"Scientists Find that Low Self-Esteem & Materialism Goes Hand in Hand"
Well, of course they do. Materialism is merely the religion of robots, people who don't have a true path to tread, but are led, like cattle, down the path that advertising and capitalism decides they should be led down.
As long as people are followers in their hearts, (and we are schooled in becoming followers from the time we are 5 years old, or earlier, by the traditional education system, by organized religion, by advertising) they will be used and abused by a system which CANNOT function without their consent.
But they don't realize this, because they ARE robots. It's a foriegn directive in their programming to be aware of things outside the purview of their program.
Even psychedelics can't awaken a robot who doesn't already have a glimmer of doubt regarding his/her programming, the only way they can do their magic is if the seed of doubt is there, if it is already sensed that something isn't right.
Only then can the magic happen.
:wink: