Ten Ways the 1% - Who Own Almost All Media and Which Have Radocalized Us Against One Another - Are Manipulating Us Right Now to Walk in Lockstep Into the Technocratic Incinerator, by Unknown
1) The first manipulation is the illusion of choice. You think you have two parties representing different visions for America but both parties are funded by the same billionaires, vote for the same surveillance bills, approve the same defense budgets, and serve the same corporate interests. The choice you are given is which color tie the puppet wears, not who controls the strings.
2) The second manipulation is emotional hijacking. The news does not inform you, it activates you. Every story is framed to trigger fear or anger or disgust because those emotions bypass your rational thinking and make you easier to control. You are not watching journalism. You are being subjected to psychological operations designed to keep you in a constant state of agitation.
3) The third manipulation is tribal sorting. The algorithm learns what makes you angry and feeds you more of it until your entire worldview is shaped by outrage at the other side. You are sorted into a tribe not because you chose it but because keeping you tribal keeps you predictable and profitable.
4) The fourth manipulation is false scarcity. You are told resources are limited and the other tribe is taking what belongs to you. Immigrants are stealing your jobs. Welfare recipients are draining your taxes. The other party is destroying your healthcare. Meanwhile the billionaire class has more wealth than any humans in history and could solve most of these problems tomorrow if they wanted to.
5) The fifth manipulation is memory holing. Stories that threaten powerful interests get buried or forgotten within days. Exposed crimes result in no consequences. Historical context that would help you understand the present is never taught. You are kept in a perpetual present with no past to learn from and no future to plan for.
6) The sixth manipulation is controlled opposition. The voices you think are fighting for you are often funded by the same interests they pretend to oppose. The outrage merchant on your side of the aisle is playing a character designed to keep you engaged and angry and tuned in while nothing ever actually changes.
7) The seventh manipulation is the Overton window. The range of acceptable opinion is artificially narrowed so that anything outside it seems extreme. Ideas that were mainstream fifty years ago are now treated as radical. Ideas that serve elite interests are treated as moderate common sense. You are not choosing your beliefs from the full range of human thought. You are choosing from a menu they wrote.
8) The eighth manipulation is learned helplessness. You are shown so many problems with no solutions that you eventually give up and accept that nothing can change. This is intentional. A population that believes resistance is futile does not resist. They scroll and complain and feel superior for understanding how bad things are while doing absolutely nothing about it.
9) The ninth manipulation is identity capture. Your political affiliation becomes your identity, and any attack on your party feels like an attack on you personally. This makes you defend politicians and policies that harm you because admitting they are wrong would mean admitting you were wrong, and your ego will not allow that.
10) The tenth manipulation is the most insidious of all: you are manipulated into believing you are too smart to be manipulated. Every person reading this thinks the manipulations I described apply to other people, the stupid people, the brainwashed people on the other side. That certainty is itself a manipulation. The moment you believe you are immune is the moment you become most vulnerable.
The data presentations you cite aren’t errors. They’re propaganda that serves to reinforce the political positions that have been inserted by their minders.
On the other hand, many of us at that stage of maturity werereluctant to accept that most of our “new” ideas have been around for some time. Adjusting or deleting history greatly facilitates the belief (hope) that they and their ideas are new, untested and superior. At 25 I was one of the brightest people on the planet…too. Some are the product of educational institutes that propagate degrees with zero to minimal economic value and are taught by professors who also couldn’t make a living in the world. I suspect the kids who skipped that process and or did a degree in something worth paying for are doing ok.
As an exhibit I submit the following clip from the Babylon Bee:
U.S. — Entertainment fanatics will soon have something revolutionary to look forward to, as an awesome new streaming service will record movie streams onto shiny discs and give consumers the opportunity to buy them and own them forever.
Brutal takedown of how data gets weaponized. That Lancet graph correction is wild, 10x difference just vanishes when the axis gets skewed. I've seen similar stuff in tech where companies cherry-pick metrics to tell whatever story suits them best. Once people realize basicfacts can be that distorted, trust in institutions tanks and thats probably harder to fix than any actual policy disagreement.
Maybe those Global Warming zealots will be able to explain to us normies why there are more people living in the heat of Africa than there are permanent residents of Greenland.
I've always enjoyed the articles and videos of Argentina. In 2024 finally made the trip to Buenos Aires. Stayed for almost two weeks. My son and I really enjoyed a week at the Alvear Palace hotel. Museums, resturants and other attractions were great. Watching the videos, I recognize a lot of the places we visited. Wonderful trip, and we're going back later this year.
Before Americans were willingly lowered down into the whirling food (for whom?)-processor blades for further segmentation into shelf spaces the bigger rocks called "countries" & "nations" were still also the divisions that conquered.
