Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ It takes a touch of madness to take seriously the possibility that your entire society is insane. That's why devoted critics of the oligarchic empire are often a bit odd; something in them was driven to wade into waters that most people aren't psychologically prepared to enter.
Just returned from a lunch with well-educated friends, all well-meaning industry executives, who are completely unaware and totally misinformed -- on Russia-gate fraud, on our "democracy", about "huge differences" between D and R parties, on Ukraine, on "drug war", on Afghanistan, on so "bad" Venezuela., etc., etc.
Came home depressed. Same with my own family. If this represents our citizenry -- our future is bleak, very bleak.
I do find it a bit weird that so many people solidly red-pilled on US foreign policy and interventionism have no thought that people could be lying about a whole lot of other stuff if it's in their financial interest.
I grew up in an area that was not only highly progressive, but had its share of people with varying ideologies from as far back as 1900. In fact, my grandfather ran for the U.S. Senate in 1948 under the Communist banner, not knowing that only a year later Joseph McCarthy would begin his witch hunt; of course he, and many of his friends, were blacklisted. Anarchists and labor rabble rousers, as well as socialists had all lived (and thrived) in my community in the 50 years before I was born.
I tell you all this because I was one of those kids who had an idyllic childhood. My parents raised me as a progressive, get-your-hands-dirty activist kid. Take care and watch out for those not as well-off as you are. However, I saw first hand what happened to people who blew the whistle on corporate execs, the military and other elites. Besides not being readily believed, they didn't have the resources or the "group cred" that most of society requires people have to be believed.
I learned early on to keep my powder dry, pick my battles, and ensure I kept my reputation spotless, and my personal and professional lives above board. And most of all, ensure that I lead others in ways that would benefit society then, as well as later. In short, I was an organizer and group leader.
One never knows when and if he or she is needed to step up and be counted; even though I was a military officer in the early 1970s, I still found time and opportunity to protest and organize. It was difficult, but I was able to live in both worlds simultaneously. I learned a lot of lessons along the way - one of the most important was, not everything is as it seems, and very few people will step up to take care of others and stand up to authority. I made it a point to do both.
After Trump, so much of what I'll laughingly refer to as the left fully embraced the criminal neocon class of the Bush era and sank into an entrenched extension of CIA aspirations on foreign policy combined with McCarthyite authoritarianism at home, woke rhetoric aside.
Even the most amateur tin pot dictator knows that casting your political opponents as enemies of the people makes controlling everyone that much easier. Pointing to foreign actors -- real or imagined -- accomplishes the same thing.
The biggest hurdle we face is the near total capturing of media by the same moneyed interests which infest both major parties, loosening a wave of unaccountable censorship in the outrageous aim of quelling misinformation.
I've been fooled in the past; I voted for Obama and really thought he'd make a difference. My bad. We each wake up in our own turn. Things seem 20 times worse today, but it's also 20 times more apparent. The good news is, once you correctly see the rot, you can never again unsee it. Eventually these numbers must tilt in our favor.
All it really takes, is someone who has been negatively impacted due to the way the system we live in operates. There's a lot of amoral things which are done which kill and cripple and bankrupt citizens daily that are legal in the pursuit of profit and power in this society. More and more people are dealing with issues the system is not dealing with as conditions worsen and more folks are waking up to the fact, the system does nothing to help them at all.
how many billionaires and other self-important elites have died lately, with or from corona? no more than average in any previous years, though there have been clear increase in overall death rates across the population, no matter the primary reason for the death. that tells you everything you need to know about the "pandemic" and "vaccine" and "mandate".
I'm going to say this and by doing so I am taking somewhat a personal opinion of you. I love your content most of the time but the side-grift of mask mandate opposition in the name of your hyper-individualism sickens me. You, Jimmy Dore, and the others have LOST my respect. You wanna act the victims but the truth is you are creating victims! Your revolutionary talk means nothing if your fellow Leftists are dying around you as they may be the very people you need to get through all this!
These are depressing times indeed. Imminent war? *Vaccine* madness, for which they clearly don't work and are highly dangerous, especially for children which have little risk from the c-virus itself. Non-stop news of Russian "aggression" when the US government is clearly the aggressor. China? Venezuela? Cuba?; the only country that has a grip on the c-virus, by the way.
Into the dark rabbit hole we all go with plenty of clueless followers to echo the news of corporate(MSM) media orthodoxy. Madness, like, monstrous, massive psychosis, has enveloped the world. The insane are at the helm. The doomsday clock stays stuck at 100 seconds 'till midnight. I'm ready now to awake and see that this is all a nightmare of enormous proportions...it's not? Perhaps it's not in the cards to be saved.(And I hope that I'm wrong on this.) Peace, the Ol' Hippy
Thank you for all your efforts.
Just returned from a lunch with well-educated friends, all well-meaning industry executives, who are completely unaware and totally misinformed -- on Russia-gate fraud, on our "democracy", about "huge differences" between D and R parties, on Ukraine, on "drug war", on Afghanistan, on so "bad" Venezuela., etc., etc.
