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How did we get from Freedom to Public-Private Dictatorship?

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Category: Free Citizen
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2024-03-17

It's been a long road travelled largely out of the headlines ... perhaps because those who write the headlines didn't want to make any kind of big deal out of it.

The truth is that even where we are today, if freedom of speech had been respected throughout then we probably wouldn't be so far down the road - but freedom of journalism (as opposed to freedom of speech) ie: the freedom to dig for the stories and have them published with appropriate fanfare, has been quietly withdrawn for many years now, without being reported. 

After all, why would you publish negative stories about the outfits that provide your income?

Today, at the dawn of the age of citizen journalism outside the reach of the big publishers, that has begun to be reversed, despite desperate attempts to discourage defund and shut down popular channels that publish the truth that the big boys don't like.

Jeffrey Tucker, founder, author, and President at Brownstone Institute, reviews the sorry tale for America, but as we all know, what happens over the pond also happens over here - you can read the same article leaving out the word "American" altogether and it still makes perfect sense.

"In free enterprise, the old rule is that the customer is always right ... "

"What happens, however, when government itself becomes a main and even dominant customer?"

" ... we are ideologically and philosophically unprepared to deal with this new world with anything like intellectual insight"

He could have written "public-private partnerships" for inclusivity as well as "government", but I cavil.

The state has effectively unlimited power to change the rules, unlimited money to spend as it pleases, no competition within national borders, and systems that should be holding it to account that are too expensive too blunt and too unresponsive to be effective.

Then acknowledge for practical purposes that this does nothing to discourage an inevitable seasoning of corruption ...

It makes all the difference in the world.

Sadly however, this treatise must be regarded as incomplete, since it makes no mention of the secret services /TLAs that seem so all-pervading these days. Yes they are nominally controlled by the government, but I do wonder whether the truth is that the government is controlled by them? 

Perish the thought ...

 

Explosive? Is that Too Mild a Word?

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Category: Free Citizen
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2024-03-17

Once again Richard Vobes' channel challenges the integrity of the  "Establishment".

From a little local malfeasance we are led right to the heart of government, and even beyond.

"The only way now to move forward on this ... we need to instil trust back into our government ... how can we trust people to make decisions for us if they have a ... personal financial motive ... the system won't work"

(That used to be recognised as a "conflict of interest", a situation seemingly now habitually honoured in the breach rather than the observance)

You won't believe where else he says this goes.

"I'm going to explain the things that I think need to happen ... "

"Well undoubtedly this is the reason that there is the disparity between the rich and poor ... "

" ... obviously off-shore accounts are notorious for tax havens, but also allow the ability for money-laundering ... "

" ... real estate is a very easy way to launder money, and also to defraud leaseholders ... "

"Anyone involved needs to step down from power. They just need to step down. The evidence is now so strong ... that the only right thing to do is to ... let people come in that are going to be willing to change the system of fraud ... "

(64 minutes)

 

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End of the Old, Start of the New?

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2024-03-16

Undoubtedly - but which "Old" and which "New"?

And will the "New" be an improvement on the disappearing "Old"?

And importantly, who is to judge?

I would also ask - did the "Old" actually exist? (Or did we merely perceive it to exist?)

Many people today are having their perceptions shaken, on a scale from "not a lot" to "OMG!", to the extent that if we could, it might be useful to be able to grade the upset level on some sort of measurable scale, much like the Richter scale is used to indicate the force of an earthquake.

And "earthquake" is an appropriate metaphor for occasions when our whole world-view is being inexorably revealed to be substantially the reverse of the truth.

What we previously perceived was what "those behind the curtain" wished us to perceive, whereas what we are now beginning to perceive is the motivations revealed by the actions of the rich and powerful, actions which clearly point the finger both at their true motivations and at "those behind the curtain".

So far we can deduce with some clarity that whereas we believed in our innocence that the world was run by governments elected by the people to look after the people, we can now see that in fact the world has been run by clandestine interests (central bankers, intelligence agencies, secret societies, and who knows who or what else) in the interests of a global criminal mafia (no names, no pack drill!) whose interests include (as a minimum) global domination, population reduction, and imprisonment / enslavement of the survivors. 

Ridiculous?

Our perception of ridiculousness depends upon our motivation. Mao, Pol Pot, etc seem ridiculous to us only because their motivations were so different to ours.

But remember, we are only just starting on this journey, and we don't (will we ever?) know where it will end ...   so keep an open mind, distrust all authorities and experts, and keep your own counsel.

And watch this video!

(30 minutes)

 

 

"US's 'Silent Escape' from Ukraine"

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Category: Defence
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2024-03-14

Col Macgregor - "we will leave the way we did when we left Vietnam".

I think that says it all.

(18 minutes)

 

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Douglas Macgregor Exposes Unseen Might of Russia's Military Strategy

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And for those who can't get enough of the war in the Ukraine ...

Scott Ritter Shocking Unmasking: The Dire Consequences of Ukraine's Military Setbacks

(11 minutes)

 

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Scott Ritter - Hamas Made a Horrible Calculated Decision ...

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Category: Defence
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2024-03-14

Scott Ritter brings us up to date on what he sees happening in Gaza, now and in the near future.

"There will be no returning to the status quo once this war is over ... "

(28 minutes)

 

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