The classic hard labor prison task is reducing big rocks to smaller rocks. Prison peeps have been on the Ozempic Trail @ time & a half for a very long time.
Yeah, man, that ol' wizard of oz is gonna cure your cell block a/ppetite disorder.
“Many, many more people die as a result of extreme cold weather than perish from extreme warm weather.”
Indeed. Man is a tropical animal. If we were meant to live where it gets cold, we would have fur (while I do acknowledge, some males, based on the amount of hair on their backs, do appear to be wearing a wool sweater. They could be the evolutionary exceptions.)
The cold vs heat death data really undercuts the climate panic narrative. What jumps out is how politicization has turned even weather into tribal warfare where facts get weaponized or buried based on which side they support. Reminds me of how I used to argue about this stuff until realizing both sides were more interested in being right than understanding whats actually happening.
Joel, Argentina, its people who chose, who made their personal decision, to just go for it, did it peacefully, and are enjoying their decision daily. It's just a decision. It's hard, because it's so simple.
Climate change. II say, ff it is global warming Al Gore and John Kerry are talking about, I say; bring it on..
I witness from the warm comfort of my home in Queensland Australia the ice and snow in chilly Minnesota and thank my lucky stars for not having to live there.
Climate change has been a feature of our planet without man having anything to do with its cause.
The hysteria of man-made climate change promoted by the MSM and and their political overlords is astonishing. Man-made limate change deniers are cancelled and lucky not to be burnt at the stake.
Hopefully Trump's denial will put an end to this stupidity.
If the climate is changing so be it. Homo sapiens while flawed has one virtue and that is the ability to adapt. If the climate warms there is nothing to stop us moving to the Siberian tundra where the wooly mommoth used to roam. If in Argentina Patagonia might become very pleasant.
I was in BA the night of Milei’s election. It was electric. Been to Argentina several times. Have some good friends there. Keeping our fingers crossed Thinking of investing
Ten Ways the 1% - Who Own Almost All Media and Which Have Radocalized Us Against One Another - Are Manipulating Us Right Now to Walk in Lockstep Into the Technocratic Incinerator, by Unknown
1) The first manipulation is the illusion of choice. You think you have two parties representing different visions for America but both parties are funded by the same billionaires, vote for the same surveillance bills, approve the same defense budgets, and serve the same corporate interests. The choice you are given is which color tie the puppet wears, not who controls the strings.
2) The second manipulation is emotional hijacking. The news does not inform you, it activates you. Every story is framed to trigger fear or anger or disgust because those emotions bypass your rational thinking and make you easier to control. You are not watching journalism. You are being subjected to psychological operations designed to keep you in a constant state of agitation.
3) The third manipulation is tribal sorting. The algorithm learns what makes you angry and feeds you more of it until your entire worldview is shaped by outrage at the other side. You are sorted into a tribe not because you chose it but because keeping you tribal keeps you predictable and profitable.
4) The fourth manipulation is false scarcity. You are told resources are limited and the other tribe is taking what belongs to you. Immigrants are stealing your jobs. Welfare recipients are draining your taxes. The other party is destroying your healthcare. Meanwhile the billionaire class has more wealth than any humans in history and could solve most of these problems tomorrow if they wanted to.
5) The fifth manipulation is memory holing. Stories that threaten powerful interests get buried or forgotten within days. Exposed crimes result in no consequences. Historical context that would help you understand the present is never taught. You are kept in a perpetual present with no past to learn from and no future to plan for.
6) The sixth manipulation is controlled opposition. The voices you think are fighting for you are often funded by the same interests they pretend to oppose. The outrage merchant on your side of the aisle is playing a character designed to keep you engaged and angry and tuned in while nothing ever actually changes.
7) The seventh manipulation is the Overton window. The range of acceptable opinion is artificially narrowed so that anything outside it seems extreme. Ideas that were mainstream fifty years ago are now treated as radical. Ideas that serve elite interests are treated as moderate common sense. You are not choosing your beliefs from the full range of human thought. You are choosing from a menu they wrote.
8) The eighth manipulation is learned helplessness. You are shown so many problems with no solutions that you eventually give up and accept that nothing can change. This is intentional. A population that believes resistance is futile does not resist. They scroll and complain and feel superior for understanding how bad things are while doing absolutely nothing about it.
9) The ninth manipulation is identity capture. Your political affiliation becomes your identity, and any attack on your party feels like an attack on you personally. This makes you defend politicians and policies that harm you because admitting they are wrong would mean admitting you were wrong, and your ego will not allow that.
