Seattle’s Bolshevik Revolution

“ We are coming to dismantle this deeply oppressive , racist , sexist , utterly bankrupt system of capitalism .
We can not and will not stop until it is dismantled , and we replace it with a socialist world , based on solidarity , genuine democracy , and equality.
” Kshama Sawant , ( “ Red Sammie ” , YouTube ) Seattle City Council , District 3 “ To make the individual sacred we must destroy the social order that crucifies him .
And this problem can only be solved with blood and iron.
” Leon Trotsky , Terrorism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a question for you : When a young man dressed entirely in black , uses a racial justice protest to conceal himself so he can break windows , incinerate retail shops and cafes , pelt cops with bottles , rocks and fireworks , and spread mayhem across the city , what is the political message he is trying to send ?
1– He is honoring the death of George Floyd 2– He is expressing his support for racial justice Bolshevism : The Road t ... Woods , Alan Best Price : $ 28.99 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attacking the system that protects ordinary people from criminal violence 4– He is a paid agitator funded by liberal organizations that seek to intensify social unrest for their own political objectives If you chose 3 or 4 , you ’ re probably right , there are undoubtedly paid agitators operating on behalf of wealthy outsiders , just as there are many “ true believers ” who see the riots as a springboard for a broader revolt that will topple the existing system .
In other words , there are competing agendas at play @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely answer is Number 1 , that “ He is honoring the death of George Floyd.
” The riots have nothing to do with George Floyd , he ’ s merely the fig leaf that hides the true motives of the perpetrators .
Isn ’ t it odd that –after 60 days of protests and riots– the media has never once asked what these activists want , what their actions mean or who they are ?
This shouldn ’ t surprise us , after all , the media is in the ‘ narrative-shaping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweak events so they jibe with their political agenda .
And that ’ s what they ’ re doing .
They see the protests as another stick to beat Trump in the upcoming elections , and that is precisely how they are using them .
They don ’ t want people to figure out that these massive , nationwide protests were the largest and most destructive riots in US history .
They want you to believe that they were “ mostly peaceful ” , a sobriquet that ’ s designed to dull perceptions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Which is how propaganda usually works .
Nothing to see here , move along .
Check out this excerpt from an article by Michael Tracey who visited many of the cities that were decimated by the riots .
See if you can spot the discrepancy between the media ’ s fabricated storyline and real events : “ In Minneapolis .
First place I stop , most of the block is still boarded up .
This grocery and tobacco store is owned by an Iranian , neighbor tells me .
“ They took everything.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ close after the riots… Just next door , a small Vietnamese music shop has been closed since the riots Just down the street , a Malaysian restaurant is boarded up , but has resumed business .
As has a Vietnamese sandwich shop , which just re-opened a few days ago .
Nearby a Halal market is boarded up .
Its next-door neighbor , a child care center , has signs in the windows asking to be spared …What remains of the Minneapolis Third Police Precinct building , looks like Bosnia …This is just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happened to be the first place I stopped… .
Rioters even smashed the hipster record store !
” ( Many photos of the damage , “ Threadreader ” , Michael Tracey ) Terrorism and Communism Leon Trotsky Best Price : $ 10.00 These scenes were repeated in over 400 cities across the country many of which are still either in ruins , boarded up , or in some phase of digging out .
On a strictly financial basis , the losses are incalculable , much more than many small businesses will ever be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ level , however , the damage is much worse .
Imagine watching everything you ’ ve worked for your entire life callously destroyed in a senseless orgy of mob violence that lasts maybe just a few hours .
The trauma can ’ t be fixed by simply installing new windows or sweeping up the broken glass .
It will last for as long as you live .
Thousands of families have seen their futures go up in smoke while the perpetrators slipped away entirely unscathed .
It ’ s shocking .
And what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses suffered the greatest losses .
Here ’ s Tracey again : “ Of the dozens and dozens of randomly-selected black Americans that I have so far spoken to across the United States , only two expressed what one might call a “ positive ” view of the riots , and they were both young men .
Everyone else I have encountered is unabashedly scornful of rioting , and many even express apprehensions about the basic logic of a movement referred to as “ Black Lives Matter ” which incongruously appears to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predominantly black neighborhoods .
Here ’ s … Tony in Milwaukee , who describes what it was like to escape from a riotous mob on his way home from work .
“ It ’ s crazy man .
I really don ’ t understand it .
Cuz they sayin ’ Black Lives Matter and all this stuff , ” he said .
“ But man , you ’ re hurting the black community.
” … … .
an immigrant from Sierra Leone , said the following : “ I grew up in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never seen anything like it.
” … the primary victims — meaning those who feared for their safety , suffered severe material losses , and whose lives were upended — are themselves minorities , and were targeted by activist whites.
” ( “ Corporate Media Is Ignoring Broadest Riots In U.S. History , But Americans Hurt By These Riots Aren ’ t “ , The Federalist ) Here ’ s more from an article at Fox News : “ The national media might have “ moved on ” from the riots in Minneapolis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Much of the Twin Cities is still in ruins .
Boarded-up storefronts still display makeshift notices that read “ black owned ” or “ minority owned ” to ward off further destruction .
Many locals are reluctant to speak on the record , but some are eager to do so .
“ It ’ s been agony , ” says Mohamed Ali , a native of Somalia .
“ I respect the public anger , but I think we carried it too far , to burn our city.
” At the height @ @ @ @ @ @ @ large fire in front of his apartment , which sits atop several streetside shops .
He spray-painted desperate appeals onto plywood affixed to the storefront windows : “ Don ’ t burn please … Kids live upstairs.
” The Russian Revolution Fitzpatrick , Sheila Best Price : $ 11.56 Buy New $ 12.41 “ All these businesses are still boarded , and it ’ s over a month later , ” Mr. Ali said , gesturing in every direction of his Minneapolis neighborhood .
” This was a thriving area , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minority businesses are burned.
” ( “ Michael Tracey : Minority businesses suffering in Minneapolis following rioting after George Floyd ’ s death ” , FOX News ) The media could care less about the devastation and ruined lives .
What they care about concocting a storyline that hurts Trump ’ s chances for reelection .
That ’ s all that matters to them , not the colossal damage that has been done to our cities , our businesses or individual lives .
Just the politics , because political messaging is the fast-track @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prize that must be recaptured whatever the cost .
Of course , that doesn ’ t tell us who broke the windows , looted the stores and lit the fires .
For that we turn again to Michael Tracey , the only journalist who went from city to city asking locals what they actually saw .
As it happens , he got the same answer over and over again : “ According to multiple accounts relayed to me , those who instigated these most extreme acts of destruction appeared to be white left-wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This then… created a vacuum that enabled a portion of the local , largely black and minority populations to engage in opportunistic looting.
” ( The Federalist ) We saw the same phenom play out in Seattle although Seattle has a sizable compliment of its own homegrown radicals who undoubtedly played a large role in the destruction of the downtown area and Capitol Hill .
Once again , we need to ask ourselves what political message these “ activists ” are trying to send when they attack Federal Buildings , courthouses , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not hard to figure out , is it ?
They ’ re attacking the symbols of state power .
They are challenging the legitimacy and authority of the government , the judiciary and the people that are employed to enforce the law .
There ’ s nothing random or slapdash about their choice of targets .
They are attacking the symbols that they despise because they represent the biggest obstacle to their frenzied power-grab .
And the same rule applies to defunding the police which many people still fail to understand .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impulsive demand of a petulant child .
No .
It is a sinister political tactic designed to undermine security in order to destabilize the state .
A weaker state provides more opportunities for criminal mischief aimed at overthrowing the government which is the ultimate objective .
See how it works ?
A Republic Under Assau ... Fitton , Tom Buy New $ 30.00 This is not the benign , Bernie Sanders , work-within-the-system-type socialism .
This is Bolshevism , there ’ s a big difference .
The smoldering downtown corridor and the ruined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that difference .
What we ’ re seeing is the resolute actions of a thoroughly-committed group of violent extremists who want to obliterate the system and impose their own vision of socialism .
If you don ’ t believe me , then listen to what Seattle City Councilman Kshama Sawant ( District 3 ) said just two weeks ago : “ We are coming to dismantle this deeply oppressive , racist , sexist , utterly bankrupt system of capitalism .
We can not and will not stop until it is dismantled , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , based on solidarity , genuine democracy , and equality.
” It doesn ’ t get much clearer than that , does it ?
Alot of people will dismiss this hyperbolic rhetoric as attention-seeking blabber , but I disagree .
I think Sawant should be taken seriously .
We ’ ve already seen these groups take control of the streets , terrorize the city , and attack the organizations that provide for public safety , security and justice .
