-
You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community, you will have access to additional post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), view blogs, respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free, so please join our community today! Just click here to register. You should turn your Ad Blocker off for this site or certain features may not work properly. If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us by clicking here.
The Cheap and the Mensch
- Thread starter Mole
- Start date
Mole
Permabanned
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2008
- Messages
- 20,284
Popular culture avoids cognitive dissonance because popular culture wants to manipulate us, and most of us want to be manipulated, we want to feel good, and have others think well of us. "As long as it feels good", they say, "Do it!".
Popular culture knows cognitive dissonance is emotionally painful, and knows the path to learning is cognitive dissonance, so popular culture betrays us without a second thought.
Those of us who go to church to be inspired by the preacher, or who go to the movies to see a happy ending, are taking part in popular culture, and betraying ourselves and our friends.
After such betrayal, what forgiveness?
Popular culture knows cognitive dissonance is emotionally painful, and knows the path to learning is cognitive dissonance, so popular culture betrays us without a second thought.
Those of us who go to church to be inspired by the preacher, or who go to the movies to see a happy ending, are taking part in popular culture, and betraying ourselves and our friends.
After such betrayal, what forgiveness?
Similar threads
