Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Today in tyranny we've got three stories on the rapidly increasing authoritarian abuses in western "free democracies". Let's dig in. 1. Grayzone reporter detained by British counter-terrorism police for doing journalism.
See, if we don't censor and punish dissent, then the Bad Guys might win!
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Snark aside, the increasing reliance on overt censorship and naked physical repression in the West can be viewed as one of two things - either as an oligarchy that is increasingly willing to drop the pretense of democracy in favor of open sociopathy, or as a sign of an oligarchy that lacks confidence, a sign of of weakness and not strength.
I got the Klarenberg treatment 15 years ago for merely taking photographs of hugely polluting oil refineries and chemical plants along the Delaware River and nearby schools and day care centers.
It was followed up 3 days later by a home visit and more interrogation by FBI, Homeland Security, and Hunterdon County NJ Prosecutors Office investigators. USA! USA! USA!
Yep. At least here in the US some people are scratching their heads and wondering why more aren't signing up for military service. I believe a question that will help shed light on the issue and was asked near the end of this article is, what is there worth fighting for?
In the US, they are banning books and academic curriculum. The Supreme Court revoked women's rights to control their own body. The Court stripped EPA power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and wetlands. Immigrants are targeted. Many people are calling for internment camps for homeless people. White Christian Nationalist reject democracy and seek a Christian State. Almost half the States have passed all kinds of crazy laws. I could go on.
"If western governments need to keep ramping up censorship, propaganda and the persecution of journalists in order to defend western freedom and democracy, is it really freedom and democracy? And, is it worth defending?" Careful you'll be deemed a "Terrorist"! Truth told to the public apparently means you must be what we in the US refer to as a "Domestic Terrorist" but just an outright terrorist in Britain!
Calling states like Australia, the US, Britain and Canada "democracies" is now the supreme irony, and best examples of modern propaganda. Nothing is further from the truth. Only a fool would believe Max Blumenthal would accost anybody, and only a fascist would believe anyone but a fool would. Citizens of these countries should not vote: force the authorities to make that a crime.
Every single morning I hope that I would wake up from this nightmare around us ... how bad it is (I think every single day about this) is shown in the movie 'Don't look up' - it is a wonderful picture of our stupid disgusting society and our deranged helplessness to reach anything beneficial for humankind - what comes next?? I guess this: https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else/ - We are certainly worth the Nobel Price for STUPIDITY!!! (Do we even give one thought to poor people and all the innocent creatures around us that have no voice and no choice ...)
Another great article - Спасибо - Ya well, Gonzalo should have used a little better street sense , since he was in a foreign country and in war but the USG will treat him the same way they treated my Nam brothers that were left behind in the jungle POW camps. Hopefully not but ......
"If western governments need to keep ramping up censorship, propaganda and the persecution of journalists in order to defend western freedom and democracy, is it really freedom and democracy? And, is it worth defending?"
These have been my questions over and over again. If we can't even answer the question, "Will you do anything to get Lira released?" then you're certainly not upholding Americans' First Amendment right of free speech, and you're definitely an uncaring bastard who doesn't give a flying f*** about Americans' safety abroad. If you have to grill an investigative journalist for five hours and take his devices in order to feel better about your fascist state, then you're not a "democracy" by any means. So, no, it's not about "freedom and democracy," and no, it's not worth defending whatever the hell it is.
Let's hit the streets in South Australia and take our $50K AUS fine and 3 months jail terms and let the fascists in charge know where they can shove their so-called "freedom and democracy." It's time for a revolution. High time.
See, if we don't censor and punish dissent, then the Bad Guys might win!
/s/
Snark aside, the increasing reliance on overt censorship and naked physical repression in the West can be viewed as one of two things - either as an oligarchy that is increasingly willing to drop the pretense of democracy in favor of open sociopathy, or as a sign of an oligarchy that lacks confidence, a sign of of weakness and not strength.
I got the Klarenberg treatment 15 years ago for merely taking photographs of hugely polluting oil refineries and chemical plants along the Delaware River and nearby schools and day care centers.
