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Richard's avatar

The "rules based order" is a propaganda term. Those in charge do not follow the established rules, they simply claim to and many believe them.

We don't have a rules based order. If we did, Assange would not be in prison, we would not be supporting Israeli genocide, we would not be in Ukraine, and so much more. I think you see my point.

From Orwell: "First, corrupt the language. What follows naturally is corruption of thought processes." That's where we are at today. We have neither democracy nor rules based order. Our masters just keep repeating the lies, and some will believe them.

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That0neGuy's avatar

Gotcha so my question is if by propaganda term you mean something akin to the ‘belt and road initiative’ or a just blanket term to cover the injustice against Assange, Orwellian prophecy AND the various voluntary communication, language, and right of passage directives shared between international countries which have enabled global commerce for the past three quarters of a century?

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By 'propaganda term' I mean a term, a figure of speech, used by propagandists to manipulate the public perception, like what Bernays and Goebbels and so many other full time propagandists.

In this case the propagandists would have me believe that the US and other western governments operate in accordance with laws and rules, when in reality the exact opposite is the truth. They would have me believe that the 2020 election was fair and square, and that what happened on J6 was an insurrection. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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That0neGuy's avatar

Gotcha. I was just breaking balls and frankly share many of the opinions you mention. I became aware of incongruities a long time ago. Did a grip of discovery back in pre internet times. Those flip side facts I ranted about are unexpected truths which surfaced during some fairly recent projects. Weirdly they have provided me with some much needed balance to the undercurrents I can’t ever unsee... if that makes sense.

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