War is nothing more than a part of the depopulation agenda. The insane idea of fighting for your country that treats you like a caged animal and suppresses all your natural freedoms. Somehow you are enraged with hate for the "enemy" without realizing that enemy is your own government.
Government pretends that war is power. The brain dead masses buy into it hook, line and bullet.
If we are attacked by foreign power, we are obligated to defend our country? At least that was the lie that they fed us for decades...THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE? Now Trump went enough lies, we will call it DEPARTMENT of WARS, ...we have lots of weapons, so we will attack others and steal their sh't.
The concept of "the masses" was taken over by the ruling elites to justify oligarchy and control of the common man. "Le Bon’s The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (1895) is especially influential: he described the masses as irrational, emotional, and easily led—a characterization that shaped later elites’ attitudes toward democracy and propaganda.
2. Is it elitist?
Yes, historically it carries an elitist connotation.
Using “the masses” often implies a distinction between a controlling or enlightened minority and a less capable majority.
Political thinkers, propagandists, and technocrats have sometimes used it to justify top-down control, manipulation, or paternalistic governance, arguing the general public cannot be trusted to make complex decisions.
3. Bottom line
The term started as a descriptive term for large groups of ordinary people but quickly gained elitist undertones.
Its use often signals a mindset that sees the public as a manipulable or unruly object, rather than as fully capable citizens." chatgpt with primary sources
It was Edward Bernays, who had studied Freud, and whom Hitler than studied (and whom Trump then studied in reading Hitler's collected speeches ("A Jew gave me the book."), who formulated the modern elitist concept of the masses: "In his 1928 book Propaganda, Bernays explicitly talks about the masses as a largely irrational, emotionally driven group.
He argued that public opinion must be managed by a small, educated elite — what he called the “invisible government.”
Bernays writes that society cannot function if all decisions are left to the unthinking majority; elites must guide desires, tastes, and beliefs.
Key quote (paraphrased):
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”
And so unless we use the term as Rousseau or Marx used it, meaning the common man or the workers, we are probably using it in the elitist, totalitarian sense of an irrational mob of people who are too stupid to self-govern and therefore must be "managed."
I would remind you that "the brain-dead masses" support universal healthcare, gun law reform, green energy, oppose Israeli war and the Trump war on "narco-terrorists" and believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction.
The motive for war is to steal assets, mostly oil, sometimes water and land, often to create a dependent nation with cheap labor. Depopulation is not the motive of the oligarchs who promote and profit who would lose demand and thus profits with a reduced population. WArs create poverty, and poverty increases the birth rate, so while a current war will reduce population the year after often generate baby booms (the boomers). The historical evidence is that wars create a surge in births: "Japan had a major baby boom after WWII.
It began 1947 and peaked in 1949.
Often called the Dankai no Sedai (“Mass Generation”).
Roughly 8 million births in 5 years — a shockingly high surge.
🇩🇪 Germany
Yes. Both West and East Germany had a baby boom, though smaller and later than the U.S.
West Germany: baby boom from 1955–1966.
East Germany: also saw a rise in the 1950s–60s, though less dramatic.
Germany’s boom was later because the immediate postwar years (1945–1950) were chaotic, with hunger and mass displacement.
🇺🇸 & other “victorious” Allies
Yes — the winners had the strongest baby booms.
United States: 1946–1964 — one of the biggest in history.
Canada: very large boom, similar timing to U.S.
Australia & New Zealand: strong boom from late 1940s through mid-1960s.
United Kingdom: a smaller but clear boom, peaking 1947.
France: another clear boom; France’s fertility surged 1946–1950.
Overall: victorious nations boomed harder than defeated Axis nations.
🇨🇳 China
Also yes — a massive postwar baby boom.
Two peaks:
1950–1957: major boom as the civil war ended and the PRC unified the country.
1962–1966: another surge after the famine years ended."
>>"War is nothing more than a part of the depopulation agenda."
