thewakingtimes--2020-09-30--‘Fahrenheit 451’ Predicted People Would Demand Tyranny

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Even if it has been a while since you read Fahrenheit 451 , you might remember Ray Bradbury ’ s classic for its portrayal of a dystopian future in which an authoritarian government burns books .
Read Fahrenheit 451 again to discover why people wanted their tyrannical government to burn books .
Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in 1953 , yet the parallels to today ’ s social climate for censorship are haunting .
Bradbury ’ s protagonist is Guy Montag , who , like all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burns books .
Today ’ s mainstream and social media are “ custodians of our peace of mind ” as they filter out “ conflicting theory and thought.
” Captain Beatty is Montag ’ s boss .
Beatty explained , “ If you don ’ t want a man unhappy politically , don ’ t give him two sides to a question to worry him ; give him one.
” Today , millions listen daily to reports of case counts of Covid-19 .
Like Bradbury predicted , listeners can recite the numbers but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the numbers .
Many have little idea that important scientists and doctors have advocated alternatives to lockdowns that could save lives and abate catastrophic impacts on economies .
As in Bradbury ’ s world , many are working tirelessly to disparage and censor alternative views .
After Montag questions his role as a book burner , he recites Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold to neighbors .
His neighbors were shocked at the feelings the poem provoked .
One cries out , “ Silly words , silly words , silly awful hurting words… Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Not enough hurt in the world , you ’ ve got to tease people with stuff like that !
” Incredibly , Bradbury anticipated today ’ s social climate where people claim censorship is justified because someone hurt their feelings .
Beatty explains a dominant social norm justifying censorship : Do not offend minorities .
Bradbury is clear ; “ minorities ” meant practically everyone : Pretending you can “ stay happy all the time ” was another social norm driving popular demand for censorship in Fahrenheit 451 .
Beatty explains , In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conflicting theories makes for unhappiness , so Beatty lauds the fireman ’ s mission and justifies censorship : In Bradbury ’ s future , intellectuals came under scrutiny when ideas conflicted .
The word “ intellectual ” became a “ swear word.
” The public dreaded “ the unfamiliar ” and disdained a world where merit mattered .
Again , Bradbury has Beatty explain the mindset behind such thinking : In Bradbury ’ s dystopia , thinking was not welcome .
Even front porches were eliminated .
One of Montag ’ s young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today embraced as a way to keep us safe from Covid-19 .
Social distancing also keeps us safe from “ conflicting theories and thoughts.
” Chairs have been removed from social gathering places .
Hallways are quiet .
Nobody stands around the water cooler .
People have few places to talk with each other .
The parallel to porches is haunting .
Perhaps you are sensing a shift in social norms undermining parental rights and the sanctity of the family .
Bradbury foresaw a push for government-funded pre-school .
Captain Beatty explains , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of looting .
Some claim that rioters are merely damaging property , not people .
Before he began to see the evil he was part of , Montag eased his conscience with this similar line of thinking : Warning his readers of policies shaped by the majority , Bradbury writes , Today , politicians claim the right to destroy freedom when they get a majority vote of the people .
This dangerous reasoning is antithetical to the founding principles of this country .
We can take a lesson from Bradbury ’ s character @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his own self-censorship : How ironic that today , claiming they are “ woke , ” progressives clamor for tyranny and censorship .
In Bradbury ’ s world the “ woke ” saw through the lies of tyranny and censorship .
Bradbury would exhort us to avoid expediency and speak out to prevent the worst .
In his novel , Bradbury didn ’ t take a deep dive into the psychology of saying nothing .
My recent essay on mask mandates by businesses provoked a strong response .
Many were sympathetic to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demand .
Yet , some believe that business policy is being shaped by a small but frightened and very vocal minority who complain loudly to managers about customers not wearing a mask .
Going against the vocal herd takes courage .
In his book The Heart Aroused , poet David Whyte , who works with businesses on organizational change issues , shares a universal story : Whyte explains the CEO made it plain he wanted to hear “ ten.
” Whyte ’ s friend thinks the plan is terrible , and rumors are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As the CEO goes around the room , Whyte ’ s friend hears his colleague , one by one , say “ ten.
” When it is his turn , “ against everything he believes , ( Whyte ’ s friend ) hears a mouselike , faraway voice , his own , saying ‘ ten.
’ ” According to Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann ’ s theory of the spiral of silence , “ our willingness to express an opinion is a direct result of how popular or unpopular we perceive it to be.
” When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we will make a point of signaling that we are part of the herd .
Like Whyte ’ s friend , we will avoid expressing our point of view when we sense it will be unpopular .
If you think the public is empowered by social media to express unpopular views , you would be mistaken .
As in Fahrenheit 451 , people censor themselves first , even before Facebook and Twitter add their own censorship .
In 2014 , the Pew Research Center surveyed the public about their willingness to freely express @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revelations .
The survey revealed that “ people were less willing to discuss the Snowden-NSA story on social media than they were in person.
” Social media was not an outlet for those concerned about expressing an unpopular view .
Today , how many say nothing to their neighbors and colleagues about Covid-19 policies for fear of being accused of not valuing human lives ?
In Fahrenheit 451 , silence helped pave the way for the public ’ s embrace of tyranny .
In 2020 , Fahrenheit 451 is far more than a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the spiral of silence we must make space for candid conversations by thoughtfully considering alternative viewpoints .

‘Fahrenheit 451’ Predicted People Would Demand Tyranny
Barry Brownstein, Activist Post
Waking Times
Even if it has been a while since you read Fahrenheit 451, you might remember Ray Bradbury’s classic for its portrayal of a dystopian future in which an authoritarian government burns books.
Read Fahrenheit 451 again to discover why people wanted their tyrannical government to burn books. Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in 1953, yet the parallels to today’s social climate for censorship are haunting.
Bradbury’s protagonist is Guy Montag, who, like all firemen in Bradbury’s future, burns books.
In Bradbury’s dystopia, firemen became “custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior; official censors, judges, and executors.”
Today’s mainstream and social media are “custodians of our peace of mind” as they filter out “conflicting theory and thought.” Captain Beatty is Montag’s boss. Beatty explained, “If you don’t want a man unhappy politically, don’t give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one.”
If you don’t want people debating questions such as Covid-19 policy, Beatty has the ticket: “Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving.”
Today, millions listen daily to reports of case counts of Covid-19. Like Bradbury predicted, listeners can recite the numbers but have no context to make sense of the numbers. Many have little idea that important scientists and doctors have advocated alternatives to lockdowns that could save lives and abate catastrophic impacts on economies. As in Bradbury’s world, many are working tirelessly to disparage and censor alternative views.
After Montag questions his role as a book burner, he recites Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold to neighbors. His neighbors were shocked at the feelings the poem provoked. One cries out, “Silly words, silly words, silly awful hurting words… Why do people want to hurt people? Not enough hurt in the world, you’ve got to tease people with stuff like that!”
Incredibly, Bradbury anticipated today’s social climate where people claim censorship is justified because someone hurt their feelings.
Beatty explains a dominant social norm justifying censorship: Do not offend minorities. Bradbury is clear; “minorities” meant practically everyone:
Don’t step on the toes of the dog-lovers, the cat-lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians, second-generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico.
Pretending you can “stay happy all the time” was another social norm driving popular demand for censorship in Fahrenheit 451. Beatty explains,
[Censorship] didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time, you are allowed to read comics, the good old confessions, or trade journals.
In Bradbury’s dystopia, to consider conflicting theories makes for unhappiness, so Beatty lauds the fireman’s mission and justifies censorship:
The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we’re the Happiness Boys, the Dixie Duo, you and I and the others. We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought. We have our fingers in the dyke. Hold steady. Don’t let the torrent of melancholy and dreary philosophy drown our world. We depend on you. I don’t think you realize how important you are, we are, to our happy world as it stands now.
In Bradbury’s future, intellectuals came under scrutiny when ideas conflicted. The word “intellectual” became a “swear word.” The public dreaded “the unfamiliar” and disdained a world where merit mattered. Again, Bradbury has Beatty explain the mindset behind such thinking:
We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man’s mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well read man?
In Bradbury’s dystopia, thinking was not welcome. Even front porches were eliminated. One of Montag’s young neighbors explained why:
People sat there sometimes at night, talking when they wanted to talk, rocking, and not talking when they didn’t want to talk. Sometimes they just sat there and thought about things, turned things over… they didn’t want people sitting like that, doing nothing, rocking, talking; that was the wrong kind of social life. People talked too much. And they had time to think.
