The Northern 📍

  The Media is the Enemy.      Propaganda has always been my favourite word in the English dictionary. The thought of being able to manipulate and control a population, based on the repeated messages and images being shown to them, is extremely powerful. How an entire civilization, an entire generation, can be completely consumed by this method, is nowhere short of magical.        Today, we are subjected to forms of magic and propaganda to which the world has never seen before. Never before in history, has a population had to go through as much of a challenge as we do today. Every single corner of our days have been infected with the same, propagandized message. From the advertisements on our phones, to the music being blasted over the airwaves. From the television we consume, to the very pictures and posters glued across the walls of the city. Every single second of our lives, are being exposed to complex and dark propaganda.      ...

We’ve reached a turning point.        Yet again, another obstacle has presented itself in the path towards a peaceful and prosperous future. The never-ending campaign of division, has yet again reached new heights. After all the chaos, after all the violence, only one question remains- what comes next, now?      The reality that we now face, here in the West, is grim. The path forward in which we as a people get to continue our lives, is shrinking quicker by the day. As more time erodes, so does the option of making peace with those who we call our neighbours. Those who we walk beside in the streets. Those who we share an office-space with during our breaks. Those who we participate with during our extracurricular activities and leisures. The dream of continuing, as is, is fading— fast.      For close to 100 years, we have lived in relative peace within our society. Minus the odd outburst or spontaneous combustions- here in the West, we ...