We live in an era of paradox. Access to information seems limitless, yet the sovereignty of our minds is under the greatest threat in history. Colonization is no longer physical, but mental, occurring through a subtle and invisible hegemony.
In the 21st century, this threat manifests as the Orwellian "telescreen" in our hands (gadgets and AI). However, this mindset colonization is actually much deeper. It is a comprehensive external hegemony that has long infiltrated and eroded the 11 pillars of our civilization: from language, script, social order, economy, politics, knowledge, philosophy, to belief systems.
Gadgets and AI are merely the latest 'brainwashing' tools perfecting this hegemony. We think these technologies are our tools, but we are being tooled by a larger system. We are trapped inside a Civilizational Cave, mistaking the shadows on our screens and our collective mindset for the only truth.