It was followed up 3 days later by a home visit and more interrogation by FBI, Homeland Security, and Hunterdon County NJ Prosecutors Office investigators. USA! USA! USA!
Gotta love when the Epoch Times (ran by a literal anti-China cult) is doing a better job than American news media in pressing for answers lmao
The public can't be trusted with truth, as they aren't likely to take kindly to the liars it exposes.
Yep. At least here in the US some people are scratching their heads and wondering why more aren't signing up for military service. I believe a question that will help shed light on the issue and was asked near the end of this article is, what is there worth fighting for?
I'm glad to see The Juice Media is still up and running. I watched them years ago, but the site seemed to go silent.
The Aussies are in deep shit, and have been for years.
Gonzalo Lira will possibly join Julian Assange in Belmarsh for speaking too much truth.
Caitlin - this crap isn't happening in a vacuum:
In the US, they are banning books and academic curriculum. The Supreme Court revoked women's rights to control their own body. The Court stripped EPA power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and wetlands. Immigrants are targeted. Many people are calling for internment camps for homeless people. White Christian Nationalist reject democracy and seek a Christian State. Almost half the States have passed all kinds of crazy laws. I could go on.
It's called Fascism. Use the word.
Note how the Ukraine cult rejoices at the detention of Gonazalo Lira and now Klarenberg.
Their actions show plainly what they really think of freedom of speech and the press.
"If western governments need to keep ramping up censorship, propaganda and the persecution of journalists in order to defend western freedom and democracy, is it really freedom and democracy? And, is it worth defending?" Careful you'll be deemed a "Terrorist"! Truth told to the public apparently means you must be what we in the US refer to as a "Domestic Terrorist" but just an outright terrorist in Britain!
Calling states like Australia, the US, Britain and Canada "democracies" is now the supreme irony, and best examples of modern propaganda. Nothing is further from the truth. Only a fool would believe Max Blumenthal would accost anybody, and only a fascist would believe anyone but a fool would. Citizens of these countries should not vote: force the authorities to make that a crime.
Every single morning I hope that I would wake up from this nightmare around us ... how bad it is (I think every single day about this) is shown in the movie 'Don't look up' - it is a wonderful picture of our stupid disgusting society and our deranged helplessness to reach anything beneficial for humankind - what comes next?? I guess this: https://thebulletin.org/2022/10/nowhere-to-hide-how-a-nuclear-war-would-kill-you-and-almost-everyone-else/ - We are certainly worth the Nobel Price for STUPIDITY!!! (Do we even give one thought to poor people and all the innocent creatures around us that have no voice and no choice ...)
"Defending freedom and democracy" in American Newspeak simply means imposing totalitarianism.
Another great article - Спасибо - Ya well, Gonzalo should have used a little better street sense , since he was in a foreign country and in war but the USG will treat him the same way they treated my Nam brothers that were left behind in the jungle POW camps. Hopefully not but ......
Loved the Video !
"Authoritarianism" with the fusion of govt and corporate power = fascism.
"If western governments need to keep ramping up censorship, propaganda and the persecution of journalists in order to defend western freedom and democracy, is it really freedom and democracy? And, is it worth defending?"
These have been my questions over and over again. If we can't even answer the question, "Will you do anything to get Lira released?" then you're certainly not upholding Americans' First Amendment right of free speech, and you're definitely an uncaring bastard who doesn't give a flying f*** about Americans' safety abroad. If you have to grill an investigative journalist for five hours and take his devices in order to feel better about your fascist state, then you're not a "democracy" by any means. So, no, it's not about "freedom and democracy," and no, it's not worth defending whatever the hell it is.
Let's hit the streets in South Australia and take our $50K AUS fine and 3 months jail terms and let the fascists in charge know where they can shove their so-called "freedom and democracy." It's time for a revolution. High time.
Nice. So sometimes the citizens - they are still citizens? -have to make a choice between the Devil and Beleezebub?