BULLSHIT! NOTHING to do with all this nonsense 'depopulation' crap (and related conspiracy theories).
Karl Von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, once famously stated, "War is the continuation of politics by other means."
War has been present with humans for millenia before there were ANY 'population' concerns. It's always been about power, wealth accumulation, control over people and resources, and perceived security concerns.
Looking at human history, one could even make the suggestion that 'war is a natural state of human affairs'. That doesn't mean war is good or unavoidable (or anything of the sort). It means, War is a reality that exists and doesn't need 'special reasoning' to explain its existence.
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely" (attributed to Lord Acton, 1887)
[The ACTUAL quote is - “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” by Lord Acton and based upon William Pitt the Elder's 1770 speech in which he said “Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it”.]
Hegseth is a demented cowboy wanna-be with no actual military credentials. He's around for the propaganda ride and he's got a murderous spirit that appears to enjoy killing people for the sake of it. Normally, psychopaths like Hegseth would be locked up for their crimes but this dangerous clown goes Scott free(for now). Perhaps there'll be a day of reckoning (the Nuremberg Trials come to mind) when murderous pricks like him have to face the music. Hope so.
Giving such a post to a person because he could read a script on TV does not an intelligence make, and definitely not one worthy of the position he was given. But how many of those chosen to fill important American portfolios do have any experience or the intelligence for these posts. Nor do I think they were really Drumpf's choice, I think they were foisted on him, the way Vance was, a more evil looking person I have yet to meet.
Narco-terrorist is an Orwellian term of Newspeak, invented to justify declaring war against those who supply drugs to willing and eager consumers in the US.
The narco term is bizarre because while cocaine, which thru overdoses kills about 30,000 people a year and comes mostly out of Colombia is far less lethal than other drugs of choice, such as tobacco, which kills 480,000 a yr in the US, or booze (which Trump sold as Trump Vodka) which kills about 140,000. If any drugs should be addressed, they are the legalized drugs.....not to mention the tens of thousands who die from prescription drugs.
The terrorist term is even more bizarre as it suggests that selling drugs to willing buyers for profit is the same as murdering civilians for political goals. The implication is that either that the buyers of drugs are forced to buy them in order to kill them....or that those murdered by terrorists for political gain are willing martyrs. And the third absurd assumption (lie) is that drug cartels supply drugs for political reasons rather than profit...or that actual terrorists who kill civilians do so for profit?
Orwell called such a term Newspeak, which, in recognition of its subtext as a lie, has become known as doublespeak. Newspeak, which is the narrative form of totalitarian regimes and which assumes the mantle of truth thru endless repetition on the mass media, is described in 1984 as "“The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.”
It is thus further distorted with factual lies, such as Trump's claim that each small boat destroyed "saves 25,000 lives" and that so far the 23 boats destroyed (and 88 murdered) have saved millions, thus making the murders "an act of kindness" resulting in the equation War is Peace.
IN fact, each year about 30,000 die of cocaine overdoses (the drug in those boats if indeed they are (for which no evidence has been presented) smuggling drugs, while 23 boats would, under the Newspeak of Trump, have saved half a million lives (the number actually killed by legal tobacco).
Orwell, further makes a prediction which is arriving faster than the proposed: "“By 2050 — earlier, probably — all real knowledge of Oldspeak will have disappeared. The whole literature of the past will have been destroyed… When Oldspeak had been once and for all superseded, the last link with the past would have been severed.”
And the most distilled version:
“Newspeak was designed to diminish the range of thought.”
This aligns with what another critic of totalitarian rule has stated. Noam Chomsky wrote that “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.”
So today, the mass media, which echoes Newspeak as stenographer of the regime, has a vigorous debate about whether a double tap, ie murdering the shipwrecked after blowing up their boat, is legal, while rarely questioning whether those shipwrecked were, in fact, enemy combatants seeking to overthrow the US govt, while those who actually did attempt that on Jan 6 and injured 140 police and chanted Hang Mike Pence, are pardoned by the man who told them to "got down there and fight like hell."
So just to set the record straight, let's go to Oldspeak and look at what the term narco-terrorism actually means: it refers to drug-trafficking groups using terrorist-style violence (bombings, assassinations, intimidation of civilians or officials) to protect or expand their drug operations.....Cartels primarily use violence to control markets, territory, and rivals
Their core motive is profit, not ideology.
They kill competitors, intimidate police, bribe officials, and terrorize locals to keep business running. That’s organized crime, not political terrorism." chatgpt
The USA is so busy starting, arming, and continuing conflicts that we have depleted our weapon supplies. Since we are no longer a manufacturing country (and will likely never be again), we are not able to adequately defend ourselves in this new world of weapons should it come to that. Add to that, we have obsolete weapons to some extent. In today's world, a few drones can take out a behemoth battleship. Perhaps our submarines are adequate, but still limited. Russia has weapons with the lethality of nuclear bombs that are not (but can be) nuclear. Some are nuclear powered, however, and can travel distances that were not possible before.
Our penchant for war has made us despised around the world. Millions have been killed to satisfy the wants of Israel and our neo-cons. We purportedly have kill squads that can be deployed after the president and State Dept. peruse the possible targets and choose. The tech available finds the targets.
Our oceans will not protect us any longer. Our capability to defend is diminished.
We have put an end to treaties that had restrained weapon development by foreign countries. I'd say we are doing whatever is possible to make the USA a target; just as we have targeted other (usually weaker) countries. They do not envy us our freedom; they hate us. That is understandable for those who know how we have operated. Our goodwill and power have been squandered.
Enter this incompetent, unqualified, childish squeak of a man with no moral compass running the Department of War, who resembles a nodding-doll when with President Trump. There will be a reckoning.
I think you are mistaken: "The U.S. defense industry is largely based in the United States. Major defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and BAE Systems (U.S. division) produce aircraft, missiles, ships, tanks, and electronic systems domestically.
The Department of Defense (DoD) contracts these companies for weapons, vehicles, ammunition, and electronics. Most of the production, assembly, and testing occurs in the U.S.."
Secretary of perpetual, non-stop war, ministry of death, destruction and self-inflicted wounds,: interesting how creative pure destruction can be.There is definitely something evil coming this way.
Without a US generated war. The US economy and manufacturing stalls.Stock market listed companies provide income projection to ensure high share prices. Having a defence contract to supply xxxx is a winng formula.
Let's just call it what it is: The Deparment of lethality, or the Deparment of Murder. We are ruled by a criminal gang. Here is what Chomsky said in 2017: " ...overwhelmingly, the Republican Party is simply a major threat to—not only to the country, but to human survival. I’ve said in the past that I think they’re the most dangerous organization in human history," And it is 10 times more dangerous today, openly murdering civilians (well so did Obama but on a smaller scale), threatening a ground war against a nation that is no threat to the US, creating a Gestapo-like army of masked thugs to round up brown people..........only we the people, united, can stop them. Our only hope is to vote in progressive Democrats in the upcoming election to neuter Trump and possibly convict him of war crimes and fraud. If you another possible way to stop them, please present it. If you do not either lend a hand or get out of the way.
War is nothing more than a part of the depopulation agenda. The insane idea of fighting for your country that treats you like a caged animal and suppresses all your natural freedoms. Somehow you are enraged with hate for the "enemy" without realizing that enemy is your own government.
Government pretends that war is power. The brain dead masses buy into it hook, line and bullet.
We are all Palestinians. Help Wanted to stop the War Machine.
tamaraf184.substack.com/p/ee6
If we are attacked by foreign power, we are obligated to defend our country? At least that was the lie that they fed us for decades...THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE? Now Trump went enough lies, we will call it DEPARTMENT of WARS, ...we have lots of weapons, so we will attack others and steal their sh't.
That's cool. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to get ready for the Two Minute Hate.
