thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-07-01--RAY McGOVERN: Russiagate’s Last Gasp

RAY McGOVERN: Russiagate’s Last Gasp

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On Friday The New York Times featured a report based on anonymous intelligence officials that the Russians were paying bounties to have U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan with President Donald Trump refusing to do anything about it .
The flurry of Establishment media reporting that ensued provides further proof , if such were needed , that the erstwhile “ paper of record ” has earned a new moniker — Gray Lady of easy virtue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ dubious allegations grabbed headlines across all media that are likely to remain indelible in the minds of credulous Americans — which seems to have been the main objective .
To keep the pot boiling this morning , The New York Times ’ David Leonhardt ’ s daily web piece , “ The Morning ” calls prominent attention to a banal article by a Heather Cox Richardson , described as a historian at Boston College , adding specific charges to the general indictment of Trump by showing “ how the Trump administration has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following is from Richardson ’ s newsletter on Friday : Hear the siren ?
Children , get under your desks !
The Tall Tale About Russia Paying for Dead U.S .
Troops Times print edition readers had to wait until this morning to learn of Trump ’ s statement last night that he was not briefed on the cockamamie tale about bounties for killing , since it was , well , cockamamie .
Late last night the president tweeted : “ Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it to me or the VP .
… ” For those of us distrustful of the Times — with good reason — on such neuralgic issues , the bounty story had already fallen of its own weight .
As Scott Ritter pointed out yesterday : And who can forget how “ successful ” interrogators can be in getting desired answers .
The Kremlin called the Times reporting “ nonsense … an unsophisticated plant , ” and from Russia ’ s perspective the allegations make little sense ; Moscow will see them for what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump is too “ accommodating ” to Russia .
A Taliban spokesman called the story “ baseless , ” adding with apparent pride that “ we ” have done “ target killings ” for years “ on our own resources.
” Russia is no friend of the Taliban .
At the same time , it has been clear for several years that the U.S. would have to pull its troops out of Afghanistan .
Think back five decades and recall how circumspect the Soviets were in Vietnam .
Giving rhetorical support to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some surface-to-air missiles gave some substance to that support .
But Moscow recognized from the start that Washington was embarked on a fool ’ s errand in Vietnam .
There would be no percentage in getting directly involved .
And so , the Soviets sat back and watched smugly as the Vietnamese Communists drove U.S. forces out on their “ own resources.
” As was the case with the Viet Cong , the Taliban needs no bounty inducements from abroad .
Former CIA Director William Casey said : “ We ’ ll know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when everything the American public believes is false.
” Casey made that remark at the first cabinet meeting in the White House under President Ronald Reagan in early 1981 , according to Barbara Honegger , who was assistant to the chief domestic policy adviser .
Honegger was there , took notes , and told then Senior White House correspondent Sarah McClendon , who in turn made it public .
If Casey ’ s spirit is somehow observing the success of the disinformation program called Russiagate , one can imagine how proud he must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a serious challenge .
The Russiagate canard has lasted three and a half years .
This last gasp effort , spearheaded by the Times , to breathe more life into it is likely to last little more than a weekend — the redoubled efforts of Casey-dictum followers notwithstanding .
Russiagate itself has been unraveling , although one would hardly know it from the Establishment media .
No collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia .
Even the sacrosanct tenet that the Russians hacked the DNC emails published by WikiLeaks has been disproven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cyber security firm CrowdStrike admitting that there is no evidence that the DNC emails were hacked — by Russia or anyone else .
How long will it take the Times to catch up with the CrowdStrike story , available since May 7 ?
The media is left with one sacred cow : the misnomered “ Intelligence Community ” Assessment of Jan. 6 , 2017 , claiming that President Putin himself ordered the hacking of the DNC .
That “ assessment ” done by “ hand-picked analysts ” from only CIA , FBI and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the “ intelligence community ” ) reportedly is being given close scrutiny by U. S. Attorney John Durham , appointed by the attorney general to investigate Russiagate ’ s origins .
If Durham finds it fraudulent ( not a difficult task ) , the heads of senior intelligence and law enforcement officials may roll .
That would also mean a still deeper dent in the credibility of Establishment media that are only too eager to drink the Kool Aid and to leave plenty to drink for the rest of us .
Do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ desist , simply because Trump had a good squelch for them last night — namely , the “ intelligence ” on the “ bounties ” was not deemed good enough to present to the president .
Nevertheless , the corporate media is likely to play up the Trump administration ’ s rejection of what the media is calling the “ intelligence assessment ” about Russia offering — as Rachel Maddow indecorously put it on Friday — “ bounty for the scalps of American soldiers in Afghanistan.
” I am not a regular Maddow-watcher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — actually , well over the top .
The media asks , “ Why does Trump continue to disrespect the assessments of the intelligence community ?
” There he goes again — not believing our “ intelligence community ; siding , rather , with Putin.
” In other words , we can expect no let up from the media and the national security miscreant leakers who have served as their life ’ s blood .
As for the anchors and pundits , their level of sophistication was reflected yesterday in the sage surmise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Todd , who Aaron Mate reminds us , is a “ grown adult and professional media person.
” Todd asked guest John Bolton : “ Do you think that the president is afraid to make Putin mad because maybe Putin did help him win the election , and he doesn ’ t want to make him mad for 2020 ?
” “ This is as bad as it gets , ” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday , adding the aphorism she memorized several months ago : “ All roads lead to Putin.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ media is as bad as it gets , though that , of course , was not what Pelosi meant .
She apparently lifted a line right out of the Times about how Trump is too “ accommodating ” toward Russia .
One can read this most recent flurry of Russia , Russia , Russia as a reflection of the need to pre-empt the findings likely to issue from Durham and Attorney General William Barr in the coming months — on the theory that the best defense is a pre-emptive offense .
Meanwhile , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue to disgrace itself .
Caitlin Johnstone , typically , pulls no punches regarding the Russian bounty travesty :