Social distancing is today embraced as a way to keep us safe from Covid-19. Social distancing also keeps us safe from “conflicting theories and thoughts.” Chairs have been removed from social gathering places. Hallways are quiet. Nobody stands around the water cooler. People have few places to talk with each other. The parallel to porches is haunting.
Perhaps you are sensing a shift in social norms undermining parental rights and the sanctity of the family. Bradbury foresaw a push for government-funded pre-school. Captain Beatty explains,
The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school. That’s why we’ve lowered the kindergarten age year after year until now we’re almost snatching them from the cradle.
Bradbury also anticipated today’s justification of looting. Some claim that rioters are merely damaging property, not people. Before he began to see the evil he was part of, Montag eased his conscience with this similar line of thinking:
You weren’t hurting anyone, you were hurting only things! And since things really couldn’t be hurt, since things felt nothing, and things don’t scream or whimper.
Warning his readers of policies shaped by the majority, Bradbury writes,
The most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority. Oh, God, the terrible tyranny of the majority.
Today, politicians claim the right to destroy freedom when they get a majority vote of the people. This dangerous reasoning is antithetical to the founding principles of this country.
We can take a lesson from Bradbury’s character Professor Faber, who recognized the consequences of his own self-censorship:
I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the ‘guilty,’ but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself.
How ironic that today, claiming they are “woke,” progressives clamor for tyranny and censorship. In Bradbury’s world the “woke” saw through the lies of tyranny and censorship. Bradbury would exhort us to avoid expediency and speak out to prevent the worst.
In his novel, Bradbury didn’t take a deep dive into the psychology of saying nothing. My recent essay on mask mandates by businesses provoked a strong response. Many were sympathetic to my point that businesses respond to consumer demand. Yet, some believe that business policy is being shaped by a small but frightened and very vocal minority who complain loudly to managers about customers not wearing a mask.
Going against the vocal herd takes courage. In his book The Heart Aroused, poet David Whyte, who works with businesses on organizational change issues, shares a universal story:
A man I know finds himself in a meeting room at the very edge of speech; he is approaching his moment of reckoning, he is looking for support from his fellow executives around the table … the CEO is pacing up and down on the slate gray carpet. He has asked, in no uncertain terms, for their opinion of the plan he wants to put through. ‘I want to know what you all think about this,’ he demands, ‘on a scale of one to ten.’
Whyte explains the CEO made it plain he wanted to hear “ten.” Whyte’s friend thinks the plan is terrible, and rumors are that other executives feel the same. As the CEO goes around the room, Whyte’s friend hears his colleague, one by one, say “ten.” When it is his turn, “against everything he believes, (Whyte’s friend) hears a mouselike, faraway voice, his own, saying ‘ten.’”
According to Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann’s theory of the spiral of silence, “our willingness to express an opinion is a direct result of how popular or unpopular we perceive it to be.” When we believe our belief is popular, we will make a point of signaling that we are part of the herd. Like Whyte’s friend, we will avoid expressing our point of view when we sense it will be unpopular.
If you think the public is empowered by social media to express unpopular views, you would be mistaken. As in Fahrenheit 451, people censor themselves first, even before Facebook and Twitter add their own censorship.
In 2014, the Pew Research Center surveyed the public about their willingness to freely express their views about the 2013 Edward Snowden revelations. The survey revealed that “people were less willing to discuss the Snowden-NSA story on social media than they were in person.” Social media was not an outlet for those concerned about expressing an unpopular view.
Consistent with the “spiral of silence” theory and compatible with Bradbury’s dystopian future, no matter what the setting, people are reluctant to share an unpopular view. A 2020 Cato survey found 62% “of Americans say the political climate these days prevents them from saying things they believe because others might find them offensive.”
Today, how many say nothing to their neighbors and colleagues about Covid-19 policies for fear of being accused of not valuing human lives? In Fahrenheit 451, silence helped pave the way for the public’s embrace of tyranny. In 2020, Fahrenheit 451 is far more than a chilling, cautionary tale. To reverse the spiral of silence we must make space for candid conversations by thoughtfully considering alternative viewpoints.
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thewakingtimes--2020-09-30--On Vote Shaming – 21 Ways Supporting The US Establishment Is Worse Than Voting Third Party

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The vote-shaming engines have predictably kicked into high gear in America as the presidential election approaches , with shitlib pundits like Bill Maher doing their part to paint third-party voters as the most toxic people in the world .
Which is of course ridiculous .
I have no strong opinions about how Americans should vote in November , but it ’ s obvious that in terms of toxicity third-party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who are worthy of criticism .
The dire situation humanity now finds itself in under the leadership of the US hegemon is not the fault of a small fringe faction which doesn ’ t want to support oligarch-coddling ecocidal warmongers , it ’ s the fault of those who help preserve America ’ s oligarchic ecocidal warmongering status quo .
Contrary to the stock template lines that establishment spinmeisters are regurgitating to bully the left into submission , here are 21 things which are in fact a lot more crazy , selfish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ party : 1 .
Supporting a two-headed one-party system in the most powerful government on earth which has plagued our planet with endless war and ecocide and marched humanity to the brink of extinction .
2 .
Continuing to support a political system which is wholly owned and operated by the wealthy , leaving zero effective influence over US policy in the hands of ordinary Americans and immense influence in the hands of the very rich .
3 .
Continuing to support a system which consistently deceives the American people into consenting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neoconservative warmongering abroad , both of which always hurt the most impoverished and disadvantaged groups worst .
4 .
Continuing to support a two-headed one-party system where one head always pushes as far to the right as possible when in power and the other head never moves things back leftward even one iota when it is .
5 .
Continuing to support a political establishment which rehabilitates war criminals like George W Bush , Bill Kristol , David Frum and John Bolton while demonizing anyone who refused to vote for a warmonger .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been consistently attacking Donald Trump from the right on foreign policy , pushing him to escalate cold war tensions with Russia further and further and shrieking hysterically if he makes the slightest move toward deescalation anywhere .
7 .
Supporting a political party which is designed to co-opt all leftward populism and railroad it into support for an establishment which promotes war and oligarchy while depriving Americans of the same social safety nets afforded to everyone in every other major country on earth .
8 .
Supporting a party which claims to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s extradition of Julian Assange , a move which if successful will cripple press freedoms around the globe and make it impossible to hold the world ’ s most powerful government to account .
9 .
Supporting a political party which has spent Trump ’ s term galvanizing its base around the psychopathic CIA and J Edgar Hoover ’ s minority-oppressing , left-punching FBI while doing everything it can to stamp out any leftist zeitgeist within its ranks .
10 .
Continuing to support a mass media structure which works every day to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while weapons of war are spread across the planet at massive expense .
11 .
Supporting a political establishment which promises slow , incremental change and actually delivers no change whatsoever while our species slides off the cliff of extinction , taking out the most impoverished and marginalized first .
12 .
Pretending foreign policy just doesn ’ t exist , or if it does exist pretending Joe Biden isn ’ t a lifelong warmonger who has spent his entire campaign attacking Trump for being insufficiently hawkish in most spheres of international conflict @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both parties are working in support of world-threatening cold war escalations against both Russia and China , a multifront campaign whose complexity increases the probability of something going cataclysmically wrong even more than the last cold war .
14 .
Pretending a party that ’ s done exactly nothing for America ’ s disempowered communities isn ’ t directly responsible for the poverty , police brutality , mass incarceration , exploitation and oppression those communities face today .
15 .
Pretending a return to how things were before Trump ’ s presidency wouldn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the conditions which created Trump ’ s presidency .
16 .
Pretending Obama , who destroyed Libya , devastated Syria , facilitated the rape of Yemen , intervened in Ukraine , maintained and expanded all of Bush ’ s most depraved policies and did nothing for the people who elected him , was a good president .
17 .
Continuing to support a political system where everything keeps getting worse no matter which oligarchic puppet Americans elect .
18 .
Putting your head in the sand and pretending everything will be fine once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
19 .
Supporting a novelty joke party with fake primaries which are always rigged to ensure victory for the safest oligarchic puppet instead of pushing for something resembling actual democracy .
20 .
Promoting the lie that if you just keep doing something that has never , ever worked , this time it might produce different results .
21 .
Lulling people back to sleep when the only thing that can help ordinary people is for them to start waking up and using the power of their numbers to force drastic , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to advocate incrementalism when you ’ re not living hand to mouth .
