If you're like me, you struggle with how to INTERACT with others who seem so hard-hearted (edited)

[mother earth]

21. We are living in the age of manufactured consent that reaches people via emotions, not fact.

If you can make a person realize they are being manipulated, you may be able to reach them with actual truth, which you seem to have plenty of.

Emotions are ruling these "hard hearted" as you call them, if they were able to use reason you might make some headway, but if that were the case they would not be so easily manipulated.

The rise of corporate America is at fault, marketing and branding are being used. Chris Hedges nails it

http://www.realecontv.com/videos/social-costs/brace-yourself-the-american-empire-is-overand-the-descent-is-going-to-be-horriying.html

and Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" explains all of what we are going through. I personally feel, people must come to these realizations of their own accord.

Capitalism is the new doctrine, it has usurped democracy with stealthy tactics, but the coup d'etat has taken hold in this country, otherwise a blind eye to corporate/banking crimes would not be playing out before our eyes. "Looking forward, not backward" has only brought us more of the same and has brought us deeper in the murky waters of ALEC and health care reform that strengthens big insurance and pharma, big oil and nuclear power that can trash our planet while feigning ignorance, just like the banksters that have rigged us into what one day will be recognized as the 2nd depression.

What was the question, lol? Now that I'm totally depressed and realize what a flippin mess this all is, I think I'm going to take my leave now...