Sawant even used her Councilman key to allow 400 protestors into City Hall where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for one of her trademark incendiary speeches .
She also helped establish CHAZ , ( Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone ) the “ police-free ” Shangri-la that devolved into a homicidal hellhole just weeks after its founding .
Here ’ s some background on CHAZ from Christopher Rufo at The City Journal : “ The CHAZ saga began on June 8 , under the premise that capitalism , police brutality , and the “ fascist regime ” of Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan were upholding a social order that systemically oppressed African-Americans .
Black Lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new regime … based on a “ reverse hierarchy of oppression , ” implemented race-based segregation in public spaces , and maintained a “ police-free zone ” that they believed would protect “ people of color ” from the depredations of the state .
As it turns out , however , maintaining public order is a complex undertaking and can ’ t be replaced by academic symbolism… Ultimately , the problem of violence—and a dangerously naive understanding of policing—doomed the CHAZ .
Over its 24-day history , the autonomous zone saw two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
All the identified victims were black men—precisely the demographic for whom the CHAZ had claimed to offer protection .
In the absence of a legitimate police force , armed criminal gangs and untrained anarchist paramilitaries filled the void.… In the end , the homicide rate in the CHAZ turned out to be …—nearly 50 times greater than Chicago ’ s… .
What are the ultimate lessons of the CHAZ ?
….the true legacy of the CHAZ will be the memory of two black men who died under the false promise of utopia.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” , Christopher Rufo , City Journal ) Into the Lion ’ s ... Maltz , Mr Steve Best Price : $ 14.37 Buy New $ 14.00 And don ’ t think that CHAZ was just a “ one off ” experiment by leftist revolutionaries .
It ’ s not .
It ’ s a blueprint for the type of society that will unavoidably replace our own if we don ’ t stop this nonsense and restore order .
The problem is that our liberal mayor ( Durkan ) and our liberal governor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pattycake with these fanatics to help pave the way for a Biden victory in November .
But this is a grave miscalculation .
These are hard-boiled extremists with a penchant for violence .
They are not to be trifled with .
Here ’ s a snapshot of their activities from a local news station KIRO 7 : “ Nearly four dozen people were arrested , and more than 55 officers were injured Saturday after protests turned violent with trailers set on fire , windows at businesses smashed , cars damaged , and explosive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ march , Seattle police said about a dozen people went on a rampage of destruction as they marched past the King County Youth Detention Center at 12th Avenue and Alder Street , targeting the site .
Some rioters carried sledgehammers and began shattering workers ’ car windows in the parking lot .
At the same time , a row of construction trailers next door on 12th Avenue were firebombed after some rioters scaled a fence .
Fire crews responded and reported that five construction trailers were on fire .
They were all destroyed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Seattle police said some protesters spray-painted the East Precinct at 12th and Pine Street , tried to disable cameras and caused damage after someone breached a fence line .
Moments after the breach , a device exploded , leaving an 8-inch hole in the side of the precinct , according to police .
A crowd threw rocks , bottles and mortars at officers during the protests , according to police .
During the violent protests , 59 officers were injured on Capitol Hill , including one who suffered a leg injury caused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Most were treated for their injuries and returned to work.
” ( “ 49 arrested , 59 injured in Seattle protests that turned violent ” , Kiro 7 News ) These aren ’ t protests , this is political warfare the likes of which we haven ’ t seen since the 1960s .
Peaceful protesters ” do not attack police stations with crowbars and firebombs , they don ’ t vandalize Starbucks and retail shops , and they don ’ t lay siege to public land and declare their own sovereign state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the system must be obliterated and replaced .
They are today ’ s Bolsheviks and they mean business .
Here ’ s a short recap of Russia ’ s grim experience with Bolshevism some 103 years ago .
This an excerpt from an article in the Washington Post : “ At the beginning of 1917 , on the eve of the Russian revolution , most of the men who later became known to the world as the Bolsheviks were conspirators and fantasists on the margins of society .
By the end of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ figures and eccentric movements can not be counted out .
If a system becomes weak enough and the opposition divided enough , if the ruling order is corrupt enough and people are angry enough , extremists can suddenly step into the center , where no one expects them .
And after that it can take decades to undo the damage .
We have been shocked too many times .
Our imaginations need to expand to include the possibilities of such monsters and monstrosities… .
In October 1917 , they began using that mass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ embrace the destruction .
They argued that the “ system ” was so corrupt , so immune to reform or repair , that it had to be smashed .
Some welcomed the bonfire of civilization with something bordering on ecstasy .
The beauty of violence , the cleansing power of violence : these were themes that inspired Russian poetry and prose in 1918… .
The Red Trojan Horse : ... Elder , Alasdair Best Price : $ 14.85 Buy New $ 14.50 In the United States , the Marxist left has also consolidated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — and sometimes not even on the fringes — as well as on campuses , where it polices the speech of its members , fights to prevent students from hearing opposing viewpoints , and teaches a dark , negative version of American history , one calculated to create doubts about democracy and to cast shadows on all political debate… .
As in Britain , they don ’ t remember the antecedents of their ideas and they don ’ t make a connection between their language and the words used by fanatics of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later , Bolshevism is back .
And we should be worried “ , Anne Applebaum , Washington Post ) In Seattle , the threat of violence is quite real , the social order is beginning to collapse , and the Bolsheviks are greatly emboldened .
They have battled the police and the politicians and they have prevailed .
Now they will develop a strategy to further destabilize the system so they can seize more power , weaken their rivals and shape the political agenda .
These are smart , motivated people who know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grasp of the times in which we live .
They will not hesitate to impose the dramatic changes they seek if they are given even the slightest opportunity .
Which is why they must be stopped .
Here ’ s how Sheila Fitzpatrick summed it up in her book , The Russian Revolution 1917-1932 : “ It may well be that the Bolsheviks ’ greatest strength in 1917 was not strict party organization and discipline ( which scarcely existed at this time ) but rather the party ’ s stance of intransigent radicalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spectrum .
While other socialist and liberal groups jostled for position in the Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet , the Bolsheviks refused to be co-opted and denounced the politics of coalition and compromise .
While other formerly radical politicians called for restraint and responsible , statesmanlike leadership , the Bolsheviks stayed out on the streets with the irresponsible and belligerent revolutionary crowd .
As the ‘ dual power ’ structure disintegrated , discrediting the coalition parties represented in the Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet leadership , only the Bolsheviks were in a position @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , only the Bolsheviks had overcome Marxist scruples , caught the mood of the crowd , and declared their willingness to seize power in the name of the proletarian revolution.
” ( Sheila Fitzpatrick , “ The Russian Revolution 1917-1932 ” ) Time to wake up , America .
Social disintegration is serious business .
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review .

“We are coming to dismantle this deeply oppressive, racist, sexist, utterly bankrupt system of capitalism. We cannot and will not stop until it is dismantled, and we replace it with a socialist world, based on solidarity, genuine democracy, and equality.” Kshama Sawant, (“Red Sammie”, YouTube) Seattle City Council, District 3
“To make the individual sacred we must destroy the social order that crucifies him. And this problem can only be solved with blood and iron.” Leon Trotsky, Terrorism and Communism, 1920
Here’s a question for you: When a young man dressed entirely in black, uses a racial justice protest to conceal himself so he can break windows, incinerate retail shops and cafes, pelt cops with bottles, rocks and fireworks, and spread mayhem across the city, what is the political message he is trying to send?
1– He is honoring the death of George Floyd
2– He is expressing his support for racial justice Bolshevism: The Road t... Woods, Alan Best Price: $28.99 Buy New $26.27 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details)
3– He is attacking the system that protects ordinary people from criminal violence
4– He is a paid agitator funded by liberal organizations that seek to intensify social unrest for their own political objectives
If you chose 3 or 4, you’re probably right, there are undoubtedly paid agitators operating on behalf of wealthy outsiders, just as there are many “true believers” who see the riots as a springboard for a broader revolt that will topple the existing system. In other words, there are competing agendas at play in these violent outbursts. The least likely answer is Number 1, that “He is honoring the death of George Floyd.” The riots have nothing to do with George Floyd, he’s merely the fig leaf that hides the true motives of the perpetrators.
Isn’t it odd that –after 60 days of protests and riots– the media has never once asked what these activists want, what their actions mean or who they are?