It ’ s selfish to think that acting on climate change can be rolled out over many decades so as not to upset the corporate donors of your favorite politicians .
It ’ s the height of entitlement to close the door to progressives inside the Democratic Party and then throw a shit fit when they vote for another party .
It ’ s hypocritical to hyperventilate about election-rigging Russians while secretly , and then openly , rigging primaries against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a fake two-party system which advances exploitative agendas hurts the most vulnerable populations in America and in the entire world .
Acting self-righteous because you actively support that system while spitting on the people who are trying to change it is selfish , is stupid , is hypocritical , and is a mark of extreme privilege .
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On Vote Shaming – 21 Ways Supporting The US Establishment Is Worse Than Voting Third Party
Caitlin Johnstone, Guest
Waking Times
The vote-shaming engines have predictably kicked into high gear in America as the presidential election approaches, with shitlib pundits like Bill Maher doing their part to paint third-party voters as the most toxic people in the world.
Which is of course ridiculous. I have no strong opinions about how Americans should vote in November, but it’s obvious that in terms of toxicity third-party voters are not on the list of people who are worthy of criticism. The dire situation humanity now finds itself in under the leadership of the US hegemon is not the fault of a small fringe faction which doesn’t want to support oligarch-coddling ecocidal warmongers, it’s the fault of those who help preserve America’s oligarchic ecocidal warmongering status quo.
Contrary to the stock template lines that establishment spinmeisters are regurgitating to bully the left into submission, here are 21 things which are in fact a lot more crazy, selfish, stupid and privileged than voting third party:
1. Supporting a two-headed one-party system in the most powerful government on earth which has plagued our planet with endless war and ecocide and marched humanity to the brink of extinction.
2. Continuing to support a political system which is wholly owned and operated by the wealthy, leaving zero effective influence over US policy in the hands of ordinary Americans and immense influence in the hands of the very rich.
3. Continuing to support a system which consistently deceives the American people into consenting to oppressive neoliberal exploitation at home and bloodthirsty neoconservative warmongering abroad, both of which always hurt the most impoverished and disadvantaged groups worst.
4. Continuing to support a two-headed one-party system where one head always pushes as far to the right as possible when in power and the other head never moves things back leftward even one iota when it is.
5. Continuing to support a political establishment which rehabilitates war criminals like George W Bush, Bill Kristol, David Frum and John Bolton while demonizing anyone who refused to vote for a warmonger.
6. Supporting a political party which has been consistently attacking Donald Trump from the right on foreign policy, pushing him to escalate cold war tensions with Russia further and further and shrieking hysterically if he makes the slightest move toward deescalation anywhere.
7. Supporting a political party which is designed to co-opt all leftward populism and railroad it into support for an establishment which promotes war and oligarchy while depriving Americans of the same social safety nets afforded to everyone in every other major country on earth.
8. Supporting a party which claims to support press freedoms while cheerleading Trump’s extradition of Julian Assange, a move which if successful will cripple press freedoms around the globe and make it impossible to hold the world’s most powerful government to account.
9. Supporting a political party which has spent Trump’s term galvanizing its base around the psychopathic CIA and J Edgar Hoover’s minority-oppressing, left-punching FBI while doing everything it can to stamp out any leftist zeitgeist within its ranks.
10. Continuing to support a mass media structure which works every day to deceive Americans into supporting their own impoverishment while weapons of war are spread across the planet at massive expense.
11. Supporting a political establishment which promises slow, incremental change and actually delivers no change whatsoever while our species slides off the cliff of extinction, taking out the most impoverished and marginalized first.
12. Pretending foreign policy just doesn’t exist, or if it does exist pretending Joe Biden isn’t a lifelong warmonger who has spent his entire campaign attacking Trump for being insufficiently hawkish in most spheres of international conflict.
13. Ignoring the fact that both parties are working in support of world-threatening cold war escalations against both Russia and China, a multifront campaign whose complexity increases the probability of something going cataclysmically wrong even more than the last cold war.
14. Pretending a party that’s done exactly nothing for America’s disempowered communities isn’t directly responsible for the poverty, police brutality, mass incarceration, exploitation and oppression those communities face today.
15. Pretending a return to how things were before Trump’s presidency wouldn’t just be a return to the conditions which created Trump’s presidency.
16. Pretending Obama, who destroyed Libya, devastated Syria, facilitated the rape of Yemen, intervened in Ukraine, maintained and expanded all of Bush’s most depraved policies and did nothing for the people who elected him, was a good president.
17. Continuing to support a political system where everything keeps getting worse no matter which oligarchic puppet Americans elect.
18. Putting your head in the sand and pretending everything will be fine once a Democrat is in charge, again.
19. Supporting a novelty joke party with fake primaries which are always rigged to ensure victory for the safest oligarchic puppet instead of pushing for something resembling actual democracy.
20. Promoting the lie that if you just keep doing something that has never, ever worked, this time it might produce different results.
21. Lulling people back to sleep when the only thing that can help ordinary people is for them to start waking up and using the power of their numbers to force drastic, revolutionary change.
It’s easy to advocate incrementalism when you’re not living hand to mouth. It’s selfish to think that acting on climate change can be rolled out over many decades so as not to upset the corporate donors of your favorite politicians. It’s the height of entitlement to close the door to progressives inside the Democratic Party and then throw a shit fit when they vote for another party. It’s hypocritical to hyperventilate about election-rigging Russians while secretly, and then openly, rigging primaries against progressives.
Supporting the continued existence of a fake two-party system which advances exploitative agendas hurts the most vulnerable populations in America and in the entire world. Acting self-righteous because you actively support that system while spitting on the people who are trying to change it is selfish, is stupid, is hypocritical, and is a mark of extreme privilege.
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thewakingtimes--2020-09-30--When Will Hysterical Defenders Of ‘Science’ Face Up To The Destruction The US Medical System Is Caus

When Will Hysterical Defenders Of ‘ Science ’ Face Up To The Destruction The US Medical System Is Causing ?
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Millions of masked people , who border on hysteria , believe they know COVID science .
On closer examination , these people believe what their television sets tell them .
They believe Fauci because he ’ s on television , and he ’ s talking from the White House , and he disagrees with Trump .
These elements are not exactly what Galileo had in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the issue of the Earth revolving around the sun .
Of the millions who believe in Fauci television science , there are many who will say science is “ studies.
” They are quite sure these studies back up what Fauci and Redfield are spouting , and any contradictory studies would be artifacts dreamed up by secret minions of Trump .
This sort of argument is not exactly what Galileo had in mind , either .
I recently analyzed COVID-19 from the point of view of false data .
COVID case numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the skies .
That ’ s an enormous crime , because the lockdowns and the economic devastation have been based on these data .
Now I want to apply that same direct analysis to the entire US medical system .
In this instance… True data are buried , hidden , and ignored .
What data ?
Actual numbers of deaths and maiming CAUSED by medical treatment .
When you see the dimensions of this crime and this mass human tragedy , you ’ ll also see further implications—titanic insurance fraud , tax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upon millions of work-hours irretrievably lost to the nation ’ s economy .
Insurance companies are paying out billions of dollars for medical treatment that is destructive , not helpful .
Insurance companies are also paying billions in death benefits as a result of doctors , not diseases , killing people .
And all this medical destruction is being subsidized by the taxpayer .
No one has calculated the $ $ cost .
No one can calculate the tragic human cost .
Now here is the analysis .
Understand that the vital data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revealed , then hidden .
ONE : “ The Epidemic of Sickness and Death from Prescription Drugs.
” The author is Donald Light , who teaches at Rowan University , and was the 2013 recipient of ASA ’ s [ American Sociological Association ’ s ] Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology .
Light is a founding fellow of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania .
In 2013 , he was a fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard .
He is a Lokey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Journal of the American Medical Association , April 15 , 1998 : “ Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients.
” The authors , led by Jason Lazarou , culled 39 previous studies on patients in hospitals .
These patients , who received drugs in hospitals , or were admitted to hospitals because they were suffering from the drugs doctors had given them , met the following fate : Every year , in the US , between 76,000 and 137,000 hospitalized patients die as a direct result of the drugs .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ hospitalized patients experience serious adverse reactions to the drugs .
So this study had nothing to do with doctor errors , nurse errors , or improper combining of drugs .
And it only counted people killed who were admitted to hospitals .
