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

Monday, November 1, 2021

Posts that I especially recommend for Monday, November 1, 2021 (Shortened version)

  • The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins by Katherine Eban from Vanity Fair. (Note: To be fair, I accessed Lee Camp's podcast wherein he refers to Eban's article, according to him, in a "mainstream" publication, Vanity Fair, in a long rambling commentary which I refuse to post.) My reaction: Lee Camp's description of Vanity Fair as a "mainstream" publication is totally erroneous. Vanity Fair is a capitalist ruling class publication that is for the rich. Vanity Fair is part of the Condé Nast conglomerate which caters to the rich. Just look at the advertising. Just see my many articles on Vanity Fair earlier in my years of blogging by typing in "Vanity Fair" into one of my search engines. Thus, you will see Vanity Fair candidly recognizing the fact that the US did sponsor gain of function for the corona virus which is totally ignored in mainstream news outlets such as CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, Washington Post, New York Times, etc.
Winter is coming … and you know what that means.

That’s right, it’s nearly time once again for the global-capitalist ruling classes to whip the New Normal masses into a state of mindless mass hysteria over an imaginary apocalyptic virus. the same imaginary apocalyptic virus that they have whipped the New Normal masses into a state of mass hysteria over throughout the Winter for the last two years.
 
They’ve got their work cut out for them this time. Seriously, how much more mass hysterical could the New Normals possibly get at this point? 
Framing means talking the people into something that doesn‘t even exist. It is the last and ultimate manipulative strategy used by any author to describe everything he wished had happened in a way that bequeaths his own brilliant legacy and fits an imaginary plot.
  • Tuesday~More Rigging & A Show: The Money Game by John Allen from Medium. (Note: It looks like you can access this article a limited number of times before Medium requires you to subscribe. But, the subscription rates are very reasonable--I have subscribed.)
  • Friday~Rigging, cont. by John Allen from Medium. (Note: It looks like you can access this article a limited number of times before Medium requires you to subscribe. But, the subscription rates are very reasonable--I have subscribed.)
And yet most of the world's population ideologically supports their rule under the system of capitalism. Logically they should reject their rule and especially the system which gives them so much power and control. But they are so manipulated by all-encompassing propaganda and 24/7 indoctrination since birth that the world's population merely goes along with this system while devoting all their efforts to survive within it. Caitlin argues:
 
There are almost infinite examples I could highlight, but I think my point is clear. Billionaires and billionaire corporations own our media, influence our thinking, manipulate our economies, interfere in our politics, determine the fate of our ecosystem, and shape our world. And they are the very least qualified among us to be doing so.

Thus, the self-serving billionaires have demonstrated so much hubris that they are now thinking that they can control the natural forces of the universe as they have done to the rest of the Earth's humans. However, the billionaires cannot control the natural forces of the universe--besides the fact that scientists have determined it's already too late. Humans together with their human billionaire-masters are destined to go the way of many other species, like the Dodo bird, and become extinct. 
 
Billionaires are convinced--or thoroughly addicted to power/control--to believe, together with most other humans, that they constitute an exceptional species which can control the forces of the universe. Imagine, if you can, the terrible surprise that's awaiting humans in the years ahead.
  • Cucked Progressives Already Caved On Spending Bills featuring Jimmy Dore reporting and commenting on another new study from his channel on YouTube (21:49). My reaction: This is a bill for a 10 year period. Thus, on annual basis this is less than nothing compared to what our government spends on weapons. I also wish to point out that Rep. Pramila Jayapal was the darling for the far-left in the Seattle area--fooled again!
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