This shouldn’t surprise us, after all, the media is in the ‘narrative-shaping’ business, their job is to tweak events so they jibe with their political agenda. And that’s what they’re doing. They see the protests as another stick to beat Trump in the upcoming elections, and that is precisely how they are using them. They don’t want people to figure out that these massive, nationwide protests were the largest and most destructive riots in US history. They want you to believe that they were “mostly peaceful”, a sobriquet that’s designed to dull perceptions and lull people back to sleep. Which is how propaganda usually works. Nothing to see here, move along. Check out this excerpt from an article by Michael Tracey who visited many of the cities that were decimated by the riots. See if you can spot the discrepancy between the media’s fabricated storyline and real events:
“In Minneapolis. First place I stop, most of the block is still boarded up. This grocery and tobacco store is owned by an Iranian, neighbor tells me. “They took everything.” Owner is deliberating whether to permanently close after the riots…
Just next door, a small Vietnamese music shop has been closed since the riots Just down the street, a Malaysian restaurant is boarded up, but has resumed business. As has a Vietnamese sandwich shop, which just re-opened a few days ago. Nearby a Halal market is boarded up. Its next-door neighbor, a child care center, has signs in the windows asking to be spared …What remains of the Minneapolis Third Police Precinct building, looks like Bosnia …This is just one tiny block — and it just happened to be the first place I stopped…. Rioters even smashed the hipster record store!” (Many photos of the damage, “Threadreader”, Michael Tracey)
Terrorism and Communism Leon Trotsky Best Price: $10.00 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details) These scenes were repeated in over 400 cities across the country many of which are still either in ruins, boarded up, or in some phase of digging out. On a strictly financial basis, the losses are incalculable, much more than many small businesses will ever be able to manage. On a psychological level, however, the damage is much worse. Imagine watching everything you’ve worked for your entire life callously destroyed in a senseless orgy of mob violence that lasts maybe just a few hours. The trauma can’t be fixed by simply installing new windows or sweeping up the broken glass. It will last for as long as you live. Thousands of families have seen their futures go up in smoke while the perpetrators slipped away entirely unscathed. It’s shocking. And what’s more shocking is that minority-owned businesses suffered the greatest losses. Here’s Tracey again:
“Of the dozens and dozens of randomly-selected black Americans that I have so far spoken to across the United States, only two expressed what one might call a “positive” view of the riots, and they were both young men. Everyone else I have encountered is unabashedly scornful of rioting, and many even express apprehensions about the basic logic of a movement referred to as “Black Lives Matter” which incongruously appears to them to have caused increased suffering in their predominantly black neighborhoods.
Here’s … Tony in Milwaukee, who describes what it was like to escape from a riotous mob on his way home from work. “It’s crazy man. I really don’t understand it. Cuz they sayin’ Black Lives Matter and all this stuff,” he said. “But man, you’re hurting the black community.”…
…. an immigrant from Sierra Leone, said the following: “I grew up in a war zone, and I’ve never seen anything like it.”… the primary victims — meaning those who feared for their safety, suffered severe material losses, and whose lives were upended — are themselves minorities, and were targeted by activist whites.” (“Corporate Media Is Ignoring Broadest Riots In U.S. History, But Americans Hurt By These Riots Aren’t“, The Federalist)
Here’s more from an article at Fox News:
“The national media might have “moved on” from the riots in Minneapolis, but residents have nowhere to go. Much of the Twin Cities is still in ruins. Boarded-up storefronts still display makeshift notices that read “black owned” or “minority owned” to ward off further destruction. Many locals are reluctant to speak on the record, but some are eager to do so.
“It’s been agony,” says Mohamed Ali, a native of Somalia. “I respect the public anger, but I think we carried it too far, to burn our city.” At the height of the chaos, rioters set a large fire in front of his apartment, which sits atop several streetside shops. He spray-painted desperate appeals onto plywood affixed to the storefront windows: “Don’t burn please … Kids live upstairs.” The Russian Revolution Fitzpatrick, Sheila Best Price: $11.56 Buy New $12.41 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details)
“All these businesses are still boarded, and it’s over a month later,” Mr. Ali said, gesturing in every direction of his Minneapolis neighborhood. ”This was a thriving area,” he said. “Now a lot of minority businesses are burned.” (“Michael Tracey: Minority businesses suffering in Minneapolis following rioting after George Floyd’s death”,FOX News)
The media could care less about the devastation and ruined lives. What they care about concocting a storyline that hurts Trump’s chances for reelection. That’s all that matters to them, not the colossal damage that has been done to our cities, our businesses or individual lives. Just the politics, because political messaging is the fast-track to power, and power is the prize that must be recaptured whatever the cost.
Of course, that doesn’t tell us who broke the windows, looted the stores and lit the fires. For that we turn again to Michael Tracey, the only journalist who went from city to city asking locals what they actually saw. As it happens, he got the same answer over and over again:
“According to multiple accounts relayed to me, those who instigated these most extreme acts of destruction appeared to be white left-wing activists who were not from the area. This then… created a vacuum that enabled a portion of the local, largely black and minority populations to engage in opportunistic looting.” (The Federalist)
Surprise, surprise. Who woulda’ known?
We saw the same phenom play out in Seattle although Seattle has a sizable compliment of its own homegrown radicals who undoubtedly played a large role in the destruction of the downtown area and Capitol Hill. Once again, we need to ask ourselves what political message these “activists” are trying to send when they attack Federal Buildings, courthouses, and police precincts?
It’s not hard to figure out, is it? They’re attacking the symbols of state power. They are challenging the legitimacy and authority of the government, the judiciary and the people that are employed to enforce the law. There’s nothing random or slapdash about their choice of targets. They are attacking the symbols that they despise because they represent the biggest obstacle to their frenzied power-grab. And the same rule applies to defunding the police which many people still fail to understand. “Defund the police” is not the impulsive demand of a petulant child. No. It is a sinister political tactic designed to undermine security in order to destabilize the state. A weaker state provides more opportunities for criminal mischief aimed at overthrowing the government which is the ultimate objective. See how it works?
A Republic Under Assau... Fitton, Tom Buy New $30.00 (as of 03:00 UTC - Details) This is not the benign, Bernie Sanders, work-within-the-system-type socialism. This is Bolshevism, there’s a big difference. The smoldering downtown corridor and the ruined lives of thousands of merchants attests to that difference. What we’re seeing is the resolute actions of a thoroughly-committed group of violent extremists who want to obliterate the system and impose their own vision of socialism. If you don’t believe me, then listen to what Seattle City Councilman Kshama Sawant (District 3) said just two weeks ago:
“We are coming to dismantle this deeply oppressive, racist, sexist, utterly bankrupt system of capitalism. We cannot and will not stop until it is dismantled, and we replace it with a socialist world, based on solidarity, genuine democracy, and equality.”
It doesn’t get much clearer than that, does it?
Alot of people will dismiss this hyperbolic rhetoric as attention-seeking blabber, but I disagree. I think Sawant should be taken seriously. We’ve already seen these groups take control of the streets, terrorize the city, and attack the organizations that provide for public safety, security and justice. Sawant even used her Councilman key to allow 400 protestors into City Hall where she used the venue as a platform for one of her trademark incendiary speeches. She also helped establish CHAZ, (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) the “police-free” Shangri-la that devolved into a homicidal hellhole just weeks after its founding. Here’s some background on CHAZ from Christopher Rufo at The City Journal:
“The CHAZ saga began on June 8, under the premise that capitalism, police brutality, and the “fascist regime” of Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan were upholding a social order that systemically oppressed African-Americans. Black Lives Matter and Antifa-affiliated activists hoped to create a new regime … based on a “reverse hierarchy of oppression,” implemented race-based segregation in public spaces, and maintained a “police-free zone” that they believed would protect “people of color” from the depredations of the state.
As it turns out, however, maintaining public order is a complex undertaking and can’t be replaced by academic symbolism… Ultimately, the problem of violence—and a dangerously naive understanding of policing—doomed the CHAZ. Over its 24-day history, the autonomous zone saw two gun homicides and four additional shooting victims. All the identified victims were black men—precisely the demographic for whom the CHAZ had claimed to offer protection. In the absence of a legitimate police force, armed criminal gangs and untrained anarchist paramilitaries filled the void.…
In the end, the homicide rate in the CHAZ turned out to be …—nearly 50 times greater than Chicago’s….
What are the ultimate lessons of the CHAZ? ….the true legacy of the CHAZ will be the memory of two black men who died under the false promise of utopia.” (“The End of CHAZ”, Christopher Rufo, City Journal)
Into the Lion’s ... Maltz, Mr Steve Best Price: $14.37 Buy New $14.00 (as of 03:45 UTC - Details) And don’t think that CHAZ was just a “one off” experiment by leftist revolutionaries. It’s not. It’s a blueprint for the type of society that will unavoidably replace our own if we don’t stop this nonsense and restore order. The problem is that our liberal mayor (Durkan) and our liberal governor (Inslee) think they can play pattycake with these fanatics to help pave the way for a Biden victory in November. But this is a grave miscalculation. These are hard-boiled extremists with a penchant for violence. They are not to be trifled with. Here’s a snapshot of their activities from a local news station KIRO 7:
“Nearly four dozen people were arrested, and more than 55 officers were injured Saturday after protests turned violent with trailers set on fire, windows at businesses smashed, cars damaged, and explosive devices thrown at police….
