The ghetto Jews who resisted had a higher rate of survival than those who went along.
Create your own culture. Hollywood icons maintained by electronic media are more familiar to you than the indigenous plants in your neighborhood. Sing a song about your own life. Paint a picture, tell a story, wear some clothes that you created, that you designed without comparing to media images.
Several years after Princess Dianna died, a woman told me that she really grieved for her. I said I didn't and she insisted that it was the normal response, that she felt more when Dianna died than when her grandfather died. That is how much power the media has over us. Kill your TV. A healthy landbase is now crucial. Create alternatives.