Well, that things happened all the time. Popular people to be aclaimed by many. Also without being forced, just for liking him or her for their actions, beliefs and skills.

So, no place for controling as a manipulation here. At least not at the begining. After a time this influent people (legend as you call them here) may be used be high people (not high... just higher places :-)) ) can be used to induce some things through commercials, through their products or just their songs that can influence the masses to react in a way.

I think native talent is a must for things like that. You can't do a thing like Michael Jackson, Bruce Lee or others did without having native skills. After native skill is luck and then, their choice for what they will use that.

But let's be serious, people like Madonna and Michael Jackson, if they were born in these days, would not have the same success they had in their era. So here comes, right moment, right time. For sure there are a lot of natural talents that will never be discovered for the large audience. They remain in their circle.

We must not know the truth they know... that's obvious. That's why the control almost all media and share what we need to know :-), right?

Also, subliminal things were always present. Marketing and publicity sells. Plus, the masses must not hear new things without being prepared. So that's why they make movies with things that we soon we'll see them in our lives. Here, i think is a good one. Not all people are prepared to hear the truth and will not be able to react in a normal way to that.

Controversy..., hehe. Ain't it the thing that brings out the most of everything? That is in all we do the most important thing to make us remember and debate. That's the first thing that can catch human's eye. And another problem, after some poor guy became famous, money will change his life and not many are prepared for that. So consequences will be after their actions.

I think the "problem" here is us, humans. That's the way we are built. To have some in the top to control the sheeps. You know the sheeps, right? Look around, now they have touch phones, they can't see where they go, but they will still pressing that facebook like button because they NEED TO. It doesn't matter that a car will hit them, they will PRESS IT. THEIR PRECIOUS facebook :-))))
This i think is the first sign of haveing the new "illuminati". Facebook sheeps and other social or old school media...

Maybe i said too much, maybe too few words here. But, it is a continuously changing life we live. Animals adapt, plants adapt, creatures adapt but humans... they think they adapt :-) Here comes the red pill or the blue pill. What you choose? Reality or virtual reality? I think that is their choice today!

Hmm... did i lost something else here? :-)

Cheers

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