Amnesia By Design : How Narrative is Controlled, Monopolized And Finally Hegemonized

Have you ever realized how one is mentally controlled and how the narratives are spread so that the person is under control forever. There are two (2) strategies used by the ruling Imperialist to shape their desired narrative about their heroism and the saviour phenomena. These two strategies are :?

1. They make you remember only those things which they want you to remember irrespective of their relevance for you?
2. They make you forget only those things which they want you to forget irrespective of their relevance for you?

The matrix of “Remembering and Forgetting” is a plug & play system that has been used for centuries to shape the narrative in the world. With the advent of technology, especially the digital media and social media, this has been more exacerbated than ever before. The result is that a massive silent indoctrination process has been unleashed by the imperialists to boost up their image.?

If you have read history you will realize that Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest leaders of peace, was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But guess who else have got the Noble peace prize. The imperial war advocate Henry Kissinger too got the Nobel Peace prize. The imperial world wants you to forget Gandhi but remember the likes of war hawk Kissinger. This is the best example about the strategy of “Remembering and Forgetting” that comes to my mind right now.

The imperial powers have not only conquered territories but have also conquered our mind and our ability to critically think. The imperialists through their academic and media manipulations have surreptitiously shaped narratives, determining which stories survive and which disappear into oblivion. This “remembering and forgetting” matrix still serves as one of imperialism's most dominant tools of hegemony over our minds.?

When imperial powers record history, they skillfully utilize the “remembering and forgetting” strategy to exhibit their chosen memories while diminishing their wrongdoings. That is why it is said that “God cannot change history but historians can”. They have made you remember that it was the Greek civilization where philosophy and governance supposedly took birth. But they have made you forget that the entire Greek civilization, including its philosophy, is a copied version of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilization. Similarly they make you remember the “Renaissance of Europe” but do not let you know the contributions of the Arabs and the Indians in their renaissance.?

In the so-called modern era they made you remember their great scientific contributions but never told you about the millions of deaths they caused due to their scientific & military powers. The crimes of colonialism are so huge that all the libraries of the world will find it difficult to accommodate the literature on it. They made you forget the million deaths caused due to the forced Bengal famine but always made you remember the great victory of WWII.?

The imperial powers have celebrated the WWII victory as a historical moment of ushering in democracy and freedom to the world. But they have made you forget that WWI & WWII were an internal power struggle among themselves to control Europe and it had nothing to do with the emancipation of the world including the global south. Ultimately WWII ended only when Europe was delivered to its master and this arrangement is continuing till date. They have also remained silent on the millions of deaths and the theft of resources from the poor countries, including India, to fight their internal wars.?

The most agonizing aspect of the imperial powers “remembering and forgetting” play has been the total silence on Africa. The entire African continent was distributed amongst the European colonists at the Berlin conference (1884) and Africa never recovered from it. They have made you forget Leopold’s crime but made you remember the numerous saviours missions in Africa. Still Congo and many other countries are bleeding and there is total silence in the corporatist media.?

The entire West Asia has been destroyed by the imperial powers for the theft of oil but you will hardly hear this aspect of their discourses. The settler colonists have exterminated the native indigenous people yet you will hear no stories on it. The continuation of the genocide till now by the imperialists is a stark reminder of their heinous history of crime against native population including the indigenous Indians of America.?

If you delve into the imperial media networks you would hear no mention of the crimes against humanity perpetuated by the military-industrial complex. But you are made to remember how Taylor Swift is saving humanity. Sadly this is what people may remember ultimately and not their truth.?

The solution to awakening lies in understanding their? “remembering and forgetting” Matrix and escaping it. This can only happen if we follow certain rules of engagements for ourselves.?

1. Inculcate the habit of reading Philosophy, History and Literature (PHL) and in history read it from the alternative perspective and unconventional sources. I call it the “PHL Way” to escape the remembering and forgetting matrix.
2. Try to get your news and information's from the alternative media sources including the local media and not be dependent on the mainstream sources
3. Critically analyze news especially related to geo-politics and geo-economics?
4. Fact check your information's especially if it is coming from the legacy media?
5. Mainstream academia is deeply ingrained in the business of “remembering and forgetting” matrix. Search for localized and alternative academia.?
6. Try to read beyond your syllabus?
7. Last but not the least, always think and self critique your observations.?

What I have opined is not exhaustive but definitely a beginning to end the monopoly over the mind. If you are self aware you are alive but if you forget yourself you are forgotten by the world. The great Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir has beautifully said it in a few words.?

"be-khudi le gai kahan hum ko?

der se intezar hai apna"

"obliviousness brought us to circumstances?

Where we are waiting for ourselves for a long time".?

Lastly, I hope you forgive me for my impromptu and hasty translation of the couplet above.

See you soon.?

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