The concept of "the masses" was taken over by the ruling elites to justify oligarchy and control of the common man. "Le Bon’s The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (1895) is especially influential: he described the masses as irrational, emotional, and easily led—a characterization that shaped later elites’ attitudes toward democracy and propaganda.
2. Is it elitist?
Yes, historically it carries an elitist connotation.
Using “the masses” often implies a distinction between a controlling or enlightened minority and a less capable majority.
Political thinkers, propagandists, and technocrats have sometimes used it to justify top-down control, manipulation, or paternalistic governance, arguing the general public cannot be trusted to make complex decisions.
3. Bottom line
The term started as a descriptive term for large groups of ordinary people but quickly gained elitist undertones.
Its use often signals a mindset that sees the public as a manipulable or unruly object, rather than as fully capable citizens." chatgpt with primary sources
It was Edward Bernays, who had studied Freud, and whom Hitler than studied (and whom Trump then studied in reading Hitler's collected speeches ("A Jew gave me the book."), who formulated the modern elitist concept of the masses: "In his 1928 book Propaganda, Bernays explicitly talks about the masses as a largely irrational, emotionally driven group.
He argued that public opinion must be managed by a small, educated elite — what he called the “invisible government.”
Bernays writes that society cannot function if all decisions are left to the unthinking majority; elites must guide desires, tastes, and beliefs.
Key quote (paraphrased):
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”
And so unless we use the term as Rousseau or Marx used it, meaning the common man or the workers, we are probably using it in the elitist, totalitarian sense of an irrational mob of people who are too stupid to self-govern and therefore must be "managed."
I would remind you that "the brain-dead masses" support universal healthcare, gun law reform, green energy, oppose Israeli war and the Trump war on "narco-terrorists" and believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction.
The motive for war is to steal assets, mostly oil, sometimes water and land, often to create a dependent nation with cheap labor. Depopulation is not the motive of the oligarchs who promote and profit who would lose demand and thus profits with a reduced population. WArs create poverty, and poverty increases the birth rate, so while a current war will reduce population the year after often generate baby booms (the boomers). The historical evidence is that wars create a surge in births: "Japan had a major baby boom after WWII.
It began 1947 and peaked in 1949.
Often called the Dankai no Sedai (“Mass Generation”).
Roughly 8 million births in 5 years — a shockingly high surge.
🇩🇪 Germany
Yes. Both West and East Germany had a baby boom, though smaller and later than the U.S.
West Germany: baby boom from 1955–1966.
East Germany: also saw a rise in the 1950s–60s, though less dramatic.
Germany’s boom was later because the immediate postwar years (1945–1950) were chaotic, with hunger and mass displacement.
🇺🇸 & other “victorious” Allies
Yes — the winners had the strongest baby booms.
United States: 1946–1964 — one of the biggest in history.
Canada: very large boom, similar timing to U.S.
Australia & New Zealand: strong boom from late 1940s through mid-1960s.
United Kingdom: a smaller but clear boom, peaking 1947.
France: another clear boom; France’s fertility surged 1946–1950.
Overall: victorious nations boomed harder than defeated Axis nations.
🇨🇳 China
Also yes — a massive postwar baby boom.
Two peaks:
1950–1957: major boom as the civil war ended and the PRC unified the country.
1962–1966: another surge after the famine years ended."
Love it! And war also "makes a motza" for the Militay Industrial Complex along the way.
>>"War is nothing more than a part of the depopulation agenda."
BULLSHIT! NOTHING to do with all this nonsense 'depopulation' crap (and related conspiracy theories).
Karl Von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, once famously stated, "War is the continuation of politics by other means."
War has been present with humans for millenia before there were ANY 'population' concerns. It's always been about power, wealth accumulation, control over people and resources, and perceived security concerns.
Looking at human history, one could even make the suggestion that 'war is a natural state of human affairs'. That doesn't mean war is good or unavoidable (or anything of the sort). It means, War is a reality that exists and doesn't need 'special reasoning' to explain its existence.