During the march, Seattle police said about a dozen people went on a rampage of destruction as they marched past the King County Youth Detention Center at 12th Avenue and Alder Street, targeting the site. Some rioters carried sledgehammers and began shattering workers’ car windows in the parking lot. At the same time, a row of construction trailers next door on 12th Avenue were firebombed after some rioters scaled a fence.
Fire crews responded and reported that five construction trailers were on fire. They were all destroyed.
The destruction did not end there. Seattle police said some protesters spray-painted the East Precinct at 12th and Pine Street, tried to disable cameras and caused damage after someone breached a fence line. Moments after the breach, a device exploded, leaving an 8-inch hole in the side of the precinct, according to police.
A crowd threw rocks, bottles and mortars at officers during the protests, according to police. During the violent protests, 59 officers were injured on Capitol Hill, including one who suffered a leg injury caused by an explosive device, authorities said. Most were treated for their injuries and returned to work.” (“49 arrested, 59 injured in Seattle protests that turned violent”, Kiro 7 News)
These aren’t protests, this is political warfare the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1960s. Peaceful protesters” do not attack police stations with crowbars and firebombs, they don’t vandalize Starbucks and retail shops, and they don’t lay siege to public land and declare their own sovereign state. These are fanatical ideologues who believe the system must be obliterated and replaced. They are today’s Bolsheviks and they mean business. Here’s a short recap of Russia’s grim experience with Bolshevism some 103 years ago. This an excerpt from an article in the Washington Post:
“At the beginning of 1917, on the eve of the Russian revolution, most of the men who later became known to the world as the Bolsheviks were conspirators and fantasists on the margins of society. By the end of the year, they ran Russia. Fringe figures and eccentric movements cannot be counted out. If a system becomes weak enough and the opposition divided enough, if the ruling order is corrupt enough and people are angry enough, extremists can suddenly step into the center, where no one expects them. And after that it can take decades to undo the damage. We have been shocked too many times. Our imaginations need to expand to include the possibilities of such monsters and monstrosities….
In October 1917, they began using that mass violence…. Many in Russia came to embrace the destruction. They argued that the “system” was so corrupt, so immune to reform or repair, that it had to be smashed. Some welcomed the bonfire of civilization with something bordering on ecstasy. The beauty of violence, the cleansing power of violence: these were themes that inspired Russian poetry and prose in 1918…. The Red Trojan Horse: ... Elder, Alasdair Best Price: $14.85 Buy New $14.50 (as of 03:45 UTC - Details)
In the United States, the Marxist left has also consolidated on the fringes of the Democratic Party — and sometimes not even on the fringes — as well as on campuses, where it polices the speech of its members, fights to prevent students from hearing opposing viewpoints, and teaches a dark, negative version of American history, one calculated to create doubts about democracy and to cast shadows on all political debate…. As in Britain, they don’t remember the antecedents of their ideas and they don’t make a connection between their language and the words used by fanatics of a different era.” (“100 years later, Bolshevism is back. And we should be worried“, Anne Applebaum, Washington Post)
In Seattle, the threat of violence is quite real, the social order is beginning to collapse, and the Bolsheviks are greatly emboldened. They have battled the police and the politicians and they have prevailed. Now they will develop a strategy to further destabilize the system so they can seize more power, weaken their rivals and shape the political agenda. These are smart, motivated people who know what they want and have an almost-instinctive grasp of the times in which we live. They will not hesitate to impose the dramatic changes they seek if they are given even the slightest opportunity. Which is why they must be stopped. Here’s how Sheila Fitzpatrick summed it up in her book, The Russian Revolution 1917-1932:
“It may well be that the Bolsheviks’ greatest strength in 1917 was not strict party organization and discipline (which scarcely existed at this time) but rather the party’s stance of intransigent radicalism on the extreme left of the political spectrum. While other socialist and liberal groups jostled for position in the Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet, the Bolsheviks refused to be co-opted and denounced the politics of coalition and compromise. While other formerly radical politicians called for restraint and responsible, statesmanlike leadership, the Bolsheviks stayed out on the streets with the irresponsible and belligerent revolutionary crowd. As the ‘dual power’ structure disintegrated, discrediting the coalition parties represented in the Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet leadership, only the Bolsheviks were in a position to benefit. Among the socialist parties, only the Bolsheviks had overcome Marxist scruples, caught the mood of the crowd, and declared their willingness to seize power in the name of the proletarian revolution.” (Sheila Fitzpatrick, “The Russian Revolution 1917-1932”)
Time to wake up, America. Social disintegration is serious business.
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review.


lewrockwell--2020-08-05--Vaccines, Gates, Racism, Liberals, Logic

The night is long and the price is high .
I imagine Trump stepping up to a microphone saying , “ Yes , the GDP just dropped through the floor , and the economy is a wreck , but here ’ s the good news .
Operation War Seed , I mean Warp Speed , is on track to spit out a genetic nano super duper bombshell cruise missile vaxx in record time .
These guys in their labs are great .
Great people .
I hear they ’ re developing new masks—you can actually eat your meals through them… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been demonstrating , researchers failed to prove the existence of a new coronavirus… …In today ’ s logic class on the fly , we review a basically fallacy which I call The Effect Proves the Cause , an item Aristotle elucidated 2350 years ago .
The lockdowns , the distancing , the masks , the testing , the tracing are the effects .
They are designed to prove there is a new and deadly virus , the cause .
The fallacy is : that ’ s backwards .
A VOYAGE IN IMAGINATIO ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 9.95 Of course , the lockdowns and the masks and distancing prove nothing .
They ’ re on the level of : “ The man is in jail , so he must have committed a crime.
” The fallacy is actually : The Effect Which Is Actually Not an Effect of a Claimed Cause .
And then think about this .
If there were no containment measures , if people were allowed to come and go freely , they would soon lose a sense of urgency about vaccination .
And businesses would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic destruction .
Now we ’ re getting down to the truth .
The containment measures aren ’ t the effect of anything .
They ’ re put there to achieve economic destruction , and to create the illusion of need for a vaccine .
Some variations on this theme : “ We are fighting a war against X ; therefore , X must have threatened our security .
Otherwise , why would we be fighting ?
” FALLACY .
“ The jury brought in a verdict of not-guilty .
Therefore , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” FALLACY .
“ The authorities stepped up surveillance on the suspects .
Therefore , the suspects must be criminals.
” FALLACY .
AIDS Inc. Rappoport , Jon Best Price : $ 33.29 Buy New $ 18.89 X might have threatened the nation ’ s security , and the defendant might have committed a crime , and the suspects might be criminals , but these require separate investigations .
The “ therefore ” is the fallacy .
“ People are dying , it must be the virus.
” FALLACY .
Bill Gates and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needle into the arms of 7.6 billion people .
They want to create the illusion of need for that program .
The containment measures , the lockdowns— “ This must mean we have to have a vaccine.
” WRONG .
Grinning smirking sociopathic Howdy Doody freakazoid Bill says the vaccine is essential .
All these little programmed Leftists and BLM and ANTIFA running around trying to cancel this and cancel that , take power away from here and there…why don ’ t they ever mention the power of Bill Gates ?
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him ?
After all , the man is very busy delivering toxic vaccines in Africa .
For that matter , are no protests winding up at the New York headquarters of the United Nations ?
That organization seems to have some power .
I ’ m not reading about protests in Langley , where the CIA is nestled .
Or at the home of the NSA in Maryland .
And what about the New York offices of the major news networks , Propaganda Central ?
These protestors and rioters have very specific blind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take a step back .
Fauci and Gates and their ilk are wreaking economic havoc .
The rioters are wreaking their own version of economic havoc .
Could it be , in some way , some twisted way , they ’ re on the same side ?
Speaking of twisted , follow along with this quick hitter on modern “ epidemics ” .
You won ’ t find such coverage in the New York Times : —Origin stories of viruses—what ’ s wrong with this picture— Every organized religion has an origin story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and who made them .
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Perhaps summarizing a few of the more popular legends will reveal a pattern .
Here is a short list .
Name of disease , where it began , and what it supposedly came from : The first story-line requirement is animal origin .
“ The virus jumped species to humans.
” Obviously , this kind of tale could be told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place of origin , because every country has animals .
Every country hunts animals , domesticates them , sells them , eats them .
With me so far ?
A question that immediately pops up : why haven ’ t we been treated to a global pandemic origin-story that names America , Canada , or Europe as the source ?
