I was talking to my boyfriend last night and we got into the subject of politics. Then he tied a quote from a series of books called "The Sword of Truth" by Terry Goodkind. In each book there's a new rule, but the one that my boyfriend pointed out was the first, and seemed to be, most important of the lot.
"People will believe anything they want to believe, or fear to believe."
Here was the character explanation: "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
When I used to work conventions, and also with promotions with the public, I was first taught the above. That to deal with the public, you have to treat them like four-year-olds bc half the time they aren't listening in the first place (even if they are there by their own accord). Advertisers, politicians, and other groups know this fact and take advantage of it by promoting their own wares, which if you add the advertisers, politicians, and these control groups into the "people are stupid" mix, then intrinsically we are the blind leading the blind.
Something to think about.
Talking about politics, and knowing that last week was primary week, and talking about my boyfriend, figure it would be a good thing to put up his indie film from last year...
This is the trailer to an indie film my boyfriend co-wrote. By looking @ the trailer you'd never think it was a political film, but it is. If you get a chance to find it, watch it.