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One can read this most recent flurry of Russia, Russia, Russia paid the Taliban to kill GIs as an attempt to pre-empt the findings into Russiagate’s origins .
On Friday The New York Times featured a report based on anonymous intelligence officials that the Russians were paying bounties to have U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan with President Donald Trump refusing to do anything about it. The flurry of Establishment media reporting that ensued provides further proof, if such were needed, that the erstwhile “paper of record” has earned a new moniker — Gray Lady of easy virtue.
Over the weekend, the Times’ dubious allegations grabbed headlines across all media that are likely to remain indelible in the minds of credulous Americans — which seems to have been the main objective. To keep the pot boiling this morning, The New York Times’ David Leonhardt’s daily web piece, “The Morning” calls prominent attention to a banal article by a Heather Cox Richardson, described as a historian at Boston College, adding specific charges to the general indictment of Trump by showing “how the Trump administration has continued to treat Russia favorably.” The following is from Richardson’s newsletter on Friday:
— “On April 1 a Russian plane brought ventilators and other medical supplies to the United States … a propaganda coup for Russia;
— “On April 25 Trump raised eyebrows by issuing a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin commemorating the 75th anniversary of the historic meeting between American and Soviet troops on the bridge of the Elbe River in Germany that signaled the final defeat of the Nazis;
— “On May 3, Trump called Putin and talked for an hour and a half, a discussion Trump called ‘very positive’;
— “On May 21, the U.S. sent a humanitarian aid package worth $5.6 million to Moscow to help fight coronavirus there. The shipment included 50 ventilators, with another 150 promised for the next week; …
— “On June 15, news broke that Trump has ordered the removal of 9,500 troops from Germany, where they support NATO against Russian aggression. …”
Historian Richardson added:
“All of these friendly overtures to Russia were alarming enough when all we knew was that Russia attacked the 2016 U.S. election and is doing so again in 2020. But it is far worse that those overtures took place when the administration knew that Russia had actively targeted American soldiers. … this bad news apparently prompted worried intelligence officials to give up their hope that the administration would respond to the crisis, and instead to leak the story to two major newspapers.”
Hear the siren? Children, get under your desks!
The Tall Tale About Russia Paying for Dead U.S. Troops
Times print edition readers had to wait until this morning to learn of Trump’s statement last night that he was not briefed on the cockamamie tale about bounties for killing, since it was, well, cockamamie.
Late last night the president tweeted: “Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or the VP. …”
For those of us distrustful of the Times — with good reason — on such neuralgic issues, the bounty story had already fallen of its own weight. As Scott Ritter pointed out yesterday:
“Perhaps the biggest clue concerning the fragility of the New York Times’ report is contained in the one sentence it provides about sourcing — “The intelligence assessment is said to be based at least in part on interrogations of captured Afghan militants and criminals.” That sentence contains almost everything one needs to know about the intelligence in question, including the fact that the source of the information is most likely the Afghan government as reported through CIA channels. …”
And who can forget how “successful” interrogators can be in getting desired answers.
Russia & Taliban React
The Kremlin called the Times reporting “nonsense … an unsophisticated plant,” and from Russia’s perspective the allegations make little sense; Moscow will see them for what they are — attempts to show that Trump is too “accommodating” to Russia.
A Taliban spokesman called the story “baseless,” adding with apparent pride that “we” have done “target killings” for years “on our own resources.”
Russia is no friend of the Taliban. At the same time, it has been clear for several years that the U.S. would have to pull its troops out of Afghanistan. Think back five decades and recall how circumspect the Soviets were in Vietnam. Giving rhetorical support to a fraternal Communist nation was de rigueur and some surface-to-air missiles gave some substance to that support.
But Moscow recognized from the start that Washington was embarked on a fool’s errand in Vietnam. There would be no percentage in getting directly involved. And so, the Soviets sat back and watched smugly as the Vietnamese Communists drove U.S. forces out on their “own resources.” As was the case with the Viet Cong, the Taliban needs no bounty inducements from abroad.
Besides, the Russians knew painfully well — from their own bitter experience in Afghanistan, what the outcome of the most recent fool’s errand would be for the U.S. What point would they see in doing what The New York Times and other Establishment media are breathlessly accusing them of?
CIA Disinformation; Casey at Bat
Former CIA Director William Casey said: “We’ll know when our disinformation program is complete, when everything the American public believes is false.”
Casey made that remark at the first cabinet meeting in the White House under President Ronald Reagan in early 1981, according to Barbara Honegger, who was assistant to the chief domestic policy adviser. Honegger was there, took notes, and told then Senior White House correspondent Sarah McClendon, who in turn made it public.
If Casey’s spirit is somehow observing the success of the disinformation program called Russiagate, one can imagine how proud he must be. But sustained propaganda success can be a serious challenge. The Russiagate canard has lasted three and a half years. This last gasp effort, spearheaded by the Times, to breathe more life into it is likely to last little more than a weekend — the redoubled efforts of Casey-dictum followers notwithstanding.
Russiagate itself has been unraveling, although one would hardly know it from the Establishment media. No collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Even the sacrosanct tenet that the Russians hacked the DNC emails published by WikiLeaks has been disproven, with the head of the DNC-hired cyber security firm CrowdStrike admitting that there is no evidence that the DNC emails were hacked — by Russia or anyone else.
How long will it take the Times to catch up with the CrowdStrike story, available since May 7?
The media is left with one sacred cow: the misnomered “Intelligence Community” Assessment of Jan. 6, 2017, claiming that President Putin himself ordered the hacking of the DNC. That “assessment” done by “hand-picked analysts” from only CIA, FBI and NSA (not all 17 intelligence agencies of the “intelligence community”) reportedly is being given close scrutiny by U. S. Attorney John Durham, appointed by the attorney general to investigate Russiagate’s origins.
If Durham finds it fraudulent (not a difficult task), the heads of senior intelligence and law enforcement officials may roll. That would also mean a still deeper dent in the credibility of Establishment media that are only too eager to drink the Kool Aid and to leave plenty to drink for the rest of us.
Do not expect the media to cease and desist, simply because Trump had a good squelch for them last night — namely, the “intelligence” on the “bounties” was not deemed good enough to present to the president.
(As a preparer and briefer of The President’s Daily Brief to Presidents Reagan and HW Bush, I can attest to the fact that — based on what has been revealed so far — the Russian bounty story falls far short of the PDB threshold.)
Rejecting Intelligence Assessments
Nevertheless, the corporate media is likely to play up the Trump administration’s rejection of what the media is calling the “intelligence assessment” about Russia offering — as Rachel Maddow indecorously put it on Friday — “bounty for the scalps of American soldiers in Afghanistan.”
I am not a regular Maddow-watcher, but to me she seemed unhinged — actually, well over the top.
The media asks, “Why does Trump continue to disrespect the assessments of the intelligence community?” There he goes again — not believing our “intelligence community; siding, rather, with Putin.”
In other words, we can expect no let up from the media and the national security miscreant leakers who have served as their life’s blood. As for the anchors and pundits, their level of sophistication was reflected yesterday in the sage surmise of Face the Nation’s Chuck Todd, who Aaron Mate reminds us, is a “grown adult and professional media person.” Todd asked guest John Bolton: “Do you think that the president is afraid to make Putin mad because maybe Putin did help him win the election, and he doesn’t want to make him mad for 2020?”
“This is as bad as it gets,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday, adding the aphorism she memorized several months ago: “All roads lead to Putin.” The unconscionably deceitful performance of Establishment media is as bad as it gets, though that, of course, was not what Pelosi meant. She apparently lifted a line right out of the Times about how Trump is too “accommodating” toward Russia.
One can read this most recent flurry of Russia, Russia, Russia as a reflection of the need to pre-empt the findings likely to issue from Durham and Attorney General William Barr in the coming months — on the theory that the best defense is a pre-emptive offense. Meanwhile, we can expect the corporate media to continue to disgrace itself.
Vile
Caitlin Johnstone, typically, pulls no punches regarding the Russian bounty travesty:
“All parties involved in spreading this malignant psyop are absolutely vile, but a special disdain should be reserved for the media class who have been entrusted by the public with the essential task of creating an informed populace and holding power to account. How much of an unprincipled whore do you have to be to call yourself a journalist and uncritically parrot the completely unsubstantiated assertions of spooks while protecting their anonymity? How much work did these empire fluffers put into killing off every last shred of their dignity? It boggles the mind.
It really is funny how the most influential news outlets in the Western world will uncritically parrot whatever they’re told to say by the most powerful and depraved intelligence agencies on the planet, and then turn around and tell you without a hint of self-awareness that Russia and China are bad because they have state media.
Sometimes all you can do is laugh.”