Those places have plenty of animals , wild and domesticated .
People eat them .
The factory-farms are notoriously unclean .
“ Today , CDC researchers named a North Carolina commercial pig farm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Virus 1 Pandemic that is sweeping the world… ” Fear of the Invisible Roberts , Janine Best Price : $ 41.22 Buy New $ 18.31 Hasn ’ t been told , hasn ’ t been sold .
Ever .
Keep in mind we aren ’ t talking about science or truth—we ’ re talking about marketing .
So , who is the major audience ( target ) for these pandemic stories ?
What does that audience need to hear , in order to be suitably impressed , deceived , frightened ?
THE VIRUS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and in that land , “ strange and mysterious things happen .
Unhealthy unclean things.
” That ’ s the subliminal pitch .
Consider another tale of domestic Origin : “ Experts are now centering their investigation on a market in Dayton , Ohio .
They believe the virus might have jumped species from a cat , which bit a human near the meat counter… ” No .
No good .
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Why not ?
If a virus-story about bats in China can work , so can a story about a bird in the US .
Except it doesn ’ t work .
No “ foreign flavor.
” When you put together the fraudulent science that begins with the announced discovery of a new virus—never isolated or purified or actually found—with a legend about the virus ’ origin in a far-off land , you have a marketable product .
PANDEMIC .
Contemplate this interesting twist .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that originated in a sanctuary city in California , “ liberals ” would climb all over that story : IT ’ S RACIST .
THEY ’ RE TRYING TO BLAME IMMIGRANTS .
But the same “ liberals ” will put on masks , stand six feet apart , work from home , stay indoors , cooperate with contact tracers , and line up for a vaccine , if you say the origin of the virus was China or Africa or Mexico , WHERE THE SKIN COLOR IS NOT WHITE .
Racial bias sells @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one mentions it .
Thus ends today ’ s lesson in logic , internal contradiction , and the highly technical variation called liberal bullshit .
The Best of Jon Rappoport

The night is long and the price is high. I imagine Trump stepping up to a microphone saying, “Yes, the GDP just dropped through the floor, and the economy is a wreck, but here’s the good news. Operation War Seed, I mean Warp Speed, is on track to spit out a genetic nano super duper bombshell cruise missile vaxx in record time. These guys in their labs are great. Great people. I hear they’re developing new masks—you can actually eat your meals through them…”
Since, as I’ve been demonstrating, researchers failed to prove the existence of a new coronavirus…
…In today’s logic class on the fly, we review a basically fallacy which I call The Effect Proves the Cause, an item Aristotle elucidated 2350 years ago.
The lockdowns, the distancing, the masks, the testing, the tracing are the effects. They are designed to prove there is a new and deadly virus, the cause.
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Of course, the lockdowns and the masks and distancing prove nothing. They’re on the level of: “The man is in jail, so he must have committed a crime.”
The fallacy is actually: The Effect Which Is Actually Not an Effect of a Claimed Cause.
And then think about this. If there were no containment measures, if people were allowed to come and go freely, they would soon lose a sense of urgency about vaccination. And businesses would be open; there would be no economic destruction. Now we’re getting down to the truth.
The containment measures aren’t the effect of anything.
They’re put there to achieve economic destruction, and to create the illusion of need for a vaccine.
Some variations on this theme:
“We are fighting a war against X; therefore, X must have threatened our security. Otherwise, why would we be fighting?” FALLACY.
“The jury brought in a verdict of not-guilty. Therefore, the defendant didn’t commit the crime.” FALLACY.
“The authorities stepped up surveillance on the suspects. Therefore, the suspects must be criminals.” FALLACY. AIDS Inc. Rappoport, Jon Best Price: $33.29 Buy New $18.89 (as of 03:34 UTC - Details)
X might have threatened the nation’s security, and the defendant might have committed a crime, and the suspects might be criminals, but these require separate investigations. The “therefore” is the fallacy.
“People are dying, it must be the virus.” FALLACY.
Bill Gates and his Globalist colleagues want to shove a needle into the arms of 7.6 billion people. They want to create the illusion of need for that program. The containment measures, the lockdowns—“This must mean we have to have a vaccine.” WRONG.
Grinning smirking sociopathic Howdy Doody freakazoid Bill says the vaccine is essential. All these little programmed Leftists and BLM and ANTIFA running around trying to cancel this and cancel that, take power away from here and there…why don’t they ever mention the power of Bill Gates? It’s just a pure accident they omit him? After all, the man is very busy delivering toxic vaccines in Africa. For that matter, are no protests winding up at the New York headquarters of the United Nations? That organization seems to have some power. I’m not reading about protests in Langley, where the CIA is nestled. Or at the home of the NSA in Maryland. And what about the New York offices of the major news networks, Propaganda Central? These protestors and rioters have very specific blind sports?
Hmm. Let’s take a step back. Fauci and Gates and their ilk are wreaking economic havoc. The rioters are wreaking their own version of economic havoc. Could it be, in some way, some twisted way, they’re on the same side?
Speaking of twisted, follow along with this quick hitter on modern “epidemics”. You won’t find such coverage in the New York Times:
—Origin stories of viruses—what’s wrong with this picture—
Every organized religion has an origin story. The story explains where things started, and who made them. Fauci: The Bernie Mado... Ortleb, Charles Buy New $5.99 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details)
Epidemics, as I’ve explained in many articles, resemble religions.
Epidemics, too, have origin stories.
Perhaps summarizing a few of the more popular legends will reveal a pattern. Here is a short list. Name of disease, where it began, and what it supposedly came from:
HIV/AIDS, Africa, monkeys. West Nile, Uganda, birds, mosquitos. Avian Influenza (H5N1), China, geese. SARS, China, animals, perhaps bats. Swine Flu (H1N1), Mexico, pigs. COVID-19, China, animals, perhaps bats.
The first story-line requirement is animal origin. “The virus jumped species to humans.”
Obviously, this kind of tale could be told using any country in the world as place of origin, because every country has animals. Every country hunts animals, domesticates them, sells them, eats them.
With me so far?
A question that immediately pops up: why haven’t we been treated to a global pandemic origin-story that names America, Canada, or Europe as the source?
Those places have plenty of animals, wild and domesticated. People eat them. The factory-farms are notoriously unclean.
“Today, CDC researchers named a North Carolina commercial pig farm as the starting point of the Raleigh Virus 1 Pandemic that is sweeping the world…” Fear of the Invisible Roberts, Janine Best Price: $41.22 Buy New $18.31 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details)
Hasn’t been told, hasn’t been sold. Ever.
Why not?
Keep in mind we aren’t talking about science or truth—we’re talking about marketing.
So, who is the major audience (target) for these pandemic stories?
The West. People in Western countries.
What does that audience need to hear, in order to be suitably impressed, deceived, frightened?
THE VIRUS COMES FROM A FOREIGN LAND. Yes, and in that land, “strange and mysterious things happen. Unhealthy unclean things.” That’s the subliminal pitch.
Consider another tale of domestic Origin: “Experts are now centering their investigation on a market in Dayton, Ohio. They believe the virus might have jumped species from a cat, which bit a human near the meat counter…” No. No good.
Thimerosal: Let the Sc... Kennedy Jr., Robert F. Best Price: $18.01 Buy New $15.93 (as of 02:45 UTC - Details) How about this? “Ranchers in Wyoming apparently ate a wild bird…” Better. Why not? If a virus-story about bats in China can work, so can a story about a bird in the US. Except it doesn’t work. No “foreign flavor.”
That is called a clue.
When you put together the fraudulent science that begins with the announced discovery of a new virus—never isolated or purified or actually found—with a legend about the virus’ origin in a far-off land, you have a marketable product. PANDEMIC.
Contemplate this interesting twist. If someone tried to sell a new pandemic that originated in a sanctuary city in California, “liberals” would climb all over that story: IT’S RACIST. THEY’RE TRYING TO BLAME IMMIGRANTS.
But the same “liberals” will put on masks, stand six feet apart, work from home, stay indoors, cooperate with contact tracers, and line up for a vaccine, if you say the origin of the virus was China or Africa or Mexico, WHERE THE SKIN COLOR IS NOT WHITE.
Racial bias sells. Hugely. As long as no one mentions it.
Thus ends today’s lesson in logic, internal contradiction, and the highly technical variation called liberal bullshit.
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
The Best of Jon Rappoport


lewrockwell--2020-08-05--From Lockdowns to ‘The Great Reset’

From Lockdowns to ‘The Great Reset’

The lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the implementation of long-held plans to establish a so-called new world order .
Under the auspices of the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) , global policymakers are advocating for a “ Great Reset ” with the intent of creating a global technocracy .
