“Can’t stop the signal, Mal. Everything goes somewhere, and I go everywhere.” – Serenity
I wonder if Putin got his doctorate in Russian political leaders? If so, does that make him a Stalin grad?
As technology has changed, so has the information that is available to us. Starting with radio, the ability of that technology to influence public opinion increased. Radio was a voice in the night that broadcast the opinion of one to many. Then, after the invention of FM radio, radio became stereo-typical.
Film increased the ability to spread messages, and in a much deeper way. There is something about moving images coupled with sound that draws human attention and consciousness. Measurements of human brain activity while watching television showed that the brain “shut off” while watching television, entering an alpha wave state – a state normally associated with resting.
It isn’t that way when talking, or reading. Beta waves, associated with active thought processing jump back into play when we read. In a very weird way, television puts us into a trance, where we receive and don’t think about the message. If ever there was a way to put propaganda into the heads of everyone watching, television is your answer. It also caused the problem of losing the controller. I always found mine in some remote area.
Also, congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs.
In many cases, the idea wasn’t only to put propaganda into heads, it was also to entertain. Why would I watch a television show that I didn’t like? No, shows competed for market share, too. If the propaganda was too strong, the show would fail. But many of the messages of globalist, Leftist thought were still put into skulls relentlessly, slipped in as special episodes, or by painting ideas that violated The Narrative in the most negative light possible.
Even the news, though, