is when Pride has reared its ugly head again and you are no longer humble. We must continually be seeking out the Lord's will over ours and purging our own will, the pride from within our selves. The more humble you become the more and more you recognize pride in yourself and realize that the battle never ends and the purging is every going to become like a child to Father. This is the only way to NOT be mislead and manipulated.

[Istand4truth]

Thanks for all of your wonderful replies. I am feeling better today. I will try to remember that all of us have our weaknesses. I will also try not to be prideful about the knowledge I have attained in my study of the issues. All of us have new truths to learn. It is important that we never stop learning. My frustration was that we won't wake people up to what is going on in time to change the course of things. Of course, it may already be too late. All we can do is improve our own lives and prepare. It doesn't hurt to alert others around us. It is their choice to pay attention or not.

[lundbaek]

Laziness is the main reason I offer for people being easily manupulated. By not doing their own homework, by not following the commandment that President Uchtdorf brought to our attention in the October 2009 General Priesthood Meeting Re. education, people leave themselves open to manipulation from all directions.

[Rosabella]

Laziness is the main reason I offer for people being easily manupulated. By not doing their own homework, by not following the commandment that President Uchtdorf brought to our attention in the October 2009 General Priesthood Meeting Re. education, people leave themselves open to manipulation from all directions.

Laziness and idleness is a path to being manipulated but I still think the root cause is pride. When a person is being idle or lazy they are doing their will, what they want to do or not to do, which is pride.