10) The tenth manipulation is the most insidious of all: you are manipulated into believing you are too smart to be manipulated. Every person reading this thinks the manipulations I described apply to other people, the stupid people, the brainwashed people on the other side. That certainty is itself a manipulation. The moment you believe you are immune is the moment you become most vulnerable.
The data presentations you cite aren’t errors. They’re propaganda that serves to reinforce the political positions that have been inserted by their minders.
On the other hand, many of us at that stage of maturity werereluctant to accept that most of our “new” ideas have been around for some time. Adjusting or deleting history greatly facilitates the belief (hope) that they and their ideas are new, untested and superior. At 25 I was one of the brightest people on the planet…too. Some are the product of educational institutes that propagate degrees with zero to minimal economic value and are taught by professors who also couldn’t make a living in the world. I suspect the kids who skipped that process and or did a degree in something worth paying for are doing ok.
"I suspect the kids who skipped that process and or did a degree in something worth paying for are doing ok."
Indeed, they're busy building the future!
As an exhibit I submit the following clip from the Babylon Bee:
U.S. — Entertainment fanatics will soon have something revolutionary to look forward to, as an awesome new streaming service will record movie streams onto shiny discs and give consumers the opportunity to buy them and own them forever.
Now we can sell them our unused CD players.
Brutal takedown of how data gets weaponized. That Lancet graph correction is wild, 10x difference just vanishes when the axis gets skewed. I've seen similar stuff in tech where companies cherry-pick metrics to tell whatever story suits them best. Once people realize basicfacts can be that distorted, trust in institutions tanks and thats probably harder to fix than any actual policy disagreement.
Maybe those Global Warming zealots will be able to explain to us normies why there are more people living in the heat of Africa than there are permanent residents of Greenland.
obviously 'heat' affects procreation ..
I've always enjoyed the articles and videos of Argentina. In 2024 finally made the trip to Buenos Aires. Stayed for almost two weeks. My son and I really enjoyed a week at the Alvear Palace hotel. Museums, resturants and other attractions were great. Watching the videos, I recognize a lot of the places we visited. Wonderful trip, and we're going back later this year.
Peter Kirst
She came from Providence
One in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
Heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
Like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea
She heard about a place
People were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way
And how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
To the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
Or a place to hide ...
~ Eagles, The Last Resort
Before Americans were willingly lowered down into the whirling food (for whom?)-processor blades for further segmentation into shelf spaces the bigger rocks called "countries" & "nations" were still also the divisions that conquered.
The classic hard labor prison task is reducing big rocks to smaller rocks. Prison peeps have been on the Ozempic Trail @ time & a half for a very long time.
Yeah, man, that ol' wizard of oz is gonna cure your cell block a/ppetite disorder.
“Many, many more people die as a result of extreme cold weather than perish from extreme warm weather.”
Indeed. Man is a tropical animal. If we were meant to live where it gets cold, we would have fur (while I do acknowledge, some males, based on the amount of hair on their backs, do appear to be wearing a wool sweater. They could be the evolutionary exceptions.)
The cold vs heat death data really undercuts the climate panic narrative. What jumps out is how politicization has turned even weather into tribal warfare where facts get weaponized or buried based on which side they support. Reminds me of how I used to argue about this stuff until realizing both sides were more interested in being right than understanding whats actually happening.
Joel, Argentina, its people who chose, who made their personal decision, to just go for it, did it peacefully, and are enjoying their decision daily. It's just a decision. It's hard, because it's so simple.
"It's hard, because it's so simple."
Perfect.
Great, as always. The perfect length too to enjoy a nice Cumberland sausage and fried egg sandwich made with seeded loaf with plenty of butter 😊
ok, now I'm hungry...
Joel, our articles are usually very good. Today's was excellent!
Keep on keeping on.
Climate change. II say, ff it is global warming Al Gore and John Kerry are talking about, I say; bring it on..
I witness from the warm comfort of my home in Queensland Australia the ice and snow in chilly Minnesota and thank my lucky stars for not having to live there.
Climate change has been a feature of our planet without man having anything to do with its cause.
The hysteria of man-made climate change promoted by the MSM and and their political overlords is astonishing. Man-made limate change deniers are cancelled and lucky not to be burnt at the stake.
Hopefully Trump's denial will put an end to this stupidity.
If the climate is changing so be it. Homo sapiens while flawed has one virtue and that is the ability to adapt. If the climate warms there is nothing to stop us moving to the Siberian tundra where the wooly mommoth used to roam. If in Argentina Patagonia might become very pleasant.
I was in BA the night of Milei’s election. It was electric. Been to Argentina several times. Have some good friends there. Keeping our fingers crossed Thinking of investing
What’s real? Only an imbecile looks for “ the truth in politics”…..and only a crackpot finds it.