Psyops: The Battle for Your Mind

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In this post I shall expose the psyops masterminded by unscrupulous business entities to lure innocent children to consume their products, and how parents can counsel their kids against these insidious practices. As parents, we all want the best for our children. We want them to grow up healthy, happy, and well-adjusted individuals. Unfortunately, there are some deceitful advertisers who use psychological triggers to encourage children to buy products that are harmful to their growth and development. These products may include low nutrition snacks high in sugar and harmful fats, addictive gadgets, games and toys, faddish apparel and other goods that are not in their best interest.    Image created with the aid of Dall-E   Children mesmerised by a bewildering array of products at a candy store window. Advertisers use a variety of psychological techniques to manipulate children to open their wallets. One of the most effective strategies is through the use of celebrity endorsements. Child

Nanyang a graphic novel by Tan Choon Hong is now an eBook and Paperback on Amazon.com and Apple Books Over 100 pages of adventure romance. Love! Intrigue! Betrayal! Preview the contents here Watch the promo video An epic journey that spans the region the Chinese call Nanyang. Two brothers, hearing tales of a city where the streets are paved in gold, head south seeking a piece of the action. After a traumatic separation and several harrowing experiences, the brothers finally meet on opposite sides of the law.  Will they recognise each other as family or will loyalty to their masters triumph to turn them into deadly enemies?

Singapore waterfront by night. © Tan Keng Yang 2019. All rights reserved. Origin of Marshland to Metropolis It is unclear who actually made this claim and when. But it has been so oft repeated through the state-controlled media and the national education initiative that it has become gospel for the less questioning sectors of the population. Even foreign correspondents who failed to do due diligence have perpetuated this myth beyond the island’s shores.  Marshland to Metropolis as fake news Here we have the classic example of how propaganda works: “If you repeat an untruth often enough, people will come to believe it.” The truth about Marshland to Metropolis The truth is that Singapore was once a marshland but that was a long long time ago. Under the British who first colonised the island Singapore grew to be the premier city of its day, thanks to its strategic location in the middle of the South-east Asian archipelago and straddling the great sea lanes and air rout

Midst the controversy surrounding state funding for artistic endeavours and the boycott by some recipients against the donor’s interference in the creative process, i.e. censorship, one cannot help imagining the reason could be the oft quoted “He who pays the piper calls the tunes.”  Throughout history artists have an uneasy relationship with their governments as their work have the power to move people and frustrate government intentions. This has not stopped governments from using artists, sometimes under duress, as tools of propaganda or for self-glorification in state-sponsored plays, opera, and monumental sculptures and buildings. From the ancient worlds of Greece and Rome to modern day dictatorships, the state has tried to bend the creative process to its will, but never achieving total success. This is because true artists (not the mercenary ones) owe allegiance to one and only one party – their muse. Governments must face this hard truth. They can never buy respect an

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