I'd go a step further and, on advice of Judge Napolitano, call it Department of War Crimes. Hegseth has turned into a monster, like his boss.
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely" (attributed to Lord Acton, 1887)
[The ACTUAL quote is - “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” by Lord Acton and based upon William Pitt the Elder's 1770 speech in which he said “Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it”.]
Hegseth is a demented cowboy wanna-be with no actual military credentials. He's around for the propaganda ride and he's got a murderous spirit that appears to enjoy killing people for the sake of it. Normally, psychopaths like Hegseth would be locked up for their crimes but this dangerous clown goes Scott free(for now). Perhaps there'll be a day of reckoning (the Nuremberg Trials come to mind) when murderous pricks like him have to face the music. Hope so.
Giving such a post to a person because he could read a script on TV does not an intelligence make, and definitely not one worthy of the position he was given. But how many of those chosen to fill important American portfolios do have any experience or the intelligence for these posts. Nor do I think they were really Drumpf's choice, I think they were foisted on him, the way Vance was, a more evil looking person I have yet to meet.
Narco-terrorist is an Orwellian term of Newspeak, invented to justify declaring war against those who supply drugs to willing and eager consumers in the US.
The narco term is bizarre because while cocaine, which thru overdoses kills about 30,000 people a year and comes mostly out of Colombia is far less lethal than other drugs of choice, such as tobacco, which kills 480,000 a yr in the US, or booze (which Trump sold as Trump Vodka) which kills about 140,000. If any drugs should be addressed, they are the legalized drugs.....not to mention the tens of thousands who die from prescription drugs.
The terrorist term is even more bizarre as it suggests that selling drugs to willing buyers for profit is the same as murdering civilians for political goals. The implication is that either that the buyers of drugs are forced to buy them in order to kill them....or that those murdered by terrorists for political gain are willing martyrs. And the third absurd assumption (lie) is that drug cartels supply drugs for political reasons rather than profit...or that actual terrorists who kill civilians do so for profit?
Orwell called such a term Newspeak, which, in recognition of its subtext as a lie, has become known as doublespeak. Newspeak, which is the narrative form of totalitarian regimes and which assumes the mantle of truth thru endless repetition on the mass media, is described in 1984 as "“The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.”
It is thus further distorted with factual lies, such as Trump's claim that each small boat destroyed "saves 25,000 lives" and that so far the 23 boats destroyed (and 88 murdered) have saved millions, thus making the murders "an act of kindness" resulting in the equation War is Peace.
IN fact, each year about 30,000 die of cocaine overdoses (the drug in those boats if indeed they are (for which no evidence has been presented) smuggling drugs, while 23 boats would, under the Newspeak of Trump, have saved half a million lives (the number actually killed by legal tobacco).
Orwell, further makes a prediction which is arriving faster than the proposed: "“By 2050 — earlier, probably — all real knowledge of Oldspeak will have disappeared. The whole literature of the past will have been destroyed… When Oldspeak had been once and for all superseded, the last link with the past would have been severed.”
And the most distilled version:
“Newspeak was designed to diminish the range of thought.”
This aligns with what another critic of totalitarian rule has stated. Noam Chomsky wrote that “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.”
So today, the mass media, which echoes Newspeak as stenographer of the regime, has a vigorous debate about whether a double tap, ie murdering the shipwrecked after blowing up their boat, is legal, while rarely questioning whether those shipwrecked were, in fact, enemy combatants seeking to overthrow the US govt, while those who actually did attempt that on Jan 6 and injured 140 police and chanted Hang Mike Pence, are pardoned by the man who told them to "got down there and fight like hell."
So just to set the record straight, let's go to Oldspeak and look at what the term narco-terrorism actually means: it refers to drug-trafficking groups using terrorist-style violence (bombings, assassinations, intimidation of civilians or officials) to protect or expand their drug operations.....Cartels primarily use violence to control markets, territory, and rivals
Their core motive is profit, not ideology.
