Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Empire managers and propagandists are losing their minds about student protests against the genocide in Gaza on university campuses, so naturally we’re seeing a mad push to frame this as the result of interference by Russia, China, Iran and Hamas. These demented conspiracies of foreign influence come even as Israel’s prime minister openly calls for the US government to quash the university protests by any means necessary.
Their real concern is that young people awakened by the Gazan genocide will, over the next fifty years of their lives, further inform themselves about the political force that has, for decades, controlled much of American domestic and foreign policies, and about how harmful such policies have been to average Americans.
Russia, China and Iran must have superpowers akin to psychic mind control.
So, why isn't Stoli the best selling beverage in the land? Why doesn't Iran use its Pied Piper-like powers to get a friendly congress elected? Why aren't students clamoring for the more dutiful study of Confucius and wearing the robes of Confucian scholars or Mao jackets or whatever?
Or it could be that the russiagate conspiracy theory was asinine on its face, but plenty of people still take it as an article of faith, so why not try it again and see if it works? Besides, nothing like a little class conflict...
I'm a 66 year old with no connections to a university since I dropped out in 1978 to play bass in a punk rock band. I never use tiktok, Instagram, or even Facebook (though I do wander into Substack and a few other places occasionally). I get most of my news from legacy media and "serious" websites...
Does that explain why genocide horrifies me? Or why, if my body were not so vulnerable, I'd be looking for the nearest group of "brainwashed university students" and asking them if they'd mind if I joined in?
The crackdown smells exactly like the Obama coordinated crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street movement: A simultaneous nationwide series of local police violent evictions and arrests.
Damn I wish I could find a video that had been shared. A fairly young TikTok dude went through the data points. He proved beyond a shadow of a doubt how they were shadow banning Pro Palestinian hashtags. He has a lot of followers and they all knew banning TT had ZERO to do with Chinese Propaganda.
It’s ok to use those platforms to mindfuck the masses. It’s not ok for them to be used to spread an unapproved message. It’s seems to be particularly incendiary when a certain group of people are exposed and called out.
I find it heartwarming that before they could ban TT these massive protests erupted. The youth got out in front it seems. 👍
The fact that genocide is morally repugnant to most human beings isn't a good enough reason for the demonstrations at universities and all over the world?
No, it must be Russia, China, Hamas or some other group that's encouraging these protests.
I guess people are supposed to be OK with Israel's genocide of Gaza and the USA and other western nations funding and arming Israel.
I wondered why I have been feeling so depressed and repulsed by Israel burying little children alive....genocide, mass graves, war crimes and destruction are actually not so bad at all! Damn you Putin, for nearly leading me astray!
Yes, the Deep State is under a relatively minor attack. However, the fact that they are reacting irrationally demonstrates their determination to stay in power. As I have said they are playing for all the marbles. The Deep State is an organization of very dangerous people, sociopaths for sure, but avaricious megalomaniacs who will do anything to stay in power. Over sixty years ago, they blew a United States President's brains out in public.
Their real concern is that young people awakened by the Gazan genocide will, over the next fifty years of their lives, further inform themselves about the political force that has, for decades, controlled much of American domestic and foreign policies, and about how harmful such policies have been to average Americans.
Russia, China and Iran must have superpowers akin to psychic mind control.
So, why isn't Stoli the best selling beverage in the land? Why doesn't Iran use its Pied Piper-like powers to get a friendly congress elected? Why aren't students clamoring for the more dutiful study of Confucius and wearing the robes of Confucian scholars or Mao jackets or whatever?
Or it could be that the russiagate conspiracy theory was asinine on its face, but plenty of people still take it as an article of faith, so why not try it again and see if it works? Besides, nothing like a little class conflict...
Because nobody ever would oppose genocide unless they were tricked, see?
I'm a 66 year old with no connections to a university since I dropped out in 1978 to play bass in a punk rock band. I never use tiktok, Instagram, or even Facebook (though I do wander into Substack and a few other places occasionally). I get most of my news from legacy media and "serious" websites...
Does that explain why genocide horrifies me? Or why, if my body were not so vulnerable, I'd be looking for the nearest group of "brainwashed university students" and asking them if they'd mind if I joined in?
It's very much the usual hypocritical hysteria. Those “campus proxies” of Iran, China, Russia!!! Never mind AIPAC or CIA plants, of course.
The colonization is not working as planned. They said the same thing during the Vietnam and civil rights protest era.
The crackdown smells exactly like the Obama coordinated crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street movement: A simultaneous nationwide series of local police violent evictions and arrests.
People can't just decide that burning and starving children to death is abhorrent.
No! Somebody is poisoning their minds with Propaganda, which must be stopped immediately!
:-o
Damn I wish I could find a video that had been shared. A fairly young TikTok dude went through the data points. He proved beyond a shadow of a doubt how they were shadow banning Pro Palestinian hashtags. He has a lot of followers and they all knew banning TT had ZERO to do with Chinese Propaganda.
It’s ok to use those platforms to mindfuck the masses. It’s not ok for them to be used to spread an unapproved message. It’s seems to be particularly incendiary when a certain group of people are exposed and called out.
I find it heartwarming that before they could ban TT these massive protests erupted. The youth got out in front it seems. 👍
As Chris Hedges points out (https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/revolt-in-the-universities?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=778851&post_id=144010440&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2e3vz8&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email), not one university president has condemned the Israeli destruction of every university in Palestine. What the universities (and by extension, the private equity firms putting us in endless debt slavery) are really afraid of is that young people will see that a university education is not worth it, nor are the bullsh!t jobs students are being educated for. The veil is off. Who are you going to believe, Nancy Pelosi or Aaron Bushnell? We will honor our martyrs.
The fact that genocide is morally repugnant to most human beings isn't a good enough reason for the demonstrations at universities and all over the world?
No, it must be Russia, China, Hamas or some other group that's encouraging these protests.
I guess people are supposed to be OK with Israel's genocide of Gaza and the USA and other western nations funding and arming Israel.
I wondered why I have been feeling so depressed and repulsed by Israel burying little children alive....genocide, mass graves, war crimes and destruction are actually not so bad at all! Damn you Putin, for nearly leading me astray!
Empire... rhymes with "dumpster fire."
Yes, the Deep State is under a relatively minor attack. However, the fact that they are reacting irrationally demonstrates their determination to stay in power. As I have said they are playing for all the marbles. The Deep State is an organization of very dangerous people, sociopaths for sure, but avaricious megalomaniacs who will do anything to stay in power. Over sixty years ago, they blew a United States President's brains out in public.
The Deep State must be destroyed.
What do these madmen really think about the American people?
It must be that they think they are just dumb asses and need to be told what to think.
Carry on with your inane agenda we are not hearing your false fictions nor are we dumb.
It’s fucking disgusting but not surprising