Influencer Culture of Dead Brains

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Earning money by doing nothing isn't new. Royals and those born into wealth don’t work but have more money than anyone else. Both kinds pretend to work, but it isn’t real work. In these social media times, we have a third kind of people who actually do nothing meaningful for society but earn vast amounts of money as influencers.

What influencers do is constantly posting on social media about their lives while secretly promoting products. Most are women, but there are plenty of men.

Their pictures and videos follow the same pattern-pictures of a beautiful place they are visiting or heavily edited pictures of them. There is, of course, a hashtag with the place if they promote it, the makeup and outfit. Pictures of fancy food prepared at home or in a restaurant are often included, if sponsored. All looks very casual, but it is an artificial world that doesn’t exist since most people can’t afford such a lifestyle if they don’t work. If they work, they won't have time for it. 

The “culture” of the brain dead and overconsumption.

It is a really good trick to promote things since, unlike in showbiz advertising, its influencers are regulars.

Nobody is asking the question, why if they don’t work, how can they afford that good lifestyle? 

Influencers' lifestyles are supported by sponsors who hope to catch more braindead dreaming of it. Who doesn’t want that kind of life?! Doing nothing and having everything despite not being born privileged. No questions please!

Also, humans still judge social status based on what is worn and where people go, rather than what they do. Brands and certain lifestyles give people an artificial feeling of belonging.

The less intelligent you are, the more likely it is that you will develop an addiction to following influencers. I personally have never understood why I should follow such people and care about what they promote. It is so obviously artificial!

The mass education system did a great job of creating people who can’t think and can only answer questions if they have a few options to choose from. These people are unable to form their own opinions. They don’t know how. They need someone to tell them how to look, where to go, and what to eat. An easy prey. The more time is spent on social media, the better.

Mass media, which is part of it, invites influencers to speak about topics they aren't qualified for. Most have barely finished high school or some college. Influencers are everywhere. They tell everyone what to do!

Think about the world chosen for them: influencers. How someone who has nothing meaningful to offer can influence?! It is artificially made influence. Fake as the world they promote!

Unfortunately, young people are the ones buying it. They don't question it because they don't know how. Parents, instead of talking to them and teaching them, left them to the system. Now they are slaves of that system. Generation X, of which I am part, is trying to divert the trend, but we are getting older. The baby boomers are dying. At some point, we will be taken care of by the population manipulated by fake influencers. It would be a scary time.

We need to eliminate the influencers' "culture" as soon as possible. It is part of parasitic elites dominance.

Exposing it is one way, so share this article and put the grain of questioning in the brains of young people. It won't happen for a day, but it will.

Ask them if what influencers do sounds meaningful.

Why do they think influencers are more important than cleaners or scientists?

How do influencers earn money when they don't work?

Why should you trust an influencer when they are just as much a paid advertiser as the rest?

The young need to learn to think and question, to stand up and share their own opinions.

In the end, it is a matter of saving humanity. Can brain dead slaves continue the progress? Only people who can think outside the box and don’t follow meaningless rules can bring us to a better future! It is up to us, the more experienced, to help and change the wrong direction! We still have time.

Here is a hint how.

Yes, We Can Have Genuine Science-Based Policies

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