Came home depressed. Same with my own family. If this represents our citizenry -- our future is bleak, very bleak.
I do find it a bit weird that so many people solidly red-pilled on US foreign policy and interventionism have no thought that people could be lying about a whole lot of other stuff if it's in their financial interest.
In an insane world, the sane man is deemed insane. Thanks for supporting us mad folks with your wise insights!
I grew up in an area that was not only highly progressive, but had its share of people with varying ideologies from as far back as 1900. In fact, my grandfather ran for the U.S. Senate in 1948 under the Communist banner, not knowing that only a year later Joseph McCarthy would begin his witch hunt; of course he, and many of his friends, were blacklisted. Anarchists and labor rabble rousers, as well as socialists had all lived (and thrived) in my community in the 50 years before I was born.
I tell you all this because I was one of those kids who had an idyllic childhood. My parents raised me as a progressive, get-your-hands-dirty activist kid. Take care and watch out for those not as well-off as you are. However, I saw first hand what happened to people who blew the whistle on corporate execs, the military and other elites. Besides not being readily believed, they didn't have the resources or the "group cred" that most of society requires people have to be believed.
I learned early on to keep my powder dry, pick my battles, and ensure I kept my reputation spotless, and my personal and professional lives above board. And most of all, ensure that I lead others in ways that would benefit society then, as well as later. In short, I was an organizer and group leader.
One never knows when and if he or she is needed to step up and be counted; even though I was a military officer in the early 1970s, I still found time and opportunity to protest and organize. It was difficult, but I was able to live in both worlds simultaneously. I learned a lot of lessons along the way - one of the most important was, not everything is as it seems, and very few people will step up to take care of others and stand up to authority. I made it a point to do both.
Thank you, Caitlin. You always help me keep things in perspective and that's hard to do in this mad world.
After Trump, so much of what I'll laughingly refer to as the left fully embraced the criminal neocon class of the Bush era and sank into an entrenched extension of CIA aspirations on foreign policy combined with McCarthyite authoritarianism at home, woke rhetoric aside.
Even the most amateur tin pot dictator knows that casting your political opponents as enemies of the people makes controlling everyone that much easier. Pointing to foreign actors -- real or imagined -- accomplishes the same thing.
The biggest hurdle we face is the near total capturing of media by the same moneyed interests which infest both major parties, loosening a wave of unaccountable censorship in the outrageous aim of quelling misinformation.
I've been fooled in the past; I voted for Obama and really thought he'd make a difference. My bad. We each wake up in our own turn. Things seem 20 times worse today, but it's also 20 times more apparent. The good news is, once you correctly see the rot, you can never again unsee it. Eventually these numbers must tilt in our favor.
All it really takes, is someone who has been negatively impacted due to the way the system we live in operates. There's a lot of amoral things which are done which kill and cripple and bankrupt citizens daily that are legal in the pursuit of profit and power in this society. More and more people are dealing with issues the system is not dealing with as conditions worsen and more folks are waking up to the fact, the system does nothing to help them at all.
Well put
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how many billionaires and other self-important elites have died lately, with or from corona? no more than average in any previous years, though there have been clear increase in overall death rates across the population, no matter the primary reason for the death. that tells you everything you need to know about the "pandemic" and "vaccine" and "mandate".
Dr. Malone's recently published:
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/ivermectin-and-more-in-the-news
IF indeed Ivermectin works AND
• we have 900,000 thousand deaths and thousands of lung transplants AND
• Ivermectin (used for more than 1 billion times for other purposes, is harmless in correct dose and inventor received Nobel prize for it) AND
• is VERY inexpensive) can't be obtained -- THAN
WHO is responsible for a CRIME of a CENTURY???
I'm going to say this and by doing so I am taking somewhat a personal opinion of you. I love your content most of the time but the side-grift of mask mandate opposition in the name of your hyper-individualism sickens me. You, Jimmy Dore, and the others have LOST my respect. You wanna act the victims but the truth is you are creating victims! Your revolutionary talk means nothing if your fellow Leftists are dying around you as they may be the very people you need to get through all this!
These are depressing times indeed. Imminent war? *Vaccine* madness, for which they clearly don't work and are highly dangerous, especially for children which have little risk from the c-virus itself. Non-stop news of Russian "aggression" when the US government is clearly the aggressor. China? Venezuela? Cuba?; the only country that has a grip on the c-virus, by the way.
Into the dark rabbit hole we all go with plenty of clueless followers to echo the news of corporate(MSM) media orthodoxy. Madness, like, monstrous, massive psychosis, has enveloped the world. The insane are at the helm. The doomsday clock stays stuck at 100 seconds 'till midnight. I'm ready now to awake and see that this is all a nightmare of enormous proportions...it's not? Perhaps it's not in the cards to be saved.(And I hope that I'm wrong on this.) Peace, the Ol' Hippy