Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The British billionaire-owned newspaper The Telegraph has an appalling new article out which reads like a paid advertisement for a missile manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The title even sounds like it was written by a marketing team: “A war-winning swarm missile will knock China out of Taiwan — fast”, subtitled “Rapid Dragon is a military gamechanger that provides the US Air Force with a crucial edge in the Pacific”.
Yes, but we should not forget that think tanks were created and financed by the rich to transform our thinking into the neoliberal rationality. And that project was extremely successful.
Think tanks were part of the neoliberal agenda to push government out of way and make them superfluous. Now we see the end result.
It is always hard to separate the boys from their toys. It appears juvenile delinquency is rampant in the halls of power starting in the White House and the guy who eats too many ice cones.
"So here’s a billionaire-owned news rag marketing a Lockheed Martin product endorsed by a Lockheed Martin-sponsored think tank and disguising it as journalism, while also normalizing the idea of fighting and winning a war against the Chinese military using technology that could lead to nuclear war. Just another day in the world of empire propaganda."
Empire propaganda... Just another way to make more money for the billionaires of the US MIC. I guess mainstream journalism should be re-catagorized as "advertising" since that's all it really is. Maybe you could call it "public relations" but most certainly isn't providing useful or truthful information to the general populace.
Leave it to The Telegraph and their special scribe David Axe (is this even a real person?) to ejaculate in pale feverish ecstasy over this spanking new JISM missile delivery system, coming to a "Theater of War Porn" very far away from you--but at least you can jerk-off to the Review. Maybe Mr Axe should review the opening sequence of "Dr Strangelove," instead? Unconscious self-parody knows no bounds with the Think Tank set, apparently...
Postmodernism was little more than a yawn in academia, but it raised a stink in popular culture because it popularized the notions that objectivity is a myth, and that all truths are subjective. This subverted the public relations approach to managing the perceptions and opinions of the unwashed.
Today we are in the throes of the emperor being undressed in slow motion. Language is being slaughtered in the process. “Authoritarian” is a label for governments that don’t use the smoke and mirrors associated with Madison Avenue. “Democracy” is reserved for the government that features the best institutions that money can buy.
There is no colloquial term for the tyranny of corporations, but I believe that it’s just a matter of time.
The writings of Caitlin and a growing number committed journalists are the most inspiring works of our current era.
I'm so offended by the constant prattling on about war with China. So casual, like war is no big deal, even though it's all about killing people. And marketing these stupid weapons and the conflicts of interest involved. Pure propaganda. It's hard to believe people lap it up.
There is an open revolving door between the US government, think tanks and weapons manufacturers. Typically when a policy wonk in the government leaves office they enter a think tank or a defense contractor and are given lucrative sinecures. That way the government works in synch with weapons purveyors and their think tank sycophants. Think of it as a giant conglomerate working to ensure " total spectrum domination" of the world economic and military spheres, all cloaked under "defending freedom". That the public is clueless only helps perpetuate their nefarious deeds.
Think tanks are, in fact, foreign policy lobbying firms. The people who work at think tanks and push for particular policies are properly called lobbyists. The fact that these are often viewed and treated differently from lobbies is a scandal.
For all the funds that the US of aggression is wasting on lie based wars - like a drunken sailor on shore leave - it doesn't even need to go into debt in order to fund the MIC as it could simply purchase whatever with the confetti dollar - However that would most certainly eat into the profit margin of the insatiably greedy MIC - Think Blackrock & Vanguard - who happen to have contracts to supply with ISDS provisions - which means that they could sue for loss of their own and imagined financial forecast in case there's no war.
Perpetual wars ensure that the Neoziocon warmongers [Think of the Kagans and the generals sitting on the board of privately owned defense contractors] retain control over their fact free political narrative while at the other end of the political spectrum true peace candidates will have as much chance of winning the US presidency as a snowflake descending into hell.
This is the mindset of this Mass Murdering scum. "After massive destruction of the Navy" right that's not a big deal. I will tell you what the first time someone offed/sacrificed one of my friends or coworkers and then said for the rest of us to go in after or else I can tell you where the next bullet would go. This blatant disregard for the lives of people to just throw away for killing more people is insanity. This is what I just showed for that treasonous bitch in Illinois! She will sacrifice American lives just so they can kill more Ukrainians! There can be no question as to what these people are all about. There is absolutely no way to butter this burnt toast to make it seem like a normal piece of bread!
Next time you hear about another war porn movie or TV show, remember that the relationships between the Pentagon and CIA on the one paw, and Hollywood on the other, are all well-documented.
There's a reason that the Navy lets movies be shot using Navy ships and aircraft, for example.
"because propaganda only works if you don’t know you’re being propagandized."
