Never Discuss Politics Or Religion (Special Edition)
OK, I'll skip the religion.
But here are some politics for a Sunday morning as the USofA is doing that little-boy-gotta-pee-gotta-go-to-war dance they did just before invading Iraq. I had to speak out then and I have to now.
The NYTimes may run articles about war criminal George W Bush the portrait painter but I have not forgotten/forgiven them and other "news" sources for their deceptions back then, and I am calling them all out on it now.
As I walk the city at night I see the walls of apartments lit up all around me, televisions in every window, and I can't help but think of how the poisoned military-industrial narratives, stir-fried by the corporate media, are being doled out. The people's consent — or more precisely their passive apathy and submission—are being courted.
On the internet there are small pockets of alternative, critically-thinking, questioning perspectives that the powers would like to discredit, erase.
Hope you can take s few minutes to read the following quote and article.
From wherever you see these stories unfold, remember: War Is A Racket!
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from Caitlin Johnstone —
"Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. The ability to control the thoughts people think about what’s going on in their world is the only thing standing between the oppressive, exploitative status quo and revolutionary change. The powerful understand this while the general public do not. There is nothing, literally nothing, they wouldn’t be willing to do in order to ensure their control over dominant narratives.
When they warn about Russian propaganda causing people to think wrong thoughts in their heads, they are so close to admitting the truth that they’re all acutely aware of: that human minds are very hackable, and that this can be used to advance the interests of power.
Protecting this narrative control mechanism is the first and foremost priority of our ruling power structures because it’s what all their other control mechanisms are built upon. That’s a major part of why the media have been acting so strange these last few years, and it’s a major part of why everything seems so weird and why so many people feel like they’re going a bit crazy when they try to understand the world.
Right now we’re looking at a race. Between humanity trying to awaken from the psychological cages that have been constructed for us, and the builders of those cages trying to finish tightening those bolts so they can lock down our minds forever."
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I think you'll find it worthy of your consideration . . .
Is the Confrontation Over Ukraine Joe Biden’s “Wag the Dog” Moment? | The Nation
The people now gunning for a showdown with Putin were gunning for a showdown with Saddam Hussein two decades ago—with the same promises of a happy outcome.
Thank you for reading.
I will return to the regularly scheduled newsletter of art/stories hijinx on Friday.
As B/4 and more,
AleXander
