Empire of Nudgers

Persistent attempts to manipulate and control human behaviours and the free exchange of ideas/information is canonical throughout our history. Who does it actually serve?

The insidious disintegration of our core values, morals and social norms is on full display at this point in the pandemic response. Approaching 3 years of an emergency (emphasis added to point readers to consider its defined meaning) with ever increasing censorship of anyone publicly expressing legitimate concerns about the mandates, public health measures, and/or the new injections and they’re still spending millions upon millions of dollars to figure out how to “nudge” everyone alive into taking this investigational product. At what point does “nudging” cross the line into a paternalistic control tactic? I’d argue any degree of “nudging” is on a spectrum of manipulation, given its potential for abuse by anyone with power, influence and/or money. The intent behind the nudging is where positive impact lies.

Below is the most recent indulgence toward population behavioural modification and control. Read the full article with a critical lens.

https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/mercury-project-to-boost-covid-19-vaccination-rates-and-counter-public-health-mis-and-disinformation-in-17-countries-worldwide/

Now, educating and encouraging positive and productive individual human change, ie. smoking cessation or alcohol reduction, is NOT in the same basket. The very foundational idea of nudging as a method for behavioural change was meant to be done to help evoke positive behavioural changes, not negative ones. As a family physician, this was part of every single patient encounter, and due to the intent and effort, many went on to experience major positive life changes. Everyone has a vice and the majority of people are very unhealthy due to their life choices (which are ironically all influenced by the nudging empire). This is a far cry from modern day nudging anyhow. Now, big government and big business, including big pharma and your favourite “philanthropists”, have hijacked this process and term, refining it into a coercive, authoritarian and manipulative empire meant to exploit masses of people for their own self interests and gain. They’ve mastered how to use this strategy to their advantage by inverting its use, ultimately worsening health and disease amongst the population. 7 million dollars - well, it’s actually 10.25 mil - is being used to target “a healthier information environment” in order for them to remain on top of the control grid. This comes after and on top of the hundreds of millions of dollars each western country spent on marketing their decidedly unilaterally measures for general acceptance and uptake. And do not kid yourself, there is nothing healthy about controlling the free flow of information. It’s a false front; a trap, if you will. Just like the fast food chains like McDonald’s offering salads. Tactics like these have been deployed unto the ordinary people since time immemorial. Whenever you see rhetoric, such as in the above article, be wary of the people funding the research or projects that are also the sole beneficiaries of their modification effects through profit. That is to say, the same people paying for the research benefit from its contrived results.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/04/26/coronavirus-vaccines-ad-council/

So much money has been spent in attempt to modify human behaviour in specific directions only. Imagine what better use those resources could be utilized for? What could a third world country do with that money? How many people could gain access to clean water or food around the world? What kinds of positive programs could be set up to help people empower themselves with tools to make healthier lifestyle choices to reduce risk of Covid infections? Yet, instead, the very people claiming to have our best interests at heart are throwing gobs of money at perverting the information in a specific way to coax you in the direction they want you to go. Every time. Who truly benefits? Who loses out since that enormous amount of funding is no longer available for use in other areas.

The empire of nudgers that has emerged in the last century have progressively toxified our existence in many ways rather than improved it. Today, more so than any other moment in history, due to the cumulative nature of the nudge continuum, human beings are detached of nature and the natural environment that we exist as a part of. A simple example of the toxic effects of the malignant and ubiquitous nature of nudging, and its effects, are the obesity crisis and hyper-materialism plaguing humanity. Which, interestingly, the nudging empire is trying to convince us is healthy and normal. As an interactive process, I invite readers to share in the comments some of their findings from magazines, articles, social media or television relating to the toxic impacts of nudging.

I’m certainly not the only person to write about this or think about the dangers or harms of constant, massive manipulation of human minds and behaviours.

https://www.pmlive.com/blogs/smart_thinking/archive/2020/the_mother_of_all_nudges_1338529?SQ_ACTION=clear_design_name&full=true

We are apparently the most progressive civilization, as we focus all of our attention on the artificial and make claims of how it will help solve “climate change” or can be the “equity” driver we have been looking for. When in fact, we are the most toxic and abusive to one another and our natural world. How can we call this progress? If we continue on this path, where do you think we will end up? We really need to sit with this and find new approaches, preferably ones that understand the battle of man vs nature. Spoiler alert, nature wins, every time. I see this whole nudging paternalistic paradigm leading to trans humanism and gene editing of human beings. We already have divine intelligence, an operating system created perfectly for us. It does not require man made “upgrades” like a man made cell phone. We ought not be messing around with this kind of technology or modifications ever. Nature always wins.

Where do we see all efforts and resources for these nudging campaigns doled out to? Human health is a major target for the deceitful practice of manipulation and fear mongering. Which, just so happen to be highly effective at quickly shifting human behaviour. Disingenuous messaging to capture your emotions (fear) and maintain your thinking within the disempowered emotional mind. The fear of a deadly invisible germ crippled the global human consciousness. Decisions were made out of fear and not reason or objectivity. Nudging quickly became authoritarian/totalitarian overrule.

Most importantly is that coercing people into medical interventions based on false pretences removes their human rights and dignity. But, it also seriously degrades the internal locus of control, pushing it ever externally. A disempowering system results in a very unhappy and unhealthy population. I’ll ask again, who actually benefits from this? Because, someone does and it isn’t us.

I say, we NIX the nudging and engage in a new (but ancient) paradigm of freely sharing information openly and honestly in pursuit of truth about the world we live in and our own selves.

Thank you for reading.

I’m rewriting the myocarditis journey still because it means so much to me. I want it to be perfect. Stay tuned.