Abused By Illusions

P.T. Barnum is often quoted as saying, "there is a sucker born every minute." Tim O'Shea has posted an excellent article at Thedoctorwithin.com that expands on Barnum's saying in this modern age. The title of Mr. Oshea's article is THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION: WHY AMERICANS WILL BELIEVE ALMOST ANYTHING. The author does an excellent job of demonstrating and documenting how the perception of Americans is created almost whole cloth with the three elements of deceit, dissimulation, and distraction. Reading Mr. Oshea's work made me think that if Barnum were alive today he might revise his maxim to something along the lines of, "there is a sucker created every second." From reading Mr. Oshea's essay it would appear that this revised maxim might apply to many of us and if one takes an honest look around our country might one discover that we have become a nation of programmed suckers. Give his essay a read and tell me what you think?

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