It is not by coincidence that on October 18 , 2019 , in New York City the WEF participated in “ Event 201 ” at the “ high-level ” pandemic exercise organized by the John Hopkins Center for Health Security .
This coming technocracy involves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ digital industry and of governments .
With programs such as guaranteed minimum income and healthcare for all , the new kind of governance combines strict societal control with the promise of comprehensive social justice .
The truth , however , is that this new world order of digital tyranny comes with a comprehensive social credit system .
The People ’ s Republic of China is the pioneer of this method of surveillance and control of individuals , corporations , and sociopolitical entities .
COVID-19 : Lockdowns on ... Betrus , Michael Buy New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s identity is reduced to an app or chip that registers almost any personal activity .
In order to gain a few individual rights , and be it only to travel to a certain place , a person must balance such apparent privileges with his submission to a web of regulations that define in detail what is “ good behavior ” and deemed as beneficial to humankind and the environment .
For example , during a pandemic , this sort of control would extend from the obligation of wearing a mask and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to apply for a job or to travel .
It is , in short , a type of social engineering which is the opposite of a spontaneous order or of development .
Like the mechanical engineer with a machine , the social engineer—or technocrat—treats society as an object .
Different from the brutal suppressions by the totalitarianism of earlier times , the modern social engineer will try to make the social machine work on its own according to the design .
For this purpose , the social engineer must apply the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engineer follows the laws of nature .
Behavioral theory has reached a stage of knowledge that makes the dreams of social engineering possible .
The machinations of social engineering operate not through brute force , but subtly by nudge .
Under the order envisioned by the Great Reset , the advancement of technology is not meant to serve the improvement of the conditions of the people but to submit the individual to the tyranny of a technocratic state .
“ The experts know better ” is the justification .
The plan for an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of an elite group of businessmen , politicians , and their intellectual entourage that used to meet in Davos , Switzerland , in January each year .
Brought into existence in 1971 , the World Economic Forum has become a megaglobal event since then .
More than three thousand leaders from all over the world attended the meeting in 2020 .
Technocracy : The Hard ... Wood , Patrick M. Best Price : $ 33.00 Buy New $ 24.59 Under the guidance of the WEF , the agenda of the Great Reset says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transformation requires a thorough overhaul of the economy , politics , and society .
Such a comprehensive transformation requires the alteration of human behavior , and thus “ transhumanism ” is part of the program .
The Great Reset will be the theme of the fifty-first meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2021 .
Its agenda is the commitment to move the world economy toward “ a more fair , sustainable and resilient future.
” The program calls for “ a new social contract ” that is centered on racial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protection of the nature .
Climate change requires us “ to decarbonize the economy ” and to bring human thinking and behavior “ into harmony with nature.
” The aim is to build “ more equal , inclusive and sustainable economies.
” This new world order must be “ urgently ” implemented , the promotors of the WEF claim , and they point out that the pandemic “ has laid bare the unsustainability of our system , ” which lacks “ social cohesion.
” The WEF ’ s great reset project is social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the reset contend that the UN failed to establish order in the world and could not advance forcefully its agenda of sustainable development—known as Agenda 2030—because of its bureaucratic , slow , and contradictory way of working .
In contrast , the actions of the organizational committee of the World Economic Forum are swift and smart .
When a consensus has been formed , it can be implemented by the global elite all over the world .
The ideology of the World Economic Forum is neither left nor right , nor progressive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fascist or communist , but outright technocratic .
As such , it includes many elements of earlier collectivist ideologies .
In recent decades , the consensus has emerged at the annual Davos meetings that the world needs a revolution , and that reforms have taken too long .
The members of the WEF envision a profound upheaval at short notice .
The time span should be so brief that most people will hardly realize that a revolution is going on .
The change must be so swift and dramatic that those who recognize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the time to mobilize against it .
Dark Mirror : Edward Sn ... Gellman , Barton Best Price : $ 23.11 Buy New $ 23.08 The basic idea of the Great Reset is the same principle that guided the radical transformations from the French to the Russian and Chinese Revolutions .
It is the idea of constructivist rationalism incorporated in the state .
But projects like the Great Reset leave unanswered the question of who rules the state .
The state itself does not rule .
It is an instrument of power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that decides , but the leaders of specific political parties and of certain social groups .
Earlier totalitarian regimes needed mass executions and concentration camps to maintain their power .
Now , with the help of new technologies , it is believed , dissenters can easily be identified and marginalized .
The nonconformists will be silenced by disqualifying divergent opinions as morally despicable .
The 2020 lockdowns possibly offer a preview of how this system works .
The lockdown worked as if it had been orchestrated—and perhaps it was .
As if following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big and small nations—and of different stages of economic development—implemented almost identical measures .
Not only did many governments act in unison , they also applied these measures with little regard for the horrific consequences of a global lockdown .
Months of economic stillstand have destroyed the economic basis of millions of families .
Together with social distancing , the lockdown has produced a mass of people unable to care for themselves .
First , governments destroyed the livelihood , then the politicians showed up as the savior .
The demand for social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups , but has become a need of the masses .
Once , war was the health of the state .
Now it is fear of disease .
What lies ahead is not the apparent coziness of a benevolent comprehensive welfare state with a guaranteed minimum income and healthcare and education for all .
The lockdown and its consequences have brought a foretaste what is to come : a permanent state of fear , strict behavioral control , massive loss of jobs , and growing dependence on the state .
We Have Been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 30.99 With the measures taken in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic , a big step to reset the global economy has been made .
Without popular resistance , the end of the pandemic will not mean the end of the lockdown and social distancing .
At the moment , however , the opponents of the new world order of digital tyranny still have access to the media and platforms to dissent .
Yet the time is running out .
The perpetrators of the new world order have smelled blood .
Declaring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handy to promote the agenda of their Great Reset .
Only massive opposition can slow down and finally stop the extension of the power grip of the tyrannical technocracy that is on the rise .
Note : The views expressed on Mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute .
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The lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the implementation of long-held plans to establish a so-called new world order. Under the auspices of the World Economic Forum (WEF), global policymakers are advocating for a “Great Reset” with the intent of creating a global technocracy. It is not by coincidence that on October 18, 2019, in New York City the WEF participated in “Event 201” at the “high-level” pandemic exercise organized by the John Hopkins Center for Health Security.
This coming technocracy involves close cooperation between the heads of the digital industry and of governments. With programs such as guaranteed minimum income and healthcare for all, the new kind of governance combines strict societal control with the promise of comprehensive social justice.
The truth, however, is that this new world order of digital tyranny comes with a comprehensive social credit system. The People’s Republic of China is the pioneer of this method of surveillance and control of individuals, corporations, and sociopolitical entities. COVID-19: Lockdowns on... Betrus, Michael Buy New $16.99 (as of 03:38 UTC - Details)
For the individual, one’s identity is reduced to an app or chip that registers almost any personal activity. In order to gain a few individual rights, and be it only to travel to a certain place, a person must balance such apparent privileges with his submission to a web of regulations that define in detail what is “good behavior” and deemed as beneficial to humankind and the environment. For example, during a pandemic, this sort of control would extend from the obligation of wearing a mask and practicing social distancing to having specific vaccinations in order to apply for a job or to travel.
It is, in short, a type of social engineering which is the opposite of a spontaneous order or of development. Like the mechanical engineer with a machine, the social engineer—or technocrat—treats society as an object. Different from the brutal suppressions by the totalitarianism of earlier times, the modern social engineer will try to make the social machine work on its own according to the design. For this purpose, the social engineer must apply the laws of society the way the mechanical engineer follows the laws of nature. Behavioral theory has reached a stage of knowledge that makes the dreams of social engineering possible. The machinations of social engineering operate not through brute force, but subtly by nudge.
Under the order envisioned by the Great Reset, the advancement of technology is not meant to serve the improvement of the conditions of the people but to submit the individual to the tyranny of a technocratic state. “The experts know better” is the justification.
The Agenda
The plan for an overhaul of the world is the brainchild of an elite group of businessmen, politicians, and their intellectual entourage that used to meet in Davos, Switzerland, in January each year. Brought into existence in 1971, the World Economic Forum has become a megaglobal event since then. More than three thousand leaders from all over the world attended the meeting in 2020.
Technocracy: The Hard ... Wood, Patrick M. Best Price: $33.00 Buy New $24.59 (as of 03:55 UTC - Details) Under the guidance of the WEF, the agenda of the Great Reset says that the completion of the current industrial transformation requires a thorough overhaul of the economy, politics, and society. Such a comprehensive transformation requires the alteration of human behavior, and thus “transhumanism” is part of the program.
