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in our daily lives is dumb, and there posts. Another thing is this, what if
are those who believe that the spirit the friends you have on your social
realm is real, but are confused about media platforms are just numbers
how it works on earth. Well, it really and bots animated by some weird
does not matter if you believe and algorithms, does that not make you
understand or not that all that you just a number and bot in the cloud
see on earth is a direct output of database of the owners of the social
that which is spirit or unseen. The media ecosystem? The answer is humans in this age have actually lost
fact is, that if you don’t believe in right within you to find out. our humanity and how to respond
the law of gravity it does not change I am not saying “social media is to issues affecting others? I can’t
its effect on you. Simple! evil or bad”, I am only saying we say categorically or just maybe my
need to pay attention to the “good” expectations were too great.
We are dealing daily with the spirit of social media and how we are
of the power of the air, which is the quickly becoming a people with What about censorship?
dimension of the second heaven no social empathy because all our I had always thought that censorship
and which primarily is the dwelling feelings, and what makes us human, was a filtration system that takes out
of forces of darkness. Meaning that are now locked up in our phones what is not appropriate for the gen-
when you speak of putting your data and emojis. eral public, especially when it relates
in the CLOUD, as almost all digital to young people. But the censorship
things are being done right now, the My wife and I had an experience a we have now on these social media
question is, what is this cloud, who very short while ago. We partnered platforms that have become the
controls it and why is there such an with a group of young women in long arms of global security agen-
effect of social media on humanity, our neighborhood to raise funds cies, is nothing but witchcraft and a
especially our young people whose for women in rural areas of North- manipulation of data to suit global-
energy vibrations are very strong? ern Kenya who are dealing with ist agendas for world control. Im-
Could it be that when we speak of health issues. So one of the fund aging you share a post about Afrika
social media and how we store data raising projects was tagged 100bob that has the ability to help Afrikans
in cloud, we are actually talking initiative. Bob here is a slang for wherever they may be in the world,
about how we humans really relate Kenyan Shillings, so basically the and it’s taken down for no useful
with dark powers above the realm initiative is about getting a dona- reason. You hear Afrikans in the
of the earth, while calling it cosmic tion of 100Kenyan Shillings from diaspora complain of not know-
energy or consciousness? Maybe or anyone interested in the cause. ing what is happening in Afrika
maybe not. But you think about it The fundraising was done on the and thus they are not able to relate
and be sure. Instagram live page of a popular properly with things on the ground.
Kenyan comedian who has about You even think you are not doing
Are they real? Or are your friends 1.5Million followers. I watched the enough to reach them as a content
just numbers? live stream for a short while and one creator, and then you realize that the
I have always thought about this guy particularly caught my attention problem was not you but the system
particular question, but because I when he said he was going to give of censorship that filters out your
do not really have anything else to 2,000 KShillings for the fundraiser content. So your people cannot hear
measure it with, I tend to measure and also the many others who were you and you cannot hear them. Such
by the experiences I have personally asking for where to send their dona- a weird and manipulative ecosystem
or those which others share. tions to. we call SOCIAL MEDIA.
The next day we asked one of the
There is an old saying which goes, young women we were partnering So is social media a bad thing? Well,
“show me your friends and I will with how much was raised in the In- that depends on what you call bad
show you who you are.” It’s an old stagram fundraise and she said 3,000 or good. For if that which was sup-
saying but one which still has some Kshillings. 3,000Kshillings from a posed to bring us together as social
great meaning expecially in this platform of 1.5million followers? beings turned us into ANTI-social
age where poeple attach personal That was shocking for me and got beings, mere numbers in a system,
significance to their lives based on me thinking. Could it be that the so bots and false images, then we defi-
how many friends they have on called 1.5million followers of that nitely do not have a social media but
social media and how many com- platform were just nothing but num- a SOCIAL DUNGEON.
ments and likes they get from their bers and bots or could it be that we

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