They kill competitors, intimidate police, bribe officials, and terrorize locals to keep business running. That’s organized crime, not political terrorism." chatgpt
And so even AI can see through the lie.
"Call it what it is. Only thing more honest would be to call it the Department of Perpetual War."
Well, I'd like to see "Department of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" worked in somewhere...
Let’s all dance the double tap
An ideal subject for a rap.
Drugs comin’ in, bap bap bap
Not gonna drain vital ‘Merica’s sap
Terrorists lurkin’ — shoot ’em down
Hit ‘em again before they reach town
Kill kill kill the medicinal pill
Kill kill kill, it’s the national will
Up yours world, you payin’ this bill,
Double tap
It’s all about the money
Double tap
Enrichin’ ourselves, honey
Double tap
Same greedy funnies.
Capitalismo.
Great capture of this clown's deadly idiocy.
Big Thanks to CJ and TF for stimulating the type of commentary here - more or less fearless depth of perception spurring the same among readers..
The USA is so busy starting, arming, and continuing conflicts that we have depleted our weapon supplies. Since we are no longer a manufacturing country (and will likely never be again), we are not able to adequately defend ourselves in this new world of weapons should it come to that. Add to that, we have obsolete weapons to some extent. In today's world, a few drones can take out a behemoth battleship. Perhaps our submarines are adequate, but still limited. Russia has weapons with the lethality of nuclear bombs that are not (but can be) nuclear. Some are nuclear powered, however, and can travel distances that were not possible before.
Our penchant for war has made us despised around the world. Millions have been killed to satisfy the wants of Israel and our neo-cons. We purportedly have kill squads that can be deployed after the president and State Dept. peruse the possible targets and choose. The tech available finds the targets.
Our oceans will not protect us any longer. Our capability to defend is diminished.
We have put an end to treaties that had restrained weapon development by foreign countries. I'd say we are doing whatever is possible to make the USA a target; just as we have targeted other (usually weaker) countries. They do not envy us our freedom; they hate us. That is understandable for those who know how we have operated. Our goodwill and power have been squandered.
Enter this incompetent, unqualified, childish squeak of a man with no moral compass running the Department of War, who resembles a nodding-doll when with President Trump. There will be a reckoning.
I think you are mistaken: "The U.S. defense industry is largely based in the United States. Major defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and BAE Systems (U.S. division) produce aircraft, missiles, ships, tanks, and electronic systems domestically.
The Department of Defense (DoD) contracts these companies for weapons, vehicles, ammunition, and electronics. Most of the production, assembly, and testing occurs in the U.S.."
Well said Wren!
tamaraf184.substack.com/p/ee6
Secretary of perpetual, non-stop war, ministry of death, destruction and self-inflicted wounds,: interesting how creative pure destruction can be.There is definitely something evil coming this way.
Without a US generated war. The US economy and manufacturing stalls.Stock market listed companies provide income projection to ensure high share prices. Having a defence contract to supply xxxx is a winng formula.
Thank You Caitlin
Please make these books available at someplace other than Amazon.
"When was the last time the American military was used to defend the United States?"
Good question. Maybe WWII? That might even be a stretch since the US military's job is to do what its corporate masters tell it to do.
Let's just call it what it is: The Deparment of lethality, or the Deparment of Murder. We are ruled by a criminal gang. Here is what Chomsky said in 2017: " ...overwhelmingly, the Republican Party is simply a major threat to—not only to the country, but to human survival. I’ve said in the past that I think they’re the most dangerous organization in human history," And it is 10 times more dangerous today, openly murdering civilians (well so did Obama but on a smaller scale), threatening a ground war against a nation that is no threat to the US, creating a Gestapo-like army of masked thugs to round up brown people..........only we the people, united, can stop them. Our only hope is to vote in progressive Democrats in the upcoming election to neuter Trump and possibly convict him of war crimes and fraud. If you another possible way to stop them, please present it. If you do not either lend a hand or get out of the way.