The Great Reset will be the theme of the fifty-first meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2021. Its agenda is the commitment to move the world economy toward “a more fair, sustainable and resilient future.” The program calls for “a new social contract” that is centered on racial equality, social justice, and the protection of the nature. Climate change requires us “to decarbonize the economy” and to bring human thinking and behavior “into harmony with nature.” The aim is to build “more equal, inclusive and sustainable economies.” This new world order must be “urgently” implemented, the promotors of the WEF claim, and they point out that the pandemic “has laid bare the unsustainability of our system,” which lacks “social cohesion.”
The WEF’s great reset project is social engineering at the highest level. Advocates of the reset contend that the UN failed to establish order in the world and could not advance forcefully its agenda of sustainable development—known as Agenda 2030—because of its bureaucratic, slow, and contradictory way of working. In contrast, the actions of the organizational committee of the World Economic Forum are swift and smart. When a consensus has been formed, it can be implemented by the global elite all over the world.
Social Engineering
The ideology of the World Economic Forum is neither left nor right, nor progressive or conservative, it is also not fascist or communist, but outright technocratic. As such, it includes many elements of earlier collectivist ideologies.
In recent decades, the consensus has emerged at the annual Davos meetings that the world needs a revolution, and that reforms have taken too long. The members of the WEF envision a profound upheaval at short notice. The time span should be so brief that most people will hardly realize that a revolution is going on. The change must be so swift and dramatic that those who recognize that a revolution is happening do not have the time to mobilize against it. Dark Mirror: Edward Sn... Gellman, Barton Best Price: $23.11 Buy New $23.08 (as of 03:17 UTC - Details)
The basic idea of the Great Reset is the same principle that guided the radical transformations from the French to the Russian and Chinese Revolutions. It is the idea of constructivist rationalism incorporated in the state. But projects like the Great Reset leave unanswered the question of who rules the state. The state itself does not rule. It is an instrument of power. It is not the abstract state that decides, but the leaders of specific political parties and of certain social groups.
Earlier totalitarian regimes needed mass executions and concentration camps to maintain their power. Now, with the help of new technologies, it is believed, dissenters can easily be identified and marginalized. The nonconformists will be silenced by disqualifying divergent opinions as morally despicable.
The 2020 lockdowns possibly offer a preview of how this system works. The lockdown worked as if it had been orchestrated—and perhaps it was. As if following a single command, the leaders of big and small nations—and of different stages of economic development—implemented almost identical measures. Not only did many governments act in unison, they also applied these measures with little regard for the horrific consequences of a global lockdown.
Months of economic stillstand have destroyed the economic basis of millions of families. Together with social distancing, the lockdown has produced a mass of people unable to care for themselves. First, governments destroyed the livelihood, then the politicians showed up as the savior. The demand for social assistance is no longer limited to specific groups, but has become a need of the masses.
Once, war was the health of the state. Now it is fear of disease. What lies ahead is not the apparent coziness of a benevolent comprehensive welfare state with a guaranteed minimum income and healthcare and education for all. The lockdown and its consequences have brought a foretaste what is to come: a permanent state of fear, strict behavioral control, massive loss of jobs, and growing dependence on the state. We Have Been Harmonize... Strittmatter, Kai Buy New $30.99 (as of 05:21 UTC - Details)
With the measures taken in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a big step to reset the global economy has been made. Without popular resistance, the end of the pandemic will not mean the end of the lockdown and social distancing. At the moment, however, the opponents of the new world order of digital tyranny still have access to the media and platforms to dissent. Yet the time is running out. The perpetrators of the new world order have smelled blood. Declaring the coronavirus a pandemic has come in handy to promote the agenda of their Great Reset. Only massive opposition can slow down and finally stop the extension of the power grip of the tyrannical technocracy that is on the rise.
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lewrockwell--2020-08-05--The Dirty Secrets of ‘Clean’ Electric Vehicles

The widespread view that fossil fuels are “ dirty ” and renewables such as wind and solar energy and electric vehicles are “ clean ” has become a fixture of mainstream media and policy assumptions across the political spectrum in developed countries , perhaps with the exception of the Trump-led US administration .
Indeed the ultimate question we are led to believe is how quickly can enlightened Western governments , led by an alleged scientific consensus , “ decarbonize ” with clean energy in a race to save the world from impending climate catastrophe .
The ‘ net zero by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emissions to be completely mitigated within three decades , is now the clarion call by governments and intergovernmental agencies around the developed world , ranging from several EU member states and the UK , to the International Energy Agency and the International Monetary Fund .
Mining out of sight , out of mind Green Illusions : The D ... Zehner , Ozzie Best Price : $ 14.45 Buy New $ 20.99 Let ’ s start with Elon Musk ’ s Tesla .
In an astonishing achievement for a company that has now posted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is now the world ’ s most valuable automotive company .
Demand for EVs is set to soar , as government policies subsidize the purchase of EVs to replace the internal combustion engine of gasoline and diesel-driven cars and as owning a “ clean ” and “ green ” car becomes a moral testament to many a virtue-signaling customer .
Yet , if one looks under the hood of “ clean energy ” battery-driven EVs , the dirt found would surprise most .
The most important component in the EV is the lithium-ion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commodities such as cobalt , graphite , lithium , and manganese .
Tracing the source of these minerals , in what is called “ full-cycle economics ” , it becomes apparent that EVs create a trail of dirt from the mining and processing of minerals upstream .
Breaker Boys : How a Ph ... Burgan , Michael Best Price : $ 2.91 Buy New $ 5.00 A recent United Nations report warns that the raw materials used in electric car batteries are highly concentrated in a small number of countries where environmental and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thus , battery production for EVs is driving a boom in small-scale or “ artisanal ” cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo which supplies two thirds of global output of the mineral .
These artisanal mines , which account for up to a quarter of the country ’ s production , have been found to be dangerous and employ child labour .
Mindful of what the image of children scrabbling for hand-dug minerals in Africa can do to high tech ’ s clean and green image , most tech and auto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ metals avoid direct sourcing from mines .
Tesla Inc. TSLA struck a deal last month with Swiss-based Glencore Plc to buy as much as 6,000 tons of cobalt annually from the latter ’ s Congolese mines .
While Tesla has said it aims to remove reputational risks associated with sourcing minerals from countries such as the DRC where corruption is rampant , Glencore assures buyers that no hand-dug cobalt is treated at its mechanized mines .

The widespread view that fossil fuels are “dirty” and renewables such as wind and solar energy and electric vehicles are “clean” has become a fixture of mainstream media and policy assumptions across the political spectrum in developed countries, perhaps with the exception of the Trump-led US administration. Indeed the ultimate question we are led to believe is how quickly can enlightened Western governments, led by an alleged scientific consensus, “decarbonize” with clean energy in a race to save the world from impending climate catastrophe. The ‘net zero by 2050’ mantra, calling for carbon emissions to be completely mitigated within three decades, is now the clarion call by governments and intergovernmental agencies around the developed world, ranging from several EU member states and the UK, to the International Energy Agency and the International Monetary Fund.
Mining out of sight, out of mind
Green Illusions: The D... Zehner, Ozzie Best Price: $14.45 Buy New $20.99 (as of 05:22 UTC - Details) Let’s start with Elon Musk’s Tesla. In an astonishing achievement for a company that has now posted four consecutive quarters of profits, Tesla is now the world’s most valuable automotive company. Demand for EVs is set to soar, as government policies subsidize the purchase of EVs to replace the internal combustion engine of gasoline and diesel-driven cars and as owning a “clean” and “green” car becomes a moral testament to many a virtue-signaling customer.
Yet, if one looks under the hood of “clean energy” battery-driven EVs, the dirt found would surprise most. The most important component in the EV is the lithium-ion rechargeable battery which relies on critical mineral commodities such as cobalt, graphite, lithium, and manganese. Tracing the source of these minerals, in what is called “full-cycle economics”, it becomes apparent that EVs create a trail of dirt from the mining and processing of minerals upstream.
Breaker Boys: How a Ph... Burgan, Michael Best Price: $2.91 Buy New $5.00 (as of 05:22 UTC - Details) A recent United Nations report warns that the raw materials used in electric car batteries are highly concentrated in a small number of countries where environmental and labour regulations are weak or non-existent. Thus, battery production for EVs is driving a boom in small-scale or “artisanal” cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo which supplies two thirds of global output of the mineral. These artisanal mines, which account for up to a quarter of the country’s production, have been found to be dangerous and employ child labour.
Mindful of what the image of children scrabbling for hand-dug minerals in Africa can do to high tech’s clean and green image, most tech and auto companies using cobalt and other toxic heavy metals avoid direct sourcing from mines. Tesla Inc. TSLA struck a deal last month with Swiss-based Glencore Plc to buy as much as 6,000 tons of cobalt annually from the latter’s Congolese mines. While Tesla has said it aims to remove reputational risks associated with sourcing minerals from countries such as the DRC where corruption is rampant, Glencore assures buyers that no hand-dug cobalt is treated at its mechanized mines.
