We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020

Diana Johnstone considers the fun and games surrounding the possibility of a disputed U.S. election result and concludes that the future is being planned elsewhere, for instance at the next meeting in Davos.
First, I don't like this conspiracy by the Deep State referred to as "fun and games"; and second, I don't like the conspiracy as "being planned elsewhere, for instance at the next meeting in Davos". (The Deep State is referred to only once by Johnstone as "the permanent State": "In reality, Democrats know that they have managed to keep the permanent State, including the military and intelligence agencies, on their side throughout Trump’s presidency.") 
Regarding  the 2nd objection, it appears from Johnstone's report that the conspiracy has already been planned and to some extent implemented--and I have no reason to doubt it.    
My first objection has to do with the casual attitude that the editors display regarding this conspiracy. To be sure, all political processes in the USA have been conspiracy-driven since the USA was founded, but this is a thinly disguised conspiratorial plan that requires a major coup d'état with the public's participation through a grand media hoax that is already being implemented by media corporations that the Deep State controls.       
By keeping Americans angry and distracted by the partisan divide through pre-planned election chaos, a “New America” waits in the wings – one that is coming regardless of what happens on election day. That is, of course, unless Americans quickly wake up to the ruse.
Johnstone accurately recognizes that elected officials are mere pawns who are used by the ruling class to fool the public into believing that they live in some sort of a democracy. 
(Also, read this and this (both posts recommended by an activist) and this for additional information about this subject.)    
(This collection of articles is all I have the time and energy for.) 
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