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-07-02--America’s Two Right-Wing Parties Keep Accusing Each Other Of Being Far-Left

he Biden campaign has a new Spanish-language ad out claiming that President Trump is cut from the same cloth as leftist leaders Fidel Castro , Hugo Chavez , and Nicolas Maduro .
This is not the first time the Biden campaign has done this , with the same comparison made to Spanish-speaking voters in Florida ads last month .
The hashtag # ComradeTrump is trending on Twitter as of this writing because a well-funded Super PAC run by never-Trump Republicans put out an appallingly stupid viral video featuring footage of Trump splashed with red hammer-and-sickle symbols interspersed with images of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Mother Russia ’ s support for “ Comrade Trump ” in Russian .
As of this writing the video has over two million views on Twitter alone .
This tactic of negatively associating Trump with communism and socialism , combined with the consistent pattern of attacking the president for being insufficiently warlike , would only work if it was directed at the members of a reactionary , jingoistic right-wing political ideology .
And it does work , because that ’ s exactly the ideology of the Democratic Party .
Trump , meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 campaign around portraying his right-wing opponent as far left , spending the last month tweeting absurd statements like : • “ Not only will Sleepy Joe DEFUND THE POLICE , but he will DEFUND OUR MILITARY !
He has no choice , the Dems are controlled by the Radical • None “ Biden will be ( already is ) pulled all the way Left.
” • None “ Sleepy Joe Biden refuses to leave his basement “ sanctuary ’ and tell his Radical Left BOSSES that they are heading in the wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cartoonist/MAGA thought leader Scott Adams promoting the increasingly common belief there ’ s going to be some kind of American Great Purge of Republicans by the radical left Democratic Party , claiming that “ If Biden is elected , there ’ s a good chance you will be dead within the year .
Republicans will be hunted.
” Yes Republicans , your very mainstream status quo ideology which challenges power in no meaningful way whatsoever is going to literally get you all murdered .
So one of the innumerable insane developments of 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mainstream political parties are using different strategies to attack one another as being far-left extremists , which is absolutely bizarre since by global standards they are both very much right-wing parties .
Neither party even has any interest in the basic social safety nets that are the norm in other developed nations , let alone wealth redistribution to end economic inequality , and are both as far as you can possibly get from having actual leftist goals like ending capitalism and worker ownership of the means of production .
Whenever I say this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incredible shrinking Overton window sputtering in confusion and outrage because they believe people like Joe Biden , Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are far far far far far left communists .
This is of course a total propaganda construct .
Both parties work to advance the interests of oligarchs , war profiteers and imperialist government agencies in more or less exactly the same way ; all they did was shift the spectrum of acceptable debate to issues which powerful capitalists do not care about like gay marriage and unisex public toilets .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means having pink hair and mainstream “ liberals ” think Trump supporters are useful idiots of the Kremlin , but in terms of actually challenging actual power there ’ s not a bee ’ s dick of difference between them .
This dynamic of attacking one another from the right and accusing the other party of being far left of course continues to move the US political spectrum further and further right while killing the possibility of any leftward movement , and that is of course by design .
Noam Chomsky once said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion , but allow very lively debate within that spectrum , ” and you really couldn ’ t ask for a clearer illustration of this than the American political uniparty .
People are encouraged by establishment narrative managers to squabble about inconsequential nonsense on the periphery with fever pitch intensity , and to never even think about addressing dynamics which would actually inconvenience the powerful like ending militarism , government opacity , or plutocracy .
The Democratic and Republican parties can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideologies ; sure they behave a bit differently in the same way a boxer uses his left jab and right cross in different ways , but just like a boxer ’ s fists they are both used to advance the exact same agenda .
In the case of the boxer it ’ s knocking his opponent senseless , and in the case of the uniparty it ’ s advancing the interests of oligarchy and imperialism .
That old saying that both parties are just two wings on the same bird is true , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bird with two right wings .

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he Biden campaign has a new Spanish-language ad out claiming that President Trump is cut from the same cloth as leftist leaders Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Nicolas Maduro. This is not the first time the Biden campaign has done this, with the same comparison made to Spanish-speaking voters in Florida ads last month.
The hashtag #ComradeTrump is trending on Twitter as of this writing because a well-funded Super PAC run by never-Trump Republicans put out an appallingly stupid viral video featuring footage of Trump splashed with red hammer-and-sickle symbols interspersed with images of Soviet leaders while an English-captioned narrator gushes about Mother Russia’s support for “Comrade Trump” in Russian. As of this writing the video has over two million views on Twitter alone.
This tactic of negatively associating Trump with communism and socialism, combined with the consistent pattern of attacking the president for being insufficiently warlike, would only work if it was directed at the members of a reactionary, jingoistic right-wing political ideology. And it does work, because that’s exactly the ideology of the Democratic Party.
American soldiers’ lives are in danger and Trump has done nothing to stop it. Add ‘America First’ to the laundry list of scams Trump has sold in his life. It’s clearly Trump first, Russia second, and America last. pic.twitter.com/sqiRyqtJBE — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 1, 2020
Trump, meanwhile, appears to have positioned his entire 2020 campaign around portraying his right-wing opponent as far left, spending the last month tweeting absurd statements like:
“ Not only will Sleepy Joe Biden DEFUND THE POLICE, but he will DEFUND OUR MILITARY! He has no choice, the Dems are controlled by the Radical Left.”
“ Sleepy Joe Biden will be (already is) pulled all the way Left.”
“Sleepy Joe Biden refuses to leave his basement “sanctuary’ and tell his Radical Left BOSSES that they are heading in the wrong direction.”
You’ve also got cartoonist/MAGA thought leader Scott Adams promoting the increasingly common belief there’s going to be some kind of American Great Purge of Republicans by the radical left Democratic Party, claiming that “If Biden is elected, there’s a good chance you will be dead within the year. Republicans will be hunted.”
Yes Republicans, your very mainstream status quo ideology which challenges power in no meaningful way whatsoever is going to literally get you all murdered.
Not only will Sleepy Joe Biden DEFUND THE POLICE, but he will DEFUND OUR MILITARY! He has no choice, the Dems are controlled by the Radical Left. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020
So one of the innumerable insane developments of 2020 is that both of America’s mainstream political parties are using different strategies to attack one another as being far-left extremists, which is absolutely bizarre since by global standards they are both very much right-wing parties. Neither party even has any interest in the basic social safety nets that are the norm in other developed nations, let alone wealth redistribution to end economic inequality, and are both as far as you can possibly get from having actual leftist goals like ending capitalism and worker ownership of the means of production.
Whenever I say this I always get Republican victims of the incredible shrinking Overton window sputtering in confusion and outrage because they believe people like Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are far far far far far left communists.
This is of course a total propaganda construct. Both parties work to advance the interests of oligarchs, war profiteers and imperialist government agencies in more or less exactly the same way; all they did was shift the spectrum of acceptable debate to issues which powerful capitalists do not care about like gay marriage and unisex public toilets. So now mainstream “conservatives” think leftism means having pink hair and mainstream “liberals” think Trump supporters are useful idiots of the Kremlin, but in terms of actually challenging actual power there’s not a bee’s dick of difference between them.
In a new ad @JoeBiden mixes footage of Black Lives Matter rallies, the COVID-19 outbreak, & scary images of Trump together to declare "Fidel, Chavez, Maduro, & Trump" are cut from the same cloth Why then has Trump intensified attacks on Cuba & Venezuela during his presidency? pic.twitter.com/1hajo941Z6 — Anya Parampil (@anyaparampil) July 1, 2020
This dynamic of attacking one another from the right and accusing the other party of being far left of course continues to move the US political spectrum further and further right while killing the possibility of any leftward movement, and that is of course by design.
Noam Chomsky once said that “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum,” and you really couldn’t ask for a clearer illustration of this than the American political uniparty. People are encouraged by establishment narrative managers to squabble about inconsequential nonsense on the periphery with fever pitch intensity, and to never even think about addressing dynamics which would actually inconvenience the powerful like ending militarism, government opacity, or plutocracy.
The Democratic and Republican parties can’t even rightly be called different ideologies; sure they behave a bit differently in the same way a boxer uses his left jab and right cross in different ways, but just like a boxer’s fists they are both used to advance the exact same agenda. In the case of the boxer it’s knocking his opponent senseless, and in the case of the uniparty it’s advancing the interests of oligarchy and imperialism.
That old saying that both parties are just two wings on the same bird is true, but it’s a weird mutant bird with two right wings.