It didn ’ t begin to tally all the people taking pharmaceuticals who died as consequence of the drugs , at home .
Starfield reported that the US medical system kills 225,000 Americans per year .
106,000 as a result of FDA-approved medical drugs , and 119,000 as a result of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the numbers to a decade : that ’ s 2.25 million deaths .
You might want to read that last number again .
I interviewed Starfield in 2009 .
I asked her whether she was aware of any overall effort by the US government to eliminate this holocaust .
She answered a resounding NO .
She also said her estimate of medically caused deaths in America was on the conservative side .
Therefore , to say the FDA isn ’ t aware of this finding would be absurd .
The FDA knows .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ t saying anything about it , because the FDA certifies , as safe and effective , all the medical drugs that are routinely maiming and killing Americans .
Every public health agency knows the truth .
FIVE : None of the above reports factor in death or injury by vaccine .
The US system for reporting severe adverse effects of vaccines is broken .
Barbara Loe Fisher , of the private National Vaccine Information Center , has put together a reasonable analysis : “ But how many children have [ adverse ] vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only one in 110,000 or one in a million who are left permanently disabled after vaccination ?
Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler observed in 1993 that less than 1 percent of doctors report adverse events following prescription drug use .
[ See DA Kessler , ‘ Introducing MEDWatch , ’ JAMA , June 2 , 1993 : 2765-2768 ] ” “ There have been estimates that perhaps less than 5 or 10 percent of doctors report hospitalizations , injuries , deaths , or other serious health problems following vaccination .
The 1986 Vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not reporting ; doctors can refuse to report and suffer no consequences.
” “ Even so , each year about 12,000 reports are made to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System [ VAERS ] ; parents as well as doctors can make those reports .
[ See RT Chen , B. Hibbs , ‘ Vaccine safety , ’ Pediatric Annals , July 1998 : 445-458 ] ” “ However , if that number represents only 10 percent of what is actually occurring , then the actual number may be 120,000 vaccine-adverse events [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine reactions as infrequently as Dr. Kessler said they report prescription-drug reactions , and the number 12,000 is only 1 percent of the actual total , then the real number may be 1.2 million vaccine-adverse events annually.
” Medically caused deaths of friends , family members , loved ones , who are buried along with the truth .
No criminal investigations , no prosecutions , no guilty verdicts , no prison sentences .
But of course , you can believe everything leading lights of the US medical system tell you about COVID .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the truth about this medical holocaust—tells you about COVID .
Given the reports on medically caused death and maiming I ’ ve just cited and described in this article , it ’ s obvious that… Leading medical journals around the world , which routinely publish glowing accounts of clinical trials of medical drugs… Are spilling over with rank fraud , on page after page .
Indeed , here is a stunning quote from a woman who has quite probably read and analyzed more medical-drug studies than any doctor in the world : Compare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ father of COVID science , ” Tony Fauci .
In an interview with the National Geographic , Fauci stated : “ Anybody can claim to be an expert even when they have no idea what they ’ re talking about…If something is published in places like New England Journal of Medicine , Science , Nature , Cell , or JAMA—you know , generally that is quite well peer-reviewed because the editors and the editorial staff of those journals really take things very seriously.
” Now put on your mask and get lost .
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When Will Hysterical Defenders Of ‘Science’ Face Up To The Destruction The US Medical System Is Causing?
Jon Rappoport, Guest
Waking Times
Millions of masked people, who border on hysteria, believe they know COVID science.
On closer examination, these people believe what their television sets tell them. They believe Fauci because he’s on television, and he’s talking from the White House, and he disagrees with Trump. These elements are not exactly what Galileo had in mind when he challenged the Roman Church on the issue of the Earth revolving around the sun.
Of the millions who believe in Fauci television science, there are many who will say science is “studies.” They are quite sure these studies back up what Fauci and Redfield are spouting, and any contradictory studies would be artifacts dreamed up by secret minions of Trump. This sort of argument is not exactly what Galileo had in mind, either.
I recently analyzed COVID-19 from the point of view of false data.
COVID case numbers and death numbers are being fraudulently inflated to the skies. That’s an enormous crime, because the lockdowns and the economic devastation have been based on these data.
Now I want to apply that same direct analysis to the entire US medical system. In this instance…
True data are buried, hidden, and ignored.
What data? Actual numbers of deaths and maiming CAUSED by medical treatment.
When you see the dimensions of this crime and this mass human tragedy, you’ll also see further implications—titanic insurance fraud, tax fraud, and, indeed, millions upon millions of work-hours irretrievably lost to the nation’s economy.
Insurance companies are paying out billions of dollars for medical treatment that is destructive, not helpful.
Insurance companies are also paying billions in death benefits as a result of doctors, not diseases, killing people.
And all this medical destruction is being subsidized by the taxpayer.
No one has calculated the $$ cost. No one can calculate the tragic human cost.
Now here is the analysis. Understand that the vital data in these mainstream reports have been briefly revealed, then hidden.
ONE: “The Epidemic of Sickness and Death from Prescription Drugs.” The author is Donald Light, who teaches at Rowan University, and was the 2013 recipient of ASA’s [American Sociological Association’s] Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology. Light is a founding fellow of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2013, he was a fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard. He is a Lokey Visiting Professor at Stanford University.
Donald Light: “Epidemiologically, appropriately prescribed, prescription drugs are the fourth leading cause of death, tied with stroke at about 2,460 deaths each week in the United States. About 330,000 patients die each year from prescription drugs in the United States and Europe. They [the drugs] cause an epidemic of about 20 times more hospitalizations [6.6 million annually], as well as falls, road accidents, and [annually] about 80 million medically minor problems such as pains, discomforts, and dysfunctions that hobble productivity or the ability to care for others. Deaths and adverse effects from overmedication, errors, and self-medication would increase these figures.” (ASA publication, “Footnotes,” November 2014)
TWO: Journal of the American Medical Association, April 15, 1998: “Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients.”
The authors, led by Jason Lazarou, culled 39 previous studies on patients in hospitals. These patients, who received drugs in hospitals, or were admitted to hospitals because they were suffering from the drugs doctors had given them, met the following fate:
Every year, in the US, between 76,000 and 137,000 hospitalized patients die as a direct result of the drugs.
Beyond that, every year 2.2 million hospitalized patients experience serious adverse reactions to the drugs.
The authors write: “…Our study on ADRs [Adverse Drug Reactions], which excludes medication errors, had a different objective: to show that there are a large number of ADRs even when the drugs are properly prescribed and administered.”
So this study had nothing to do with doctor errors, nurse errors, or improper combining of drugs. And it only counted people killed who were admitted to hospitals. It didn’t begin to tally all the people taking pharmaceuticals who died as consequence of the drugs, at home.
THREE: July 26, 2000, Journal of the American Medical Association; author, Dr. Barbara Starfield, revered public health expert at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health; “Is US health really the best in the world?”
Starfield reported that the US medical system kills 225,000 Americans per year. 106,000 as a result of FDA-approved medical drugs, and 119,000 as a result of mistreatment and errors in hospitals. Extrapolate the numbers to a decade: that’s 2.25 million deaths. You might want to read that last number again.
I interviewed Starfield in 2009. I asked her whether she was aware of any overall effort by the US government to eliminate this holocaust. She answered a resounding NO. She also said her estimate of medically caused deaths in America was on the conservative side.
FOUR: BMJ June 7, 2012 (BMJ 2012:344:e3989). Author, Jeanne Lenzer. Lenzer refers to a report by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices: “It [the Institute] calculated that in 2011 prescription drugs were associated with two to four million people in the US experiencing ‘serious, disabling, or fatal injuries, including 128,000 deaths.’” The report called this “one of the most significant perils to humans resulting from human activity.” The report was compiled by outside researchers who went into the FDA’s own database of “serious adverse [medical-drug] events.”
Therefore, to say the FDA isn’t aware of this finding would be absurd. The FDA knows. The FDA knows and it isn’t saying anything about it, because the FDA certifies, as safe and effective, all the medical drugs that are routinely maiming and killing Americans. Every public health agency knows the truth.
FIVE: None of the above reports factor in death or injury by vaccine.
The US system for reporting severe adverse effects of vaccines is broken.
