The Hidden System: How Culture Keeps You Disconnected
We like to believe our values, choices, and beliefs are entirely our own. However, the truth is that culture has been shaping them long before we had the language to question it. From advertising to politics, from social media to self-help, the systems around us are designed not to liberate, but to manage and control. This course reveals the hidden architecture of cultural conditioning. Drawing on Edward Bernays’ foundational work in propaganda, modern psychology, and neuroscience, you’ll learn how disconnection is not an accident — it’s a feature. You’ll see how culture shapes identity, fuels anxiety, and keeps you small by keeping you distracted.
Why “the System” Wants You Disconnected
You’ll examine how disconnection serves power — why governments, corporations, and media benefit when you are overwhelmed, isolated, and reactive. Survival identity isn’t just personal; it’s cultural.
The Psychology of Propaganda (Bernays 101)
Here, you’ll study Edward Bernays, often referred to as the “father of public relations,” and explore how his techniques of mass persuasion continue to shape media and advertising today. You’ll learn the psychological levers — fear, identity, desire — that are pulled daily.
How Culture Shapes Your Values Without You Knowing
This chapter explores how “choice” is curated. From beauty standards to definitions of success, you’ll uncover how culture scripts values so deeply that they feel natural, even when they are imposed.
Money, Media, and the Illusion of Choice
You’ll trace how financial systems and media cycles work together to create dependency. What appears to be freedom of choice often masks predetermined funnels of attention and consumption.
How Disconnection Fuels Anxiety and Confusion
Cultural systems thrive on overwhelm. Drawing from cognitive load theory, you’ll see how fragmented attention and constant comparison keep you stuck in loops of doubt and anxiety.
Awareness as Rebellion: The First Act of Sovereignty
The course concludes by reframing awareness itself as a form of rebellion. You’ll learn simple frameworks to filter manipulation, reclaim authorship, and take the first step toward internal sovereignty.
Why “the System” Wants You Disconnected
You’ll examine how disconnection serves power — why governments, corporations, and media benefit when you are overwhelmed, isolated, and reactive. Survival identity isn’t just personal; it’s cultural.
The Psychology of Propaganda (Bernays 101)
Here, you’ll study Edward Bernays, often referred to as the “father of public relations,” and explore how his techniques of mass persuasion continue to shape media and advertising today. You’ll learn the psychological levers — fear, identity, desire — that are pulled daily.
How Culture Shapes Your Values Without You Knowing
This chapter explores how “choice” is curated. From beauty standards to definitions of success, you’ll uncover how culture scripts values so deeply that they feel natural, even when they are imposed.
Money, Media, and the Illusion of Choice
You’ll trace how financial systems and media cycles work together to create dependency. What appears to be freedom of choice often masks predetermined funnels of attention and consumption.
How Disconnection Fuels Anxiety and Confusion
Cultural systems thrive on overwhelm. Drawing from cognitive load theory, you’ll see how fragmented attention and constant comparison keep you stuck in loops of doubt and anxiety.
Awareness as Rebellion: The First Act of Sovereignty
The course concludes by reframing awareness itself as a form of rebellion. You’ll learn simple frameworks to filter manipulation, reclaim authorship, and take the first step toward internal sovereignty.
Michael T
Jan 8, 2025
This course completely reframed how I see myself. For years, I thought I lacked discipline, but I learned my patterns were survival responses and not flaws. That shift gave me the clarity to stop fighting myself and start living with alignment.
Michael T
Jan 8, 2025
This course completely reframed how I see myself. For years, I thought I lacked discipline, but I learned my patterns were survival responses and not flaws. That shift gave me the clarity to stop fighting myself and start living with alignment.
Michael T
Jan 8, 2025
This course completely reframed how I see myself. For years, I thought I lacked discipline, but I learned my patterns were survival responses and not flaws. That shift gave me the clarity to stop fighting myself and start living with alignment.
Samantha L
Jan 15, 2025
I came into this course expecting tips and techniques. What I got was an entirely new way of understanding my mind and body. It was like someone turned the lights on in a room I’d been stumbling around in my whole life.
Samantha L
Jan 15, 2025
I came into this course expecting tips and techniques. What I got was an entirely new way of understanding my mind and body. It was like someone turned the lights on in a room I’d been stumbling around in my whole life.
Samantha L
Jan 15, 2025
I came into this course expecting tips and techniques. What I got was an entirely new way of understanding my mind and body. It was like someone turned the lights on in a room I’d been stumbling around in my whole life.
James L
Jan 17, 2025
I’ve read dozens of self-help books, but this course actually explained why none of them stuck. Once I understood the nervous system and survival identity, it all made sense.
James L
Jan 17, 2025
I’ve read dozens of self-help books, but this course actually explained why none of them stuck. Once I understood the nervous system and survival identity, it all made sense.
James L
Jan 17, 2025
I’ve read dozens of self-help books, but this course actually explained why none of them stuck. Once I understood the nervous system and survival identity, it all made sense.
Price of this course
0
USD
Course level:
FREE
Lesson:
6
Language:
English
Subtitles:
English
Additional recourses:
Case Study PDFs
Duration:
3+ Hours
Certificate:
N/A
Each chapter includes a reflective and practical assignment
No prior study of psychology or media theory required
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