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-07-03--Countries Ranked on ‘Democracy’ in 2020

Countries Ranked on ‘Democracy’ in 2020

Another important dispatch from The Greanville Post .
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This article is part of an ongoing series of dispatches by historian Eric Zuesse The rankings have been figured out only by a careful analysis of the visuals that the NATO-affiliated polling organization did publish .
The NATO-affiliated organization that paid for the polls of those 53 countries was the billionaires-founded group that calls itself the “ Alliance For Democracy , ” and they issued a report on the poll ’ s findings , but excluded from their report the rankings , and made very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what the rankings were .
No one till now went to the trouble of finding out what the rankings were .
The NATO-affiliated international-corporate advisory organization , the Rasmussen Group , had selected the German corporate PR firm Dalia Research to do the polling , and the data were presented by them as being “ based on nationally representative interviews with 124,000 respondents from 53 countries conducted between April 20th and June 3rd 2020.
” So : this was a major research-endeavor for NATO-affiliates ( agencies of U.S.-and-allied billionaires ) ; and , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by them , instead of having been published by them , the information that is being published here may reasonably be considered to be American samizdat , or prohibited to publish in the United States and in its NATO vassal nations .
In other words , publication of this information is effectively blocked in all NATO countries , though the information comes basically from NATO .
Publication of this information is effectively banned throughout the U.S. empire , but perhaps this information will become published in whatever news-media are not controlled by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Presumably , media such as CNN , New York Times , Fox News , and The Atlantic , will reject this article , which is being simultaneously submitted to virtually all English-language news media throughout the U.S. and its allied countries .
Here are the findings , and the rankings : % saying yes to ‘ My country is democratic ’ ( ranks shown are out of the 53 countries that were surveyed ) : Here is the background , after which will be presented more information from this poll , and from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following few countries among the 53 surveyed : China , Vietnam , Saudi Arabia ( for once , their opinion is correct on Saudi Arabia , but 53 % of Saudis have a different view and say “ My country is democratic ” ) , Algeria , Egypt , Russia , Turkey , Iran , and Venezuela .
( All of those are countries that Rhodesists especially want to conquer , or — in the case of Saudi Arabia — have already conquered but which is too blatantly dictatorial not to include in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On 15 July 2016 , NATO unsuccessfully The surveys poll these 53 countries on “ My country is democratic , ” and on “ My government serves only a minority.
” ( Also covered are some other issues , which will be covered subsequently here . )
The United States ranks slightly below the good side and toward the bad side — and below 50 % good — on both .
China ranks near the top on both : 73 % of Chinese answer “ My country is democratic , ” and only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only a minority.
” However , since the “ Alliance of Democracies ” is Rhodesist and therefore intends ultimately to conquer China ( it ’ s a target of NATO , instead of a member of NATO ) , this “ Alliance ” nonetheless categorizes China as being “ Not Free , ” and categorizes U.S. , UK , Canada & Australia as “ Free ” ( even though the poll found that a vastly higher percentage of Chinese think they live in a democracy than of people in U.S. , UK , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The “ Not Free ” category includesthe following few countries among the 53 surveyed : China , Vietnam , Saudi Arabia ( for once , their opinion is correct on Saudi Arabia , but 53 % of Saudis have a different view and say “ My country is democratic ” ) , Algeria , Egypt , Russia , Turkey , Iran , and Venezuela .
( All of those are countries that Rhodesists especially want to conquer , or — in the case of Saudi Arabia — have already conquered but which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Not Free ” category .
On 15 July 2016 , NATO unsuccessfully attempted — or else merely assisted — a coup against NATO-member nation Turkey , aiming to restore Turkey to its prior control by the U.S. Government , such as Turkey had been when it was admitted into NATO in 1952 . )
Venezuela is an outlier like Saudi Arabia , in that both countries ’ populations have an unrealistic view of their Government .
For example : by an overwhelming net margin of +42 % , the residents of Venezuela @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to conquer ) say that the U.S. helps democracy around the world .
( Most countries ’ populations predominantly say that the U.S. regime hurts democracy around the world , and this belief includes the publics not only in China , Russia and Iran , but in Canada , UK , and Australia .
So , U.S. imperialism is widely feared , but not in Venezuela . )
Only 24 % of Venezuelans say “ My country is democratic.
” 74 % of Venezuelans say “ My Government serves only a minority.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regime ’ s coup-efforts to overthrow their Government to succeed .
Apparently , the U.S. regime ’ s propaganda saying that the economic depression in Venezuela was caused by Venezuela ’ s Government instead of by America ’ s economic blockade against Venezuela has overwhelmingly succeeded .
Venezuelans trust the U.S. Government more than they trust their own .
39 % of Russians say “ My country is democratic , ” and 59 % say “ My government serves only a minority.
” And 40 % of Ukrainians say “ My country is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukrainians say “ My government serves only a minority.
” ( Only one of the 53 surveyed countries had a higher percentage — it was 71 % — who said their Government “ serves only a minority ” : Brazil . )
Therefore , clearly , around 10 % of Ukrainians are confused about what “ democracy ” even means .
( If a country ’ s Government “ serves only a minority , ” then how can it be “ democratic ” ? )
As regards Russia , surveys of Russians have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but trust its President , Vladimir Putin .
Surveys in the U.S. show that most Americans distrust the President , Donald Trump , but distrust Congress even more than that .
52 % of Americans in this survey by Dalia Research said that their Government “ serves only a minority.
” 49 % said “ My country is democratic.
” So , only around 3 % of Americans were confused about what “ democracy ” means .
( Scientifically minded political scientists aren ’ t at all confused about that : the measure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether or not a nation is a democracy is the extent to which its Government serves the majority of its residents .
What they have found regarding the United States is that it definitely isn ’ t a democracy . )
Moreover , though the residents in U.S. , and also in Japan , low-rated the coronavirus-performance of their own Government , those people were profoundly deceived by their newsmedia regarding how well China ’ s Government had handled this challenge .
This polling report stated : “ Nearly all countries say that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is better than the US ’ s ” ; but that :