Barbara Loe Fisher, of the private National Vaccine Information Center, has put together a reasonable analysis:
“But how many children have [adverse] vaccine reactions every year? Is it really only one in 110,000 or one in a million who are left permanently disabled after vaccination? Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler observed in 1993 that less than 1 percent of doctors report adverse events following prescription drug use. [See DA Kessler, ‘Introducing MEDWatch,’ JAMA, June 2, 1993: 2765-2768]” “There have been estimates that perhaps less than 5 or 10 percent of doctors report hospitalizations, injuries, deaths, or other serious health problems following vaccination. The 1986 Vaccine Injury Act contained no legal sanctions for not reporting; doctors can refuse to report and suffer no consequences.” “Even so, each year about 12,000 reports are made to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System [VAERS]; parents as well as doctors can make those reports. [See RT Chen, B. Hibbs, ‘Vaccine safety,’ Pediatric Annals, July 1998: 445-458]” “However, if that number represents only 10 percent of what is actually occurring, then the actual number may be 120,000 vaccine-adverse events [per year]. If doctors report vaccine reactions as infrequently as Dr. Kessler said they report prescription-drug reactions, and the number 12,000 is only 1 percent of the actual total, then the real number may be 1.2 million vaccine-adverse events annually.”
Medical crimes.
Medically caused deaths of friends, family members, loved ones, who are buried along with the truth.
No criminal investigations, no prosecutions, no guilty verdicts, no prison sentences.
But of course, you can believe everything leading lights of the US medical system tell you about COVID.
You can believe everything the press—who buries the truth about this medical holocaust—tells you about COVID.
Given the reports on medically caused death and maiming I’ve just cited and described in this article, it’s obvious that…
Leading medical journals around the world, which routinely publish glowing accounts of clinical trials of medical drugs…
Are spilling over with rank fraud, on page after page.
Indeed, here is a stunning quote from a woman who has quite probably read and analyzed more medical-drug studies than any doctor in the world:
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.” (Dr. Marcia Angell, NY Review of Books, January 15, 2009, “Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption)
Compare that quote with one from “the father of COVID science,” Tony Fauci. In an interview with the National Geographic, Fauci stated: “Anybody can claim to be an expert even when they have no idea what they’re talking about…If something is published in places like New England Journal of Medicine, Science, Nature, Cell, or JAMA—you know, generally that is quite well peer-reviewed because the editors and the editorial staff of those journals really take things very seriously.”
Sure, Tony, sure.
Now put on your mask and get lost.
About the Author
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine.
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Scientists are on the brink of scaling up an enzyme that devours plastic .
In the latest breakthrough , the enzyme degraded plastic bottles six times faster than previous research achieved , as The Guardian reported .
This new super-enzyme is able to break down plastic at room temperature , setting it apart from the enzyme that the French company Carbios discovered in April .
As EcoWatch reported at the time , the Carbios enzyme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heated to 65 to 72 degrees Celsius , or 149 to 161 degrees Fahrenheit , which is the range when plastic bottles start to soften and melt .
The researchers worked doggedly to reengineer the enzymes of an enzyme first discovered in Japan in 2016 .
The scientists published their results Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .
In the paper , they describe how the bacterium Idoenella sakaiensis produces two enzymes that thrive by consuming plastic bottles , according to Gizmodo .
The research holds tremendous promise for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enzyme feeds on the type of plastic that water and soda bottles are made of , polyethylene terephthalate ( PET ) .
That type of plastic can take hundreds of years to degrade .
The enzyme that the researchers enhanced can break the plastic down in just a few days , according to John McGeehan , the director of the Center for Enzyme Innovation at the University of Portsmouth in the UK , as The Telegraph reported .
“ When we linked the enzymes , rather unexpectedly , we got a dramatic increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as The Guardian reported .
“ This is a trajectory towards trying to make faster enzymes that are more industrially relevant .
But it ’ s also one of those stories about learning from nature , and then bringing it into the lab.
” He was referring to the process that bacteria in nature use to devour polyesters , which occur in nature to protect plant leaves .
“ Bacteria have been evolving for millions of years to eat that , ” he said , as the BBC reported in April .
McGeehan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sustainable model since it enables the plastics to be “ made and reused endlessly , reducing our reliance on fossil resources , ” as The Independent in Ireland reported .
McGeehan believes that cooperation between researchers and corporations could help scale up the enzyme in the near future .
“ If we can make better , faster enzymes by linking them together and provide them to companies like Carbios , and work in partnership , we could start doing this within the next year or two , ” he said , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team also believe their enhancements can be improved so the enzymes are able to consume plastic faster .
By adjusting a bit of the residue on the enzyme ’ s surface , it was able to work a bit faster , suggesting that further optimization is still down the road .
A testing facility is under construction for McGeehan and his team in Portsmouth , while Carbios is building a plant in France to put the enzymes to use , according to The Guardian .
“ The faster we can make the enzymes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the plastic , and the more commercially viable it will be , ” said McGeehan , as The Telegraph reported .

Plastic-Eating Super Enzyme Could Help Solve The Plastic Waste Crisis
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Waking Times
Scientists are on the brink of scaling up an enzyme that devours plastic. In the latest breakthrough, the enzyme degraded plastic bottles six times faster than previous research achieved, as The Guardian reported.
This new super-enzyme is able to break down plastic at room temperature, setting it apart from the enzyme that the French company Carbios discovered in April. As EcoWatch reported at the time, the Carbios enzyme started to work when the plastic was heated to 65 to 72 degrees Celsius, or 149 to 161 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the range when plastic bottles start to soften and melt. The researchers worked doggedly to reengineer the enzymes of an enzyme first discovered in Japan in 2016. The scientists published their results Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the paper, they describe how the bacterium Idoenella sakaiensis produces two enzymes that thrive by consuming plastic bottles, according to Gizmodo.
The research holds tremendous promise for tackling the plastic waste crisis since the enzyme feeds on the type of plastic that water and soda bottles are made of, polyethylene terephthalate (PET). That type of plastic can take hundreds of years to degrade. The enzyme that the researchers enhanced can break the plastic down in just a few days, according to John McGeehan, the director of the Center for Enzyme Innovation at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, as The Telegraph reported. “When we linked the enzymes, rather unexpectedly, we got a dramatic increase in activity,” said McGeehan, as The Guardian reported. “This is a trajectory towards trying to make faster enzymes that are more industrially relevant. But it’s also one of those stories about learning from nature, and then bringing it into the lab.”
He was referring to the process that bacteria in nature use to devour polyesters, which occur in nature to protect plant leaves. “Bacteria have been evolving for millions of years to eat that,” he said, as the BBC reported in April. McGeehan added that the enzyme could help accelerate a sustainable model since it enables the plastics to be “made and reused endlessly, reducing our reliance on fossil resources,” as The Independent in Ireland reported. McGeehan believes that cooperation between researchers and corporations could help scale up the enzyme in the near future. “If we can make better, faster enzymes by linking them together and provide them to companies like Carbios, and work in partnership, we could start doing this within the next year or two,” he said, as The Guardian reported.


thewakingtimes--2020-09-30--The Election Has Already Been Hijacked And The Winner Decided – ‘We The People’ Lose

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Republicans and Democrats alike fear that the other party will attempt to hijack this election .
President Trump is convinced that mail-in ballots are a scam except in Florida , where it ’ s safe to vote by mail because of its “ great Republican governor.
” The FBI is worried about foreign hackers continuing to target and exploit vulnerabilities in the nation ’ s electoral system , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process and the outcome .
I , on the other hand , am not overly worried : after all , the voting booths have already been hijacked by a political elite comprised of Republicans and Democrats who are determined to retain power at all costs .
The outcome is a foregone conclusion : the Deep State will win and “ we the people ” will lose .
The damage has already been done .
The Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) , which has been tasked with helping to “ secure ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cyberattacks , is not exactly an agency known for its adherence to freedom principles .
After all , this is the agency largely responsible for turning the American republic into a police state .
Since its creation , the DHS has ushered in the domestic use of surveillance drones , expanded the reach of fusion centers , stockpiled an alarming amount of ammunition ( including hollow point bullets ) , urged Americans to become snitches through a “ see something , say something ” campaign , overseen the fumbling antics of TSA agents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police , spied on activists and veterans , distributed license plate readers and cell phone trackers to law enforcement agencies , contracted to build detention camps , carried out military drills and lockdowns in American cities , conducted virtual strip searches of airline passengers , established Constitution-free border zones , funded city-wide surveillance cameras , and undermined the Fourth Amendment at every turn .
