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In An Insane World, Revolution Is The Moderate Position
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com It should not be considered radical or extremist to oppose mass murder for profit and power. It should not be considered radical or extremist to oppose the globe-spanning power alliance that is perpetrating most of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Consciousness, conspiracy, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Revolution, society, spirituality, Technocracy
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Big Media: Selling the Narrative and Crushing Dissent for Fun and Profit
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The profit-maximizing Big Tech / Big Media Totalitarian regime hasn’t just strangled free speech and civil liberties; it’s also strangled democracy. The U.S. has entered an extremely dangerous time, and the danger … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, freedom of speech, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Approved Narrative, Big Media, Big Tech, censorship, circular sources, civil liberties, corporate media, free speech, investigative journalism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Consolidation, Media Literacy, Official Narrative, propaganda, ProporNot, shadow banning, Social Media, Technocracy, terms of service, Totalitarianism
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Reds Plot to Control America!
By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well Like me, you got most of your news from PeaceData.net. It was what you looked to to form your opinions, including the all-important one about which way to vote. What you missed on … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, civil disobedience, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, DARPA, Deep State, Election 2020, Facebook, Fake News, Graphika, Internet Research Agency, Mainstream Media, McCarthyism, Media Literacy, New York Times, PeaceData.net, propaganda, Red Scare, surveillance state, Technocracy
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Media Responds With Apathy, Disappointment as US-Backed Coup Gov’t Concedes Defeat in Bolivia
Across the spectrum, corporate media has endorsed last year’s rightwing takeover of Bolivia, refusing to label it as a coup. Coverage of Sunday’s historical elections hasn’t been much better. By Alan Macleod Source: Mint Press News Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged BBC, Bolivia, Carlos Mesa, CNN, corporate media, David Choquehuanca, empire, Evo Morales, geopolitics, imperialism, Jeanine Añez, Luis Arce, Mainstream Media, MAS, media, Media Literacy, Movement to Socialism, propaganda, the new york times, The Washington Pos
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The End of Reality?
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain In 1888, the year before he went insane, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the following in Twilight of the Idols: We have got rid of the real world: what world is left? The apparent world perhaps? … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 1984, Art, coronavirus, corporate media, Covid-19, Doublethink, fascism, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Friedrich Nietzsche, Futurism, George Orwell, Mathew Arnold, media, Media Literacy, Neil Postman, Paul Virilio, Peter Koenig, Philosophy, propaganda, Roberto Calasso, surveillance state, techno-fascism, Technocracy
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37 Tips For Navigating A Society That Is Full Of Propaganda And Manipulation
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: Axis of Logic For as long as there has been human language, humans have been using it to manipulate one another. The fact that it is possible to skillfully weave a collection of symbolic mouth noises … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate media, culture, empire, imperialism, manipulation, media, Media Literacy, mental narrative, Mindfulness, Neocons, Philosophy, propaganda, psychology, Psyops, society, Sociology, sociopaths, Status Quo, Truth, war
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‘Confirmed’ Has Become A Meaningless Word In Mainstream News Reporting
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Last week Politico published a major exclusive report that the “Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa” in retaliation for the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani earlier this year, citing (you guessed … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, CIA, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Afghanistan, anonymous government officials, Charlie Savage, CIA, corporate media, Dave DeCamp, Donald Trump, geopolitics, Gordon Lubold, Iran Geopolitics, John Hudson, Lana Marks, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, Nahal Toosi, Natasha Bertrand, Politico, propaganda, Russia, Taliban, the new york times, The Washington Post, Western Media
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