Another important dispatch from The Greanville Post. Be sure to share it widely.
This article is part of an ongoing series of dispatches by historian Eric Zuesse
NATO and its supporters and member-nations are hiding the fact that the predominant belief in many of these nations is that they’re dictatorships that merely pontificate ‘democracy’ to other nations .
NATO, which is America’s propagandistically ‘pro-democracy’ military alliance against Russia and against China, polled the people in 53 countries — some of which are in NATO and some of which aren’t — and asked them whether they believe “My country is democratic,” and found that NATO’s own core country, U.S., was, itself, #38 down from the top, and China was #5, and Russia (NATO’s main target or ‘enemy’ nation) was #48, and that two of the most anti-Russian countries on the list were near the very bottom: the rabidly anti-Russian NATO member Poland was #49, and the NATO-aspiring Ukraine was #47. Anyway, since NATO hid their results, instead of publicizing them, the complete list, with the indicated rankings, are finally being published here (wherever that will be effectively allowed), for the very first time anywhere.
The rankings have been figured out only by a careful analysis of the visuals that the NATO-affiliated polling organization did publish. The NATO-affiliated organization that paid for the polls of those 53 countries was the billionaires-founded group that calls itself the “Alliance For Democracy,” and they issued a report on the poll’s findings, but excluded from their report the rankings, and made very difficult for a reader to figure out what the rankings were. No one till now went to the trouble of finding out what the rankings were. The NATO-affiliated international-corporate advisory organization, the Rasmussen Group, had selected the German corporate PR firm Dalia Research to do the polling, and the data were presented by them as being “based on nationally representative interviews with 124,000 respondents from 53 countries conducted between April 20th and June 3rd 2020.” So: this was a major research-endeavor for NATO-affiliates (agencies of U.S.-and-allied billionaires); and, since the scores and rankings were hidden by them, instead of having been published by them, the information that is being published here may reasonably be considered to be American samizdat, or prohibited to publish in the United States and in its NATO vassal nations. In other words, publication of this information is effectively blocked in all NATO countries, though the information comes basically from NATO. Publication of this information is effectively banned throughout the U.S. empire, but perhaps this information will become published in whatever news-media are not controlled by the billionaires who control the U.S. Government. Presumably, media such as CNN, New York Times, Fox News, and The Atlantic, will reject this article, which is being simultaneously submitted to virtually all English-language news media throughout the U.S. and its allied countries.
Here are the findings, and the rankings:
% saying yes to ‘My country is democratic’
(ranks shown are out of the 53 countries that were surveyed):
78% Taiwan #1
77% Denmark #2
75% Switzerland #3
75% S. Korea #4
73% China #5
73% Austria #6
71% Vietnam #7
71% India #8
71% Norway #9
69% Argentina #10
69% Sweden #11
67% Germany #12
66% Netherlands #13
65% Philippines #14
65% Portugal #15
64% Canada #16
63% Singapore #17
61% Malaysia #18
61% Greece #19
60% Ireland #20
59% Israel #21
57% Indonesia #22
56% Spain #23
56% Australia #24
56% UK #25
56% Turkey #26
55% Belgium #27
55% Peru #28
54% South Africa #29
54% Romania #30
54% Italy #31
53% Saudi Arabia #32
53% Pakistan #33
52% France #34
52% Mexico #35
51% Brazil #36
49% Kenya #37
48% U.S. #38
46% Japan #39
46% Colombia #40
45% Thailand #41
45% Algeria #42
43% Nigeria #43
42% Chile #44
41% Egypt #45
40% Morocco #46
40% Ukraine #47
39% Russia #48
38% Poland #49
37% Hong Kong #50
36% Hungary #51
28% Iran #52
24% Venezuela #53
Here is the background, after which will be presented more information from this poll, and from polls on related issues:
only such “noise” as they want their publics to hear). Among the 53 surveyed countries are U.S., UK, Canada & Australia, but not New Zealand (which Rhodesists consider to be part of the core of the empire, but apparently it isn’t a big enough nation to be included in these surveys). Here can be seen the official published summary of the latest year’s survey findings: Rasmussen Global (which likewise was founded in 2014 by Anders Fogh Rasmussen ) “advise[s] clients on transatlantic issues, international affairs and public policy management” and funded these surveys (which are part of “public policy management” or, as they say, “cutting through the noise” — by boostingsuch “noise” as they want their publics to hear). Among the 53 surveyed countries are U.S., UK, Canada & Australia, but not New Zealand (which Rhodesists consider to be part of the core of the empire, but apparently it isn’t a big enough nation to be included in these surveys). Here can be seen the official published summary of the latest year’s survey findings:
only the following few countries among the 53 surveyed: China, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia (for once, their opinion is correct on Saudi Arabia, but 53% of Saudis have a different view and say “My country is democratic”), Algeria, Egypt, Russia, Turkey, Iran, and Venezuela. (All of those are countries that Rhodesists especially want to conquer, or — in the case of Saudi Arabia — have already conquered but which is too blatantly dictatorial not to include in the “Not Free” category. On 15 July 2016, NATO unsuccessfully The surveys poll these 53 countries on “My country is democratic,” and on “My government serves only a minority.” (Also covered are some other issues, which will be covered subsequently here.) The United States ranks slightly below the good side and toward the bad side — and below 50% good — on both. China ranks near the top on both: 73% of Chinese answer “My country is democratic,” and only 13% say “My country serves only a minority.” However, since the “Alliance of Democracies” is Rhodesist and therefore intends ultimately to conquer China (it’s a target of NATO, instead of a member of NATO), this “Alliance” nonetheless categorizes China as being “Not Free,” and categorizes U.S., UK, Canada & Australia as “Free” (even though the poll found that a vastly higher percentage of Chinese think they live in a democracy than of people in U.S., UK, Canada, or Australia, do). The “Not Free” category includesthe following few countries among the 53 surveyed: China, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia (for once, their opinion is correct on Saudi Arabia, but 53% of Saudis have a different view and say “My country is democratic”), Algeria, Egypt, Russia, Turkey, Iran, and Venezuela. (All of those are countries that Rhodesists especially want to conquer, or — in the case of Saudi Arabia — have already conquered but which is too blatantly dictatorialto include in the “Not Free” category. On 15 July 2016, NATO unsuccessfully attempted — or else merely assisted — a coup against NATO-member nation Turkey, aiming to restore Turkey to its prior control by the U.S. Government , such as Turkey had been when it was admitted into NATO in 1952.)
Venezuela is an outlier like Saudi Arabia, in that both countries’ populations have an unrealistic view of their Government. For example: by an overwhelming net margin of +42%, the residents of Venezuela (which the U.S. regime keeps trying to conquer) say that the U.S. helps democracy around the world. (Most countries’ populations predominantly say that the U.S. regime hurts democracy around the world, and this belief includes the publics not only in China, Russia and Iran, but in Canada, UK, and Australia. So, U.S. imperialism is widely feared, but not in Venezuela.) Only 24% of Venezuelans say “My country is democratic.” 74% of Venezuelans say “My Government serves only a minority.” So, Venezuelans overwhelmingly want the U.S. regime’s coup-efforts to overthrow their Government to succeed. Apparently, the U.S. regime’s propaganda saying that the economic depression in Venezuela was caused by Venezuela’s Government instead of by America’s economic blockade against Venezuela has overwhelmingly succeeded. Venezuelans trust the U.S. Government more than they trust their own.
39% of Russians say “My country is democratic,” and 59% say “My government serves only a minority.” And 40% of Ukrainians say “My country is democratic,” while 70% of Ukrainians say “My government serves only a minority.” (Only one of the 53 surveyed countries had a higher percentage — it was 71% — who said their Government “serves only a minority”: Brazil.) Therefore, clearly, around 10% of Ukrainians are confused about what “democracy” even means. (If a country’s Government “serves only a minority,” then how can it be “democratic”?) As regards Russia, surveys of Russians have shown that most Russians distrust the Government but trust its President, Vladimir Putin. Surveys in the U.S. show that most Americans distrust the President, Donald Trump, but distrust Congress even more than that. 52% of Americans in this survey by Dalia Research said that their Government “serves only a minority.” 49% said “My country is democratic.” So, only around 3% of Americans were confused about what “democracy” means. (Scientifically minded political scientists aren’t at all confused about that: the measure that they use in order to determine whether or not a nation is a democracy is the extent to which its Government serves the majority of its residents. What they have found regarding the United States is that it definitely isn’t a democracy .)
As I summarized all of the data from other sources as-of 2018 , on 6 May 2018, “Although one can reasonably debate the degree to which any nation is a democracy, the United States certainly stands rather low on that factor, and stands well below China, and is perhaps lower than Russia, but none of these countries is among the world’s worst — except, perhaps, the U.S., for its having the world’s highest percentage of its people in prison.” All of that is still true today.
because America is not a democracy, this article probably won’t be published in any major media inside America, though it is being submitted to all of them. So, if you’re not seeing it in U.S. media, that’s the reason why. In any case: not even America’s allies are fooled any longer about the U.S. Government’s posturings that it is a democracy . And there is extensive history also documenting that Americans are less and less fooled about this . But,America is not a democracy, this article probably won’t be published in any major media inside America, though it is being submitted to all of them. So, if you’re not seeing it in U.S. media, that’s the reason why.
Also, recently, the “2020 Edelman Trust Barometer” results were published. The methodology in that was “Randomly selected 1,150 respondents in each of 28 countries around the world, surveyed by Edelman Worldwide, between 19 October and 18 November, in 2019.” It showed how much the people in each of the 28 countries trust their Government, and also how much they trust the news-media in their country. What it found was that trust in the country’s Government was the highest, 90%. in China, and was only 39% in U.S., 33% in Russia, and 20% in South Africa. Also: trust, by the people, in the given country’s media, was the highest, 80%, in China, and was 48% in U.S., and the lowest, 28%, in Russia, but South Africa wasn’t shown on that particular question.
1. China
2. Vietnam
3. Greece
4. Malaysia
5. Ireland
6. Taiwan
7. Australia
8. Denmark
9. S. Korea
10: Austria
…
44. Hong Kong
45. Mexico
46. Russia
47. Italy
48. U.S.
49. Japan
50. Spain
51. France
52. Chile
53. Brazil
Moreover, though the residents in U.S., and also in Japan, low-rated the coronavirus-performance of their own Government, those people were profoundly deceived by their newsmedia regarding how well China’s Government had handled this challenge. This polling report stated:
“Nearly all countries say that China’s response to the COVID-19 is better than the US’s”; but that:


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-07-02--Real Revolution Means Expanding Consciousness, Both Outwardly And Inwardly

he fight to liberate humanity from oppression , exploitation , butchery and madness is really a fight to expand consciousness .
The existential threats our species now faces are ultimately due to the fact that powerful people advance omnicidal , ecocidal , oppressive , violent and exploitative agendas behind veils of secrecy and propaganda distortion .
They do evil things while deliberately keeping people unconscious of those evil things , so that the people will not use the power of their numbers to stop them .
The people do not use the power of their numbers to force a change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interests first because their perception of the world is aggressively manipulated by power structures who have a vested interest in keeping that from happening .
Wealth and power are kept in the hands of elites and their underlings by propagandizing people into believing the current status quo is the only way things can be .
War agendas are consented to because people are propagandized into believing this or that boogie man poses some imminent threat and needs to be eliminated .
Surveillance , censorship , government secrecy and police militarization are tolerated because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these things .
And so on .
In all cases , the key carrying agent for all of these toxic agendas is unconsciousness .
If people were conscious of the real nature of these agendas and how badly they ’ re being robbed in order to advance them , they would refuse to consent to them and force them to stop .
So they are kept unconscious of their reality by perceptual manipulation like propaganda , government opacity , internet censorship , and the war on adversarial journalism .
The fight against these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to increase public awarenessof their toxic agendas , and of the perceptual manipulation tactics which are being used to prevent that awareness from being spread .
It ’ s a fight to expand collective human consciousness of what ’ s really going on in the world .
But unconsciousness of abusive power structures and their perception manipulation tactics are not the only way in which humanity is unconscious .
In exactly the same way that we are collectively unconscious of the reality of external events , we are individually unconscious of the reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speaking , humans are confused about the nature of experience and their thoughts and actions are largely governed by unconscious conditioning patterns .
Rather than experiencing life as it actually shows up , we tend to experience it through layers of mental narratives about what ’ s really going on which distort our ability to experience things lucidly .
Becoming conscious of your inner world brings clarity to your internal dynamics in exactly the same way that becoming conscious of your external world brings clarity to world dynamics : you are able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This can take the form of realizing unhelpful thought patterns in yourself which had been subconsciously running on autopilot your whole life , or unhelpful beliefs about yourself that you formed in early childhood and came to take for granted .
If you take the inward expansion of consciousness even further , you can come to see that the thing you ’ ve always thought of as “ you ” is actually a misperception based on a faulty assumption about the nature of experience , and your true self is more accurately described @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to which no mental narratives can apply .
But you need to become fully conscious of the fact that this is what ’ s really happening before it–and the peace and lucidity which comes with it–can be your lived experience .

T
he fight to liberate humanity from oppression, exploitation, butchery and madness is really a fight to expand consciousness.
The existential threats our species now faces are ultimately due to the fact that powerful people advance omnicidal, ecocidal, oppressive, violent and exploitative agendas behind veils of secrecy and propaganda distortion. They do evil things while deliberately keeping people unconscious of those evil things, so that the people will not use the power of their numbers to stop them.
The people do not use the power of their numbers to force a change into a healthy paradigm which puts human interests first because their perception of the world is aggressively manipulated by power structures who have a vested interest in keeping that from happening. Wealth and power are kept in the hands of elites and their underlings by propagandizing people into believing the current status quo is the only way things can be. War agendas are consented to because people are propagandized into believing this or that boogie man poses some imminent threat and needs to be eliminated. Surveillance, censorship, government secrecy and police militarization are tolerated because people are manipulated into believing they need these things.
And so on. In all cases, the key carrying agent for all of these toxic agendas is unconsciousness. If people were conscious of the real nature of these agendas and how badly they’re being robbed in order to advance them, they would refuse to consent to them and force them to stop. So they are kept unconscious of their reality by perceptual manipulation like propaganda, government opacity, internet censorship, and the war on adversarial journalism.
The fight against these malignant power structures is therefore a fight to increase public awarenessof their toxic agendas, and of the perceptual manipulation tactics which are being used to prevent that awareness from being spread. It’s a fight to expand collective human consciousness of what’s really going on in the world.
But unconsciousness of abusive power structures and their perception manipulation tactics are not the only way in which humanity is unconscious. In exactly the same way that we are collectively unconscious of the reality of external events, we are individually unconscious of the reality of internal events as well.
Generally speaking, humans are confused about the nature of experience and their thoughts and actions are largely governed by unconscious conditioning patterns. Rather than experiencing life as it actually shows up, we tend to experience it through layers of mental narratives about what’s really going on which distort our ability to experience things lucidly.
Becoming conscious of your inner world brings clarity to your internal dynamics in exactly the same way that becoming conscious of your external world brings clarity to world dynamics: you are able to see what’s really happening. This can take the form of realizing unhelpful thought patterns in yourself which had been subconsciously running on autopilot your whole life, or unhelpful beliefs about yourself that you formed in early childhood and came to take for granted.
If you take the inward expansion of consciousness even further, you can come to see that the thing you’ve always thought of as “you” is actually a misperception based on a faulty assumption about the nature of experience, and your true self is more accurately described as a boundless field of space-like awareness to which no mental narratives can apply. But you need to become fully conscious of the fact that this is what’s really happening before it–and the peace and lucidity which comes with it–can be your lived experience.