So , no , I ’ m not losing a night ’ s sleep over the thought that this election might by any more rigged than it already is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my breath in the hopes that the winner of this year ’ s popularity contest will save us from government surveillance , weaponized drones , militarized police , endless wars , SWAT team raids , asset forfeiture schemes , overcriminalization , profit-driven private prisons , graft and corruption , or any of the other evils that masquerade as official government business these days .
You see , after years of trying to wake Americans up to the reality that there is no political savior who will save us from the police state , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans want to engage in the reassurance ritual of voting .
They want to believe the fantasy that politics matter .
They want to be persuaded that there ’ s a difference between the Republicans and Democrats ( there ’ s not ) .
Some will swear that Donald Trump has been an improvement on Barack Obama ( he is not ) .
Others are convinced that Joe Biden ’ s values are different from Donald Trump ’ s ( with both of them , money talks ) .
Most of all , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that when they elect a president , they ’ re getting someone who truly represents the citizenry rather than the Deep State ( in fact , in the oligarchy that is the American police state , an elite group of wealthy donors is calling the shots in cooperation with a political elite ) .
The sad truth is that it doesn ’ t matter who wins the White House , because they all work for the same boss : Corporate America .
Understanding this , many corporations hedge their bets on who will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ donations between Democratic and Republican candidates .
Politics is a game , a joke , a hustle , a con , a distraction , a spectacle , a sport , and for many devout Americans , a religion .
It is a political illusion aimed at persuading the citizenry that we are free , that our vote counts , and that we actually have some control over the government when in fact , we are prisoners of a Corporate Elite .
In other words , it ’ s a sophisticated ruse aimed at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parties whose priorities , more often than not , are exactly the same so that we don ’ t join forces and do what the Declaration of Independence suggests , which is to throw the whole lot out and start over .
It ’ s no secret that both parties support endless war , engage in out-of-control spending , ignore the citizenry ’ s basic rights , have no respect for the rule of law , are bought and paid for by Big Business , care most about their own power , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and shrinking liberty .
Most of all , both parties enjoy an intimate , incestuous history with each other and with the moneyed elite that rule this country .
Despite the jabs the candidates volley at each other for the benefit of the cameras , they ’ re a relatively chummy bunch away from the spotlight .
Moreover , despite Congress ’ so-called political gridlock , our elected officials seem to have no trouble finding common ground when it ’ s time to collectively kowtow to the megacorporations , lobbyists , defense contractors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have pledged their true allegiance .
So don ’ t be fooled by the smear campaigns and name-calling or drawn into their divide-and-conquer politics of hate .
They ’ re just useful tactics that have been proven to engage voters and increase voter turnout while keeping the citizenry at each other ’ s throats .
It used to be that the cogs , wheels and gear shifts in the government machinery worked to keep the republic running smoothly .
However , without our fully realizing it , the mechanism has changed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ our republic running smoothly .
To the contrary , this particular contraption ’ s purpose is to keep the Deep State in power .
Its various parts are already a corrupt part of the whole .
Just consider how insidious , incestuous and beholden to the corporate elite the various “ parts ” of the mechanism have become .
Congress .
Perhaps the most notorious offenders and most obvious culprits in the creation of the corporate-state , Congress has proven itself to be both inept and avaricious , oblivious champions of an authoritarian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ fundamental rights .
Long before they ’ re elected , Congressmen are trained to dance to the tune of their wealthy benefactors , so much so that they spend two-thirds of their time in office raising money .
As Reuters reports , “ For many lawmakers , the daily routine in Washington involves fundraising as much as legislating .
The culture of nonstop political campaigning shapes the rhythms of daily life in Congress , as well as the landscape around the Capitol .
It also means that lawmakers often spend more time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than anyone else.
” The President .
What Americans want in a president and what they need are two very different things .
The making of a popular president is an exercise in branding , marketing and creating alternate realities for the consumer—a.k.a.
, the citizenry—that allows them to buy into a fantasy about life in America that is utterly divorced from our increasingly grim reality .
Take President Trump , for instance , who got elected by promising to drain the swamp in Washington DC .
Instead of putting an end to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paved the way for lobbyists , corporations , the military industrial complex , and the rest of the Deep State ( also referred to as “ The 7th Floor Group ” ) to feast on the carcass of the dying American republic .
The lesson : to be a successful president , it doesn ’ t matter whether you keep your campaign promises , sell the American people to the highest bidder , or march in lockstep with the Corporate State as long as you keep telling people what they most want to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. Supreme Court—once the last refuge of justice , the one governmental body really capable of rolling back the slowly emerging tyranny enveloping America—has instead become the champion of the American police state , absolving government and corporate officials of their crimes while relentlessly punishing the average American for exercising his or her rights .
Like the rest of the government , the Court has routinely prioritized profit , security , and convenience over the basic rights of the citizenry .
Indeed , law professor Erwin Chemerinsky makes a compelling case that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overwhelmingly come from positions of privilege , ” almost unerringly throughout its history sides with the wealthy , the privileged , and the powerful .
The Media .
Of course , this triumvirate of total control would be completely ineffective without a propaganda machine provided by the world ’ s largest corporations .
Besides shoveling drivel down our throats at every possible moment , the so-called news agencies which are supposed to act as bulwarks against government propaganda have instead become the mouthpieces of the state .
The pundits which pollute our airwaves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worst propagandists for the false reality created by the American government .
When you have internet and media giants such as Google , NBC Universal , News Corporation , Turner Broadcasting , Thomson Reuters , Comcast , Time Warner , Viacom , Public Radio International and The Washington Post Company donating to political candidates , you no longer have an independent media—what we used to refer to as the “ fourth estate ” —that can be trusted to hold the government accountable .
The American People .
“ We the people ” now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It doesn ’ t matter what you call us—chattel , slaves , worker bees , it ’ s all the same—what matters is that we are expected to march in lockstep with and submit to the will of the state in all matters , public and private .
Unfortunately , through our complicity in matters large and small , we have allowed an out-of-control corporate-state apparatus to take over every element of American society .
The game is rigged , and “ we the people ” keep getting dealt the same losing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians , the corporations , the judges , the prosecutors , the police , the bureaucrats , the military , the media , etc.—have only one prevailing concern , and that is to maintain their power and control over the citizenry , while milking us of our money and possessions .
It really doesn ’ t matter what you call them—Republicans , Democrats , the 1 % , the elite , the controllers , the masterminds , the shadow government , the police state , the surveillance state , the military industrial complex—so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are dealing the cards , the deck will always be stacked in their favor .
As I make clear in my book , Battlefield America : The War on the American People , our failure to remain informed about what is taking place in our government , to know and exercise our rights , to vocally protest , to demand accountability on the part of our government representatives , and at a minimum to care about the plight of our fellow Americans has been our downfall .
Now we find ourselves once again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidential election , and once again the majority of Americans are acting as if this election will make a difference and bring about change .
As if the new boss will be different from the old boss .
When in doubt , just remember what the astute commentator George Carlin had to say about the matter : The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice .
You don ’ t .
You have no choice .
You have owners .
They own you .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important land .
They own and control the corporations .
They ’ ve long since bought and paid for the Senate , the Congress , the state houses , the city halls .
They got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies , so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear .
They got you by the balls .
They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying .
Lobbying to get what they want .
Well , we know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for themselves and less for everybody else , but I ’ ll tell you what they don ’ t want .
They don ’ t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking .
They don ’ t want well-informed , well-educated people capable of critical thinking .
They ’ re not interested in that .
That doesn ’ t help them .
That ’ s against their interests .
They want obedient workers .
Obedient workers , people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and you ain ’ t in it .
You and I are not in the big club .
…The table is tilted , folks .
The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice… .
Nobody seems to care .
That ’ s what the owners count on… .
It ’ s called the American Dream , ’ cause you have to be asleep to believe it .
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute , where this article ( The Election Has Already Been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We The People ’ Lose ) was originally published .
He is the author of A Government of Wolves : The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto .

The Election Has Already Been Hijacked And The Winner Decided – ‘We The People’ Lose
John W. Whitehead, Rutherford
Waking Times
“Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.” ― Herbert Marcuse
Republicans and Democrats alike fear that the other party will attempt to hijack this election.
President Trump is convinced that mail-in ballots are a scam except in Florida, where it’s safe to vote by mail because of its “great Republican governor.”
The FBI is worried about foreign hackers continuing to target and exploit vulnerabilities in the nation’s electoral system, sowing distrust about the parties, the process and the outcome.
I, on the other hand, am not overly worried: after all, the voting booths have already been hijacked by a political elite comprised of Republicans and Democrats who are determined to retain power at all costs.
The outcome is a foregone conclusion: the Deep State will win and “we the people” will lose.
The damage has already been done.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has been tasked with helping to “secure” the elections and protect the nation against cyberattacks, is not exactly an agency known for its adherence to freedom principles.
After all, this is the agency largely responsible for turning the American republic into a police state. Since its creation, the DHS has ushered in the domestic use of surveillance drones, expanded the reach of fusion centers, stockpiled an alarming amount of ammunition (including hollow point bullets), urged Americans to become snitches through a “see something, say something” campaign, overseen the fumbling antics of TSA agents everywhere, militarized the nation’s police, spied on activists and veterans, distributed license plate readers and cell phone trackers to law enforcement agencies, contracted to build detention camps, carried out military drills and lockdowns in American cities, conducted virtual strip searches of airline passengers, established Constitution-free border zones, funded city-wide surveillance cameras, and undermined the Fourth Amendment at every turn.
So, no, I’m not losing a night’s sleep over the thought that this election might by any more rigged than it already is.
And I’m not holding my breath in the hopes that the winner of this year’s popularity contest will save us from government surveillance, weaponized drones, militarized police, endless wars, SWAT team raids, asset forfeiture schemes, overcriminalization, profit-driven private prisons, graft and corruption, or any of the other evils that masquerade as official government business these days.
You see, after years of trying to wake Americans up to the reality that there is no political savior who will save us from the police state, I’ve come to realize that Americans want to engage in the reassurance ritual of voting.
They want to believe the fantasy that politics matter.
They want to be persuaded that there’s a difference between the Republicans and Democrats (there’s not).
Some will swear that Donald Trump has been an improvement on Barack Obama (he is not).
Others are convinced that Joe Biden’s values are different from Donald Trump’s (with both of them, money talks).
Most of all, voters want to buy into the fantasy that when they elect a president, they’re getting someone who truly represents the citizenry rather than the Deep State (in fact, in the oligarchy that is the American police state, an elite group of wealthy donors is calling the shots in cooperation with a political elite).
The sad truth is that it doesn’t matter who wins the White House, because they all work for the same boss: Corporate America. Understanding this, many corporations hedge their bets on who will win the White House by splitting their donations between Democratic and Republican candidates.
Politics is a game, a joke, a hustle, a con, a distraction, a spectacle, a sport, and for many devout Americans, a religion. It is a political illusion aimed at persuading the citizenry that we are free, that our vote counts, and that we actually have some control over the government when in fact, we are prisoners of a Corporate Elite.
In other words, it’s a sophisticated ruse aimed at keeping us divided and fighting over two parties whose priorities, more often than not, are exactly the same so that we don’t join forces and do what the Declaration of Independence suggests, which is to throw the whole lot out and start over.
It’s no secret that both parties support endless war, engage in out-of-control spending, ignore the citizenry’s basic rights, have no respect for the rule of law, are bought and paid for by Big Business, care most about their own power, and have a long record of expanding government and shrinking liberty. Most of all, both parties enjoy an intimate, incestuous history with each other and with the moneyed elite that rule this country.
Despite the jabs the candidates volley at each other for the benefit of the cameras, they’re a relatively chummy bunch away from the spotlight. Moreover, despite Congress’ so-called political gridlock, our elected officials seem to have no trouble finding common ground when it’s time to collectively kowtow to the megacorporations, lobbyists, defense contractors and other special interest groups to whom they have pledged their true allegiance.
So don’t be fooled by the smear campaigns and name-calling or drawn into their divide-and-conquer politics of hate. They’re just useful tactics that have been proven to engage voters and increase voter turnout while keeping the citizenry at each other’s throats.
It’s all a grand illusion.
It used to be that the cogs, wheels and gear shifts in the government machinery worked to keep the republic running smoothly. However, without our fully realizing it, the mechanism has changed. Its purpose is no longer to keep our republic running smoothly. To the contrary, this particular contraption’s purpose is to keep the Deep State in power. Its various parts are already a corrupt part of the whole.
Just consider how insidious, incestuous and beholden to the corporate elite the various “parts” of the mechanism have become.
Congress. Perhaps the most notorious offenders and most obvious culprits in the creation of the corporate-state, Congress has proven itself to be both inept and avaricious, oblivious champions of an authoritarian system that is systematically dismantling their constituents’ fundamental rights. Long before they’re elected, Congressmen are trained to dance to the tune of their wealthy benefactors, so much so that they spend two-thirds of their time in office raising money. As Reuters reports, “For many lawmakers, the daily routine in Washington involves fundraising as much as legislating. The culture of nonstop political campaigning shapes the rhythms of daily life in Congress, as well as the landscape around the Capitol. It also means that lawmakers often spend more time listening to the concerns of the wealthy than anyone else.”
The President. What Americans want in a president and what they need are two very different things. The making of a popular president is an exercise in branding, marketing and creating alternate realities for the consumer—a.k.a., the citizenry—that allows them to buy into a fantasy about life in America that is utterly divorced from our increasingly grim reality. Take President Trump, for instance, who got elected by promising to drain the swamp in Washington DC. Instead of putting an end to the corruption, however, Trump has paved the way for lobbyists, corporations, the military industrial complex, and the rest of the Deep State (also referred to as “The 7th Floor Group”) to feast on the carcass of the dying American republic. The lesson: to be a successful president, it doesn’t matter whether you keep your campaign promises, sell the American people to the highest bidder, or march in lockstep with the Corporate State as long as you keep telling people what they most want to hear.
The Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court—once the last refuge of justice, the one governmental body really capable of rolling back the slowly emerging tyranny enveloping America—has instead become the champion of the American police state, absolving government and corporate officials of their crimes while relentlessly punishing the average American for exercising his or her rights. Like the rest of the government, the Court has routinely prioritized profit, security, and convenience over the basic rights of the citizenry. Indeed, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky makes a compelling case that the Supreme Court, whose “justices have overwhelmingly come from positions of privilege,” almost unerringly throughout its history sides with the wealthy, the privileged, and the powerful.
The Media. Of course, this triumvirate of total control would be completely ineffective without a propaganda machine provided by the world’s largest corporations. Besides shoveling drivel down our throats at every possible moment, the so-called news agencies which are supposed to act as bulwarks against government propaganda have instead become the mouthpieces of the state. The pundits which pollute our airwaves are at best court jesters and at worst propagandists for the false reality created by the American government. When you have internet and media giants such as Google, NBC Universal, News Corporation, Turner Broadcasting, Thomson Reuters, Comcast, Time Warner, Viacom, Public Radio International and The Washington Post Company donating to political candidates, you no longer have an independent media—what we used to refer to as the “fourth estate”—that can be trusted to hold the government accountable.
The American People. “We the people” now belong to a permanent underclass in America. It doesn’t matter what you call us—chattel, slaves, worker bees, it’s all the same—what matters is that we are expected to march in lockstep with and submit to the will of the state in all matters, public and private. Unfortunately, through our complicity in matters large and small, we have allowed an out-of-control corporate-state apparatus to take over every element of American society.
We’re playing against a stacked deck.
The game is rigged, and “we the people” keep getting dealt the same losing hand. The people dealing the cards—the politicians, the corporations, the judges, the prosecutors, the police, the bureaucrats, the military, the media, etc.—have only one prevailing concern, and that is to maintain their power and control over the citizenry, while milking us of our money and possessions.
It really doesn’t matter what you call them—Republicans, Democrats, the 1%, the elite, the controllers, the masterminds, the shadow government, the police state, the surveillance state, the military industrial complex—so long as you understand that while they are dealing the cards, the deck will always be stacked in their favor.
As I make clear in my book, Battlefield America: The War on the American People, our failure to remain informed about what is taking place in our government, to know and exercise our rights, to vocally protest, to demand accountability on the part of our government representatives, and at a minimum to care about the plight of our fellow Americans has been our downfall.
Now we find ourselves once again caught up in the spectacle of another presidential election, and once again the majority of Americans are acting as if this election will make a difference and bring about change. As if the new boss will be different from the old boss.
When in doubt, just remember what the astute commentator George Carlin had to say about the matter:
The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls. They got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying. Lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I’ll tell you what they don’t want. They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That’s against their interests. They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork…. It’s a big club and you ain’t in it. You and I are not in the big club. …The table is tilted, folks. The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice…. Nobody seems to care. That’s what the owners count on…. It’s called the American Dream, ’cause you have to be asleep to believe it.