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lewrockwell--2020-08-05--As the Filibuster Goes, So Goes the GOP

As the Filibuster Goes, So Goes the GOP

“ When the people find that they can vote themselves money , that will herald the end of the republic.
” This was the nightmare of Ben Franklin .
Yet , with passage this spring of a $ 4 trillion bailout of an economy facing historic losses because of the COVID-19 pandemic , and Nancy Pelosi ’ s House having voted out another $ 3 trillion , we may have reached Franklin ’ s peril point .
Indeed , if Democrats capture the Senate and win the White House , as many polls now project , it is not easy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ uncontrolled explosion of fresh spending and a concomitant expansion of federal power .
Consider .
In his eulogy to John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church , Barack Obama called on Democrats , if victorious in November , to kill the Senate filibuster , all but calling the filibuster an instrument of systemic racism .
Yet , the filibuster has been and remains one of the distinguishing features of the United States Senate .
It allows for extended deliberation by requiring , not 51 but 60 votes , a supermajority , to shut off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s White Ho ... Buchanan , Patrick J .
Best Price : $ 2.03 Buy New $ 8.50 If Democrats capture the Senate and abolish the filibuster , the Republican minority in 2021 would be stripped of virtually the only effective weapon in its arsenal to halt , slow , or shape U.S. law .
That is exactly what Obama was urging in his eulogy to Lewis .
“ If politicians want to honor John , ” said a surprisingly militant Obama , “ Let ’ s honor him by revitalizing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … ( And ) once we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act , we should keep marching.
” Said Obama : “ By making sure every American is automatically registered to vote , including former inmates… By adding polling places , and expanding early voting , and making Election Day a national holiday… By guaranteeing that every American citizen has equal representation … including the American citizens who live in Washington , D.C. , and in Puerto Rico .
“ If all this takes eliminating the filibuster , another Jim Crow relic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should do.
” By calling the filibuster “ another Jim Crow relic ” the ex-president was putting progressives on notice that failure to get rid of it would be to collaborate with racists .
After abolishing the filibuster , says Obama , Democrats should ram through statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C. , thereby expanding the Senate to 104 members , and adding four new Democratic senators .
That new Senate , says Obama , should enact every law possible to enlarge and expand the electorate , including extending the ballot to ex-convicts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a Senate where 51 Democrats can enact a socialist agenda , Sen. Bernie Sanders hastily endorsed Obama ’ s call : “ President Obama is absolutely right .
… Getting rid of the filibuster would enable Democrats to pass a comprehensive agenda to guarantee the rights and dignity of everyone in this country.
” Defender in Chief : Don ... Yoo , John Buy New $ 25.99 This is but the beginning .
If Democrats deprive a Republican minority of the filibuster , there would be no one stopping Congress from passing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legislation .
The door would be open to legislation putting DACA “ dreamers ” on a fast track to citizenship , and to granting amnesty to illegal migrants , and to putting the 11 million to 22 million who are already here on the road to citizenship and the ballot box .
With amnesties , open borders bills , a renewal of chain migration , an end to deportations and new restrictions on ICE and the Border Patrol , a Democratic Congress , by opening the gates to millions , could turn traditionally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Texas as blue as New York , Illinois and California .
As The Wall Street Journal also notes , one of the agenda items of the Biden-Bernie-AOC Democratic Party is the raising of payroll taxes , personal income taxes , corporate taxes , capital gains taxes and estate taxes .
All of these newer and higher tax rates are included in a $ 3 trillion package to which Joe Biden has signed on .
If Democrats gain control of Congress and the filibuster is killed , reparations for slavery , the Green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and harsh climate change laws are on the table for Democrats to decide alone , without hearing from the GOP .
In a 2017 public letter , Democrats endorsed the retention of the filibuster , both on principle and because of the unique character of the Senate : “ We are steadfastly committed to ensuring that this great American institution continues to serve as the world ’ s greatest deliberative body.
” If the filibuster is thrown out , writes the Journal , “ The door to radicalism is getting busted wide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may not like what comes out the other side.
” Another Ben Franklin quote comes to mind .
“ A republic if you can keep it , ” Franklin told the lady in Philadelphia who had asked what kind of government they had created .
If the filibuster goes , and the Democratic left runs wild in the next two years , will that republic survive the disfiguring surgery ?
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“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
This was the nightmare of Ben Franklin.
Yet, with passage this spring of a $4 trillion bailout of an economy facing historic losses because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Nancy Pelosi’s House having voted out another $3 trillion, we may have reached Franklin’s peril point.
Indeed, if Democrats capture the Senate and win the White House, as many polls now project, it is not easy to see who or what prevents an uncontrolled explosion of fresh spending and a concomitant expansion of federal power.
Consider. In his eulogy to John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Barack Obama called on Democrats, if victorious in November, to kill the Senate filibuster, all but calling the filibuster an instrument of systemic racism.
Yet, the filibuster has been and remains one of the distinguishing features of the United States Senate. It allows for extended deliberation by requiring, not 51 but 60 votes, a supermajority, to shut off debate and pass major bills. Nixon’s White Ho... Buchanan, Patrick J. Best Price: $2.03 Buy New $8.50 (as of 12:15 UTC - Details)
If Democrats capture the Senate and abolish the filibuster, the Republican minority in 2021 would be stripped of virtually the only effective weapon in its arsenal to halt, slow, or shape U.S. law.
That is exactly what Obama was urging in his eulogy to Lewis.
“If politicians want to honor John,” said a surprisingly militant Obama, “Let’s honor him by revitalizing the law he was willing to die for … (And) once we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, we should keep marching.”
“Keep marching”? To where?
Said Obama: “By making sure every American is automatically registered to vote, including former inmates… By adding polling places, and expanding early voting, and making Election Day a national holiday… By guaranteeing that every American citizen has equal representation … including the American citizens who live in Washington, D.C., and in Puerto Rico.
“If all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic … then that’s what we should do.”
By calling the filibuster “another Jim Crow relic” the ex-president was putting progressives on notice that failure to get rid of it would be to collaborate with racists.
After abolishing the filibuster, says Obama, Democrats should ram through statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C., thereby expanding the Senate to 104 members, and adding four new Democratic senators.
That new Senate, says Obama, should enact every law possible to enlarge and expand the electorate, including extending the ballot to ex-convicts.
His eyes open to the potential of a Senate where 51 Democrats can enact a socialist agenda, Sen. Bernie Sanders hastily endorsed Obama’s call:
“President Obama is absolutely right. … Getting rid of the filibuster would enable Democrats to pass a comprehensive agenda to guarantee the rights and dignity of everyone in this country.” Defender in Chief: Don... Yoo, John Buy New $25.99 (as of 04:22 UTC - Details)
This is but the beginning. If Democrats deprive a Republican minority of the filibuster, there would be no one stopping Congress from passing or the president from signing new anti-gun legislation.
The door would be open to legislation putting DACA “dreamers” on a fast track to citizenship, and to granting amnesty to illegal migrants, and to putting the 11 million to 22 million who are already here on the road to citizenship and the ballot box.
With amnesties, open borders bills, a renewal of chain migration, an end to deportations and new restrictions on ICE and the Border Patrol, a Democratic Congress, by opening the gates to millions, could turn traditionally red states such as Arizona, Georgia and Texas as blue as New York, Illinois and California.
As The Wall Street Journal also notes, one of the agenda items of the Biden-Bernie-AOC Democratic Party is the raising of payroll taxes, personal income taxes, corporate taxes, capital gains taxes and estate taxes.
All of these newer and higher tax rates are included in a $3 trillion package to which Joe Biden has signed on.
If Democrats gain control of Congress and the filibuster is killed, reparations for slavery, the Green New Deal, “Medicare for All” and harsh climate change laws are on the table for Democrats to decide alone, without hearing from the GOP.
In a 2017 public letter, Democrats endorsed the retention of the filibuster, both on principle and because of the unique character of the Senate: “We are steadfastly committed to ensuring that this great American institution continues to serve as the world’s greatest deliberative body.”
If the filibuster is thrown out, writes the Journal, “The door to radicalism is getting busted wide open, and Americans of both parties may not like what comes out the other side.”
Another Ben Franklin quote comes to mind.
“A republic if you can keep it,” Franklin told the lady in Philadelphia who had asked what kind of government they had created.
If the filibuster goes, and the Democratic left runs wild in the next two years, will that republic survive the disfiguring surgery?
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