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-07-02--A BRIDGE TOO FAR

A BRIDGE TOO FAR

Clearly , many whites have made that ethical climb , or they wouldn ’ t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue .
This raises questions .
Has definition of a traditionally racist issue morphed from what it historically has been ?
And is there , in fact , any issue that is strictly racial any more , at least among relatively enlightened whites ?
Clearly , many whites have made that ethical climb , or they wouldn ’ t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Has definition of a traditionally racist issue morphed from what it historically has been ?
And is there , in fact , any issue that is strictly racial any more , at least among relatively enlightened whites ?
Clearly , many whites have made that ethical climb , or they wouldn ’ t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue .
This raises questions .
Has definition of a traditionally racist issue morphed from what it historically has been ?
And is there , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strictly racial any more , at least among relatively enlightened whites ?
The question then is whether a small but not negligible minority of white Americans has , in a historically brief time , so developed ethically that it now embraces the deeply humanist creed of the moral giants , Einstein and Schweizer , Eugene Debs and Desmond Tutu .
The answer is that it has .
The question then is whether a small but not negligible minority of white Americans has , in a historically brief time , so developed ethically that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the moral giants , Einstein and Schweizer , Eugene Debs and Desmond Tutu .
The answer is that it has .
After a long , grisly sequence of vicious and legally inexcusable murders by various vile , sociopathic , pseudo-military police forces , the Floyd murder inflamed it again , this time with complex differences .
Unlike the national fury after the murder of Dr. King or the storm of rage over Rodney King ’ s abuse , this explosion can not be described as a “ race riot ” .
Though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , and though his murder is the central theme around which the phenomenon has coalesced , the great majority of active participants have been white .
This is unprecedented .
After a long , grisly sequence of vicious and legally inexcusable murders by various vile , sociopathic , pseudo-military police forces , the Floyd murder inflamed it again , this time with complex differences .
Unlike the national fury after the murder of Dr. King or the storm of rage over Rodney King ’ s abuse , this explosion can not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Though the murder of a black man triggered it , and though his murder is the central theme around which the phenomenon has coalesced , the great majority of active participants have been white .
This is unprecedented .
The murder of black people has been a constant in American barbarity since Colonial times .
Persistent white murder has caused black agony to erupt in spasms of despair that have only altered its methods , not ended it .
White racism , officially supported , has suppressed black outrage but not stifled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but can not murder black spirit .
If not , then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races .
Clearly , many whites have made that ethical climb , or they wouldn ’ t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue ...
If not , then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races .
Clearly , many whites have made that ethical climb , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue ...
If not , then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races .
Clearly , many whites have made that ethical climb , or they wouldn ’ t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue ...
If not , then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races .
If not , then it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for one race is an issue for all races .
This is a huge stretch for the propagandized , deformed American psyche even to grasp , let alone fully to embrace .
Stuffed with the poisonous philosophical styrofoam of American Exceptionalism , brains and souls befouled and infused with the shallowest , stupidest , cruelest , latter-day Nazi Ubermensch tripe , Americans are ill-equipped to understand and accept even themselves , much less those we ’ re schooled by The Empire to regard , around the world , as our subhuman underlings .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ away from enlightened white empathy with blacks over serial murder-by-cop -- is the far broader , denser background reality -- as dark matter in the universe is the field and matrix of all that is visible -- that with its tremendous gravity has drawn moral whites into genuine brotherhood of purpose with violently traumatized blacks in their frustrated and unending quest for justice in America .
Tragically , as acute observers see , though there is broad and growing comprehension by Americans of the deep falsity and brutal exploitation the State inflicts on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is neither a committed cadre of inspiring leaders , nor a coherently formulated creed around which a potent public uprising against injustice can coalesce .
In place of fused , mobilized , revolutionary unity , we have chaotic , unfocussed desperation .
This will not win .
Historically , it never has .
The long , sad unwinding of the beautifully , humanely motivated Occupy adventure is the latest case in point .
Based on the widely shared conviction of the deeply evil , biocidal character of cheating , lying , obscene , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aims and goals , worthy despite the anxious ridicule of the besieged oligarchic state , it lacked the effectual warhead of a committed , passionate leadership with a defined program for elimination and replacement of the gangrenous piratical corpse it courageously opposed .
And so , rudderless and internally confused , adrift , subject to attrition and relentless abuse at the hands of the System ’ s police , it broke , dissolved and faded away .
The reason no such cell of visionary leaders of a potent revolutionary creed exists here is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ -- the monstrous corporate combine that owns and controls the State -- has waged ruthless war against any politics intended to benefit the people , but repression alone has never eliminated determined political opposition anywhere .
Decades of highly sophisticated propaganda has debased and lobotomized a victimized electorate but can not eradicate intelligences that rise above it .
A rebel group can be bought off if traitors run it but never from principled leaders and we ’ ve had public men who have not sold out and given their all to oppose our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ though we have none now .
The best of them were undermined and sabotaged by the very organs of law so falsely celebrated as incorruptible and independent of co-optation .
The fact is that the combination of repression , propaganda , and legal malfeasance , have so thoroughly strangled truth in America that coalescence of a core team of the best minds and hearts is impossible .
And even if it were not , absolute control of all organs and platforms of communication with American citizens belongs to the criminal State .
Does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that this broad , inspired effort will come to nothing ?
Well , no , in the sense that Occupy didn ’ t come to nothing , and its effects outlived its endeavors , still reaching hearts and opening minds .
It has already , in its main intent -- demand for an end to police murder , for defunding , dissolution , and repurposing of the hideous Waffen SS ethic it has come to embody -- made waves of progress that , regardless of success or failure , will never completely subside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a revolutionary transformation of the Capitalist Tyranny is just that .
The movement , embodying in an inchoate way so much that is profoundly just and fervently desired by the most aware and enlightened Americans , lacks the social power it would need to break and replace our dirty , dying Empire and its antibiotic system .
A wise man observed that human history is a race between education and disaster .
The great hope of the moment is that sheer fear of the people will bring to an end the sick Nazification @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above all , but in reality for all of us .
Overthrow of the Capitalist Tyranny depends , though , on irresistible citizen action based on a deeply informed conviction of its irremediable evil , and unshakable resolve to destroy it .
The furious drive of the Capitalist Tyranny toward ecocide and our own extinction may not give us time to get there .
Nature has evidently had all the abuse she ’ s going to take from Capitalism .