About the Author
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute, where this article (The Election Has Already Been Hijacked And The Winner Decided: ‘We The People’ Lose) was originally published. He is the author of A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State and The Change Manifesto.


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Some of you may remember Chamath Palihapitiya from his warning that social media was “ ripping apart the social fabric of how society works , ” which received generous attention in the media and went viral as a result .
What most people completely missed , and what no single major media outlet reported — at least to the best of my knowledge — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men rule the world ” and they are “ going to roll over ” the tech entrepreneurs in the coming years .
Censorship Has Since Grown To Unprecedented Levels Within just a few months of these unambiguous claims , a series of controversial laws from different governments were either proposed or passed , that would impose harsh penalties and fines on tech companies that did not censor postings considered to be “ harmful ” or “ dangerous ” by the authorities .
In Germany , for example , the government passed a law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to £44 million if they did not remove whatever they decided qualified as “ hate speech ” within 24 hours .
Similarly , the European Union proposed that “ terrorist ” content be taken down within an hour or face harsh penalties .
Repeat offenders could be sanctioned by up to 4 % of their global turnover , which amounts to billions and billions of dollars .
As we all presumably know by now , censorship has since grown to unprecedented levels .
I myself have had my YouTube and Facebook accounts deleted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , amongst many others who have been accused of “ inauthentic activity ” or something equally ambiguous .
And then more recently , in the face of this current pandemic , censorship of information has become even more brazen , to the point of even targeting respected experts , such as Knut Wittowski and others , for challenging the lockdown policies being imposed .
In all instances the authorities claim that this is for the public ’ s safety and protection .
Whether this censorship is the result of the “ 150 men @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is something that we can only speculate about since the likelihood of an admission is practically nil .
Considering his wealth and position in society , and also his frankness and authenticity of expression , however , Chamath Palihapiti ’ s claims should not be taken lightly .
They Don ’ t Give a Sh*t About What You Think of Their World View Later on in the interview , Chamath proceeds to explain how this ruling class actively use their money and wealth to propagate their own worldview to their personal benefit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like it or not , “ they don ’ t give a sh*t about what you think of their worldview , ” they are going to use their enormous power and influence to propagate it nonetheless .
Being as such , “ you have a moral imperative to make sure that if you have a point of view that matters ” you make money that will help you influence public perception in a positive way .
Of course , this is much easier said than done , especially since many of those most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tend to be the ones that come from financial scarcity and material poverty .
It also becomes all the more difficult when activists who have worked sedulously to build large followings that they could then use to help support their visions and plans to create positive change are censored or have their accounts entirely deleted .
Nonetheless , as Chamath points out , money ( and more so those who control it ) “ drives the world , for better or for worse ” .
There Is Another Way My personal position is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change this toxic system for the better , if we stand together and aggregate our collective capabilities and resources to accomplish that goal .
No one person can accomplish this daunting task alone for obvious reasons .
None of us have all the knowledge , financial resources , and so on and so forth needed to create authentic positive change .
But if a decent number of us stand together , then we can aggregate everything that we need .
Someone might have the money to purchase a new piece of land , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ farm it , another the insight to build sustainable homes , another the knowledge to start new schools for children , another the skills to protect the community physically from those who potentially mean to do harm , and so on and so forth .
Everything needed is already out there but we must stand together if we are to have a chance .
In order to still keep the hope of creating a better future alive though , the best and most immediate course of action we can take is to migrate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least communicate freely , such as Minds.com , MeWe , Sociall , Flote.app , and Bitchute , amongst others .
( Any other recommendations are welcomed in the comments section ) When we consider that there are people out there being arrested for simply making social media posts protesting these lockdowns , then we should know that this censorship is only going to get worse unfortunately , and potentially escalate to much more dangerous authoritarian levels .
Thus it is imperative that we start our exodus away from these tech companies under the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than later .
Gavin Nascimento is the founder of aNewKindofHuman.com

Former Top Level Facebook Executive Claims ‘150 Men Rule The World’ & Everyone Else Is A ‘Puppet’
Gavin Nascimento, The Free Thought Project
Waking Times
“Here’s the thing, there’s about 150 people that rule the world. Anyone that wants to go into politics they’re all f*cken puppets, okay? There are 150 — and they’re all men — that run the world. Period. Fullstop. They control most of the important assets — they control the money flows. And these are not the tech entrepreneurs. Now, they are going to get rolled over, over the next 5-10 years by the people that are really underneath pulling the strings.” — Chamath Palihapitiya, Nov 10, 2017, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Some of you may remember Chamath Palihapitiya from his warning that social media was “ripping apart the social fabric of how society works,” which received generous attention in the media and went viral as a result. What most people completely missed, and what no single major media outlet reported — at least to the best of my knowledge — was when he explained that “150 men rule the world” and they are “going to roll over” the tech entrepreneurs in the coming years.
Censorship Has Since Grown To Unprecedented Levels
Within just a few months of these unambiguous claims, a series of controversial laws from different governments were either proposed or passed, that would impose harsh penalties and fines on tech companies that did not censor postings considered to be “harmful” or “dangerous” by the authorities. In Germany, for example, the government passed a law that would fine social media sites up to £44 million if they did not remove whatever they decided qualified as “hate speech” within 24 hours. Similarly, the European Union proposed that “terrorist” content be taken down within an hour or face harsh penalties. Repeat offenders could be sanctioned by up to 4% of their global turnover, which amounts to billions and billions of dollars.
As we all presumably know by now, censorship has since grown to unprecedented levels. I myself have had my YouTube and Facebook accounts deleted, as has the Free Thought Project, amongst many others who have been accused of “inauthentic activity” or something equally ambiguous . And then more recently, in the face of this current pandemic, censorship of information has become even more brazen, to the point of even targeting respected experts, such as Knut Wittowski and others, for challenging the lockdown policies being imposed. In all instances the authorities claim that this is for the public’s safety and protection.
Whether this censorship is the result of the “150 men that rule the world” or not, is something that we can only speculate about since the likelihood of an admission is practically nil. Considering his wealth and position in society, and also his frankness and authenticity of expression, however, Chamath Palihapiti’s claims should not be taken lightly.
They Don’t Give a Sh*t About What You Think of Their World View
Later on in the interview, Chamath proceeds to explain how this ruling class actively use their money and wealth to propagate their own worldview to their personal benefit and self interest, and whether we like it or not, “they don’t give a sh*t about what you think of their worldview,” they are going to use their enormous power and influence to propagate it nonetheless. Being as such, “you have a moral imperative to make sure that if you have a point of view that matters” you make money that will help you influence public perception in a positive way.
Of course, this is much easier said than done, especially since many of those most familiar with the injustices of this world tend to be the ones that come from financial scarcity and material poverty. It also becomes all the more difficult when activists who have worked sedulously to build large followings that they could then use to help support their visions and plans to create positive change are censored or have their accounts entirely deleted. Nonetheless, as Chamath points out, money (and more so those who control it) “drives the world, for better or for worse”.
There Is Another Way
My personal position is that we are far more likely to change this toxic system for the better, if we stand together and aggregate our collective capabilities and resources to accomplish that goal. No one person can accomplish this daunting task alone for obvious reasons. None of us have all the knowledge, financial resources, and so on and so forth needed to create authentic positive change. But if a decent number of us stand together, then we can aggregate everything that we need.
Someone might have the money to purchase a new piece of land, for example, another the knowledge to farm it, another the insight to build sustainable homes, another the knowledge to start new schools for children, another the skills to protect the community physically from those who potentially mean to do harm, and so on and so forth. Everything needed is already out there but we must stand together if we are to have a chance.
In order to still keep the hope of creating a better future alive though, the best and most immediate course of action we can take is to migrate to platforms where we can still at least communicate freely, such as Minds.com, MeWe, Sociall, Flote.app, and Bitchute, amongst others. (Any other recommendations are welcomed in the comments section)
When we consider that there are people out there being arrested for simply making social media posts protesting these lockdowns, then we should know that this censorship is only going to get worse unfortunately, and potentially escalate to much more dangerous authoritarian levels. Thus it is imperative that we start our exodus away from these tech companies under the control of the ruling class sooner rather than later.
About the Author
Gavin Nascimento is the founder of aNewKindofHuman.com
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