Witeko Cowboys and Indigenes (2014) This is the essential premise of Wétiko – A Cree phrase for A Psychosis At The Heart of Civilization. Cowboys and Indigenes: How To Propagate A New Way Of Seeing. How Media is Fabricated and Faked: The Native American philosopher Jack D. Forbes wrote about how modern civilization has suffered through many decadent times, particularly in the Twentieth Century into the Twenty-First. Our compulsion to consume the earth’s resources has combined with exploitation, war and terrorism, and the resulting increased hardship is at the center of contemporary life. But why do we find this behavior normal? According to Forbes, the crux of the problem is Wétiko – a psychosis at the heart of civilization. The term Wétiko was used by the Native American Cree tribe to describe “a cannibal or, more specifically, an evil person or spirit who terrorizes other creatures by means of terrible evil acts.” Forbes appropriates that Wétikos are those who consume other people for private purpose or profit. They are in our governments, our corporations, and our places of worship, and they control public opinion. They are also the powerful elites who have bestowed their versions of history upon us. Our history is selective, full of the propagandized polemics of those who have control and power. The psychosis of Wetiko spreads like a disease. It corrupts actions, opinions and beliefs, and is ultimately the cause of humanity’s inhumanity to itself. Therefore, perhaps the more pressing issue is not why Wetiko happens, but rather what we can do to dispel it. This is the essential premise of Wétiko – Cowboys and Indigenes: How To Propagate A New Way Of Seeing.
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