Paul Edwards
Clearly, many whites have made that ethical climb, or they wouldn’t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue. This raises questions. Has definition of a traditionally racist issue morphed from what it historically has been? And is there, in fact, any issue that is strictly racial any more, at least among relatively enlightened whites?
Clearly, many whites have made that ethical climb, or they wouldn’t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue. This raises questions. Has definition of a traditionally racist issue morphed from what it historically has been? And is there, in fact, any issue that is strictly racial any more, at least among relatively enlightened whites?
Clearly, many whites have made that ethical climb, or they wouldn’t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue. This raises questions. Has definition of a traditionally racist issue morphed from what it historically has been? And is there, in fact, any issue that is strictly racial any more, at least among relatively enlightened whites?
The question then is whether a small but not negligible minority of white Americans has, in a historically brief time, so developed ethically that it now embraces the deeply humanist creed of the moral giants, Einstein and Schweizer, Eugene Debs and Desmond Tutu. The answer is that it has.
The question then is whether a small but not negligible minority of white Americans has, in a historically brief time, so developed ethically that it now embraces the deeply humanist creed of the moral giants, Einstein and Schweizer, Eugene Debs and Desmond Tutu. The answer is that it has.
After a long, grisly sequence of vicious and legally inexcusable murders by various vile, sociopathic, pseudo-military police forces, the Floyd murder inflamed it again, this time with complex differences. Unlike the national fury after the murder of Dr. King or the storm of rage over Rodney King’s abuse, this explosion can not be described as a “race riot”. Though the murder of a black man triggered it, and though his murder is the central theme around which the phenomenon has coalesced, the great majority of active participants have been white. This is unprecedented.
After a long, grisly sequence of vicious and legally inexcusable murders by various vile, sociopathic, pseudo-military police forces, the Floyd murder inflamed it again, this time with complex differences. Unlike the national fury after the murder of Dr. King or the storm of rage over Rodney King’s abuse, this explosion can not be described as a “race riot”. Though the murder of a black man triggered it, and though his murder is the central theme around which the phenomenon has coalesced, the great majority of active participants have been white. This is unprecedented.
The murder of black people has been a constant in American barbarity since Colonial times. Persistent white murder has caused black agony to erupt in spasms of despair that have only altered its methods, not ended it. White racism, officially supported, has suppressed black outrage but not stifled it. Whites continue to murder blacks but cannot murder black spirit.
If not, then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races.
Clearly, many whites have made that ethical climb, or they wouldn’t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue... If not, then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races.
Clearly, many whites have made that ethical climb, or they wouldn’t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue... If not, then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races.
Clearly, many whites have made that ethical climb, or they wouldn’t be in the streets in great numbers over what has been traditionally a black issue... If not, then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races.
If not, then it follows that for them an existential issue for one race is an issue for all races. This is a huge stretch for the propagandized, deformed American psyche even to grasp, let alone fully to embrace. Stuffed with the poisonous philosophical styrofoam of American Exceptionalism, brains and souls befouled and infused with the shallowest, stupidest, cruelest, latter-day Nazi Ubermensch tripe, Americans are ill-equipped to understand and accept even themselves, much less those we’re schooled by The Empire to regard, around the world, as our subhuman underlings.
Powerful unanimity of purpose between elements of historically alienated “races”--the term is no longer validated by science, btw--not only seriously threatens racism and white dominion, it mortally menaces hegemonist dogma across the board, which makes it deeply terrifying to the American Capitalist Tyranny, its .0001% owner class and its purchased government. Passionate demand for an end to police murder of blacks, for defunding or eliminating these brutal, dishonest gestapos of state-directed terror, is just the most openly hideous crime our diseased system inflicts on all of us.
General awareness of this--taking nothing away from enlightened white empathy with blacks over serial murder-by-cop--is the far broader, denser background reality--as dark matter in the universe is the field and matrix of all that is visible--that with its tremendous gravity has drawn moral whites into genuine brotherhood of purpose with violently traumatized blacks in their frustrated and unending quest for justice in America.
Tragically, as acute observers see, though there is broad and growing comprehension by Americans of the deep falsity and brutal exploitation the State inflicts on the great mass of them, there is neither a committed cadre of inspiring leaders, nor a coherently formulated creed around which a potent public uprising against injustice can coalesce. In place of fused, mobilized, revolutionary unity, we have chaotic, unfocussed desperation.
This will not win. Historically, it never has. The long, sad unwinding of the beautifully, humanely motivated Occupy adventure is the latest case in point. Based on the widely shared conviction of the deeply evil, biocidal character of cheating, lying, obscene, violent, tottering Capitalism, having definite aims and goals, worthy despite the anxious ridicule of the besieged oligarchic state, it lacked the effectual warhead of a committed, passionate leadership with a defined program for elimination and replacement of the gangrenous piratical corpse it courageously opposed. And so, rudderless and internally confused, adrift, subject to attrition and relentless abuse at the hands of the System’s police, it broke, dissolved and faded away.
The reason no such cell of visionary leaders of a potent revolutionary creed exists here is neither single nor simple. Capitalist America--the monstrous corporate combine that owns and controls the State--has waged ruthless war against any politics intended to benefit the people, but repression alone has never eliminated determined political opposition anywhere. Decades of highly sophisticated propaganda has debased and lobotomized a victimized electorate but cannot eradicate intelligences that rise above it. A rebel group can be bought off if traitors run it but never from principled leaders and we’ve had public men who have not sold out and given their all to oppose our vicious system in years gone by, though we have none now. The best of them were undermined and sabotaged by the very organs of law so falsely celebrated as incorruptible and independent of co-optation.
The fact is that the combination of repression, propaganda, and legal malfeasance, have so thoroughly strangled truth in America that coalescence of a core team of the best minds and hearts is impossible. And even if it were not, absolute control of all organs and platforms of communication with American citizens belongs to the criminal State.
Does the lack of guiding hardcore cadre mean that this broad, inspired effort will come to nothing? Well, no, in the sense that Occupy didn’t come to nothing, and its effects outlived its endeavors, still reaching hearts and opening minds. It has already, in its main intent--demand for an end to police murder, for defunding, dissolution, and repurposing of the hideous Waffen SS ethic it has come to embody--made waves of progress that, regardless of success or failure, will never completely subside.
That said, the fantasy of a revolutionary transformation of the Capitalist Tyranny is just that. The movement, embodying in an inchoate way so much that is profoundly just and fervently desired by the most aware and enlightened Americans, lacks the social power it would need to break and replace our dirty, dying Empire and its antibiotic system.
A wise man observed that human history is a race between education and disaster. The great hope of the moment is that sheer fear of the people will bring to an end the sick Nazification of American police systems, for blacks above all, but in reality for all of us.
Overthrow of the Capitalist Tyranny depends, though, on irresistible citizen action based on a deeply informed conviction of its irremediable evil, and unshakable resolve to destroy it. The furious drive of the Capitalist Tyranny toward ecocide and our own extinction may not give us time to get there.