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Tag Archives: The Prisoner
Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government. America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, media, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Freedom, Michel Foucault, panopticon, police state, Privacy, Social Media, society, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, The Prisoner
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Dystopia Disguised as Democracy: All the Ways in Which Freedom Is an Illusion
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Law, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, Deep State, Due Process, Dystopia, fascism, Frank Zappa, free speech, Patrick McGoohan, police state, surveillance state, Technocracy, The Prisoner, tyranny
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Saturday Matinee: The Prisoner: Arrival
Perfect Pilots: The Prisoner “Arrival” By John Bernardy Source: 25 Years Later A man resigns from his previous post. He is followed and taken captive into a surreal resort town. He tries his best to escape over and over but … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged Arrival, Dystopia, panopticon, Patrick McGoohan, surveillance state, The Prisoner, the Village
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The 2020 Election Bamboozle: We Are All Victims of the Deep State’s Con Game
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, media, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 1984, Deep State, Duopoly, Dystopia, Election 2020, fake democracy, government propaganda, panopticon, Patrick McGoohan, police state, Privacy, Social Media, surveillance state, The Prisoner, voting
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Saturday Matinee: The Laughing Prisoner
“The Laughing Prisoner” (1987) is a parody of the 60’s cult programme The Prisoner, starring Jools Holland and Stephen Fry. This was shown as part of The Tube programme in 1987, and was repeated on 1st January 1993 as a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Humor, Music Video, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Jools Holland, Stephen Fry, The Laughing Prisoner, The Prisoner, The Tube
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Freedom Is a Myth: We Are All Prisoners of the Police State’s Panopticon Village
“We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche…. As long as … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, conditioning, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, History, Militarization, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged 1984, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Deep State, Dystopia, George Orwell, Government, group think, Jeff Sessions, mass marketing, Michel Foucault, Neil Postman, panopticon, Patrick McGoohan, Philosophy, police state, surveillance state, The Prisoner, Totalitarianism, weaponization
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Numbered Man – An Analysis of The Prisoner (1967)
An excellent analysis from Jay Dyer of one of the best television series created so far, imho.
Posted in Art, culture, media, Philosophy, Social Control, society, surveillance state, Video
Tagged 60s, brainwashing, british, CIA, cipher, control grid, Death, Dystopia, elites, esoteric, espionage, fiction, Globalism, illuminati, individualism, manipulation, mi6, mind control, modernity, New World Order, numerology, occult, one and many, panopticon, Patrick McGoohan, Progress, Psy-ops, Science fiction, sis, spy culture, spy games, tavistock, The Prisoner, uk, war
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Podcast Roundup
12/2: On The Progressive Commentary Hour host Gary Null has an in-depth conversation with Peter Levenda on the Nazi legacy, its survival and influence in world events, and its continuation to this day: Show link: http://s35.podbean.com/pb/1448aab68f3651499d84a256f2ad4c14/54820c63/data1/blogs18/371244/uploads/PCH_120214.mp3 12/3: Host KMO … Continue reading →