And there you have it. So many people still think these news agencies are legit.
Yes, but we should not forget that think tanks were created and financed by the rich to transform our thinking into the neoliberal rationality. And that project was extremely successful.
Taiwan is a part of China, so how can China "invade" Taiwan? Taiwan is not a separate country from China.
Think tanks were part of the neoliberal agenda to push government out of way and make them superfluous. Now we see the end result.
It is always hard to separate the boys from their toys. It appears juvenile delinquency is rampant in the halls of power starting in the White House and the guy who eats too many ice cones.
"So here’s a billionaire-owned news rag marketing a Lockheed Martin product endorsed by a Lockheed Martin-sponsored think tank and disguising it as journalism, while also normalizing the idea of fighting and winning a war against the Chinese military using technology that could lead to nuclear war. Just another day in the world of empire propaganda."
Empire propaganda... Just another way to make more money for the billionaires of the US MIC. I guess mainstream journalism should be re-catagorized as "advertising" since that's all it really is. Maybe you could call it "public relations" but most certainly isn't providing useful or truthful information to the general populace.
Leave it to The Telegraph and their special scribe David Axe (is this even a real person?) to ejaculate in pale feverish ecstasy over this spanking new JISM missile delivery system, coming to a "Theater of War Porn" very far away from you--but at least you can jerk-off to the Review. Maybe Mr Axe should review the opening sequence of "Dr Strangelove," instead? Unconscious self-parody knows no bounds with the Think Tank set, apparently...
Postmodernism was little more than a yawn in academia, but it raised a stink in popular culture because it popularized the notions that objectivity is a myth, and that all truths are subjective. This subverted the public relations approach to managing the perceptions and opinions of the unwashed.
Today we are in the throes of the emperor being undressed in slow motion. Language is being slaughtered in the process. “Authoritarian” is a label for governments that don’t use the smoke and mirrors associated with Madison Avenue. “Democracy” is reserved for the government that features the best institutions that money can buy.
There is no colloquial term for the tyranny of corporations, but I believe that it’s just a matter of time.
The writings of Caitlin and a growing number committed journalists are the most inspiring works of our current era.
I'm so offended by the constant prattling on about war with China. So casual, like war is no big deal, even though it's all about killing people. And marketing these stupid weapons and the conflicts of interest involved. Pure propaganda. It's hard to believe people lap it up.
Well done, Caitlin.
I rush to be first to comment, hopefully something related to Caitlin's post. Then send folks over to my substack.
Only I don't have a substack. But I managed to be one of the first.
There is an open revolving door between the US government, think tanks and weapons manufacturers. Typically when a policy wonk in the government leaves office they enter a think tank or a defense contractor and are given lucrative sinecures. That way the government works in synch with weapons purveyors and their think tank sycophants. Think of it as a giant conglomerate working to ensure " total spectrum domination" of the world economic and military spheres, all cloaked under "defending freedom". That the public is clueless only helps perpetuate their nefarious deeds.
Think tanks are, in fact, foreign policy lobbying firms. The people who work at think tanks and push for particular policies are properly called lobbyists. The fact that these are often viewed and treated differently from lobbies is a scandal.
For all the funds that the US of aggression is wasting on lie based wars - like a drunken sailor on shore leave - it doesn't even need to go into debt in order to fund the MIC as it could simply purchase whatever with the confetti dollar - However that would most certainly eat into the profit margin of the insatiably greedy MIC - Think Blackrock & Vanguard - who happen to have contracts to supply with ISDS provisions - which means that they could sue for loss of their own and imagined financial forecast in case there's no war.
Perpetual wars ensure that the Neoziocon warmongers [Think of the Kagans and the generals sitting on the board of privately owned defense contractors] retain control over their fact free political narrative while at the other end of the political spectrum true peace candidates will have as much chance of winning the US presidency as a snowflake descending into hell.
Hard to find investigative journalists.
This is the mindset of this Mass Murdering scum. "After massive destruction of the Navy" right that's not a big deal. I will tell you what the first time someone offed/sacrificed one of my friends or coworkers and then said for the rest of us to go in after or else I can tell you where the next bullet would go. This blatant disregard for the lives of people to just throw away for killing more people is insanity. This is what I just showed for that treasonous bitch in Illinois! She will sacrifice American lives just so they can kill more Ukrainians! There can be no question as to what these people are all about. There is absolutely no way to butter this burnt toast to make it seem like a normal piece of bread!
It ain't just the MSM and "think tanks".
Next time you hear about another war porn movie or TV show, remember that the relationships between the Pentagon and CIA on the one paw, and Hollywood on the other, are all well-documented.
There's a reason that the Navy lets movies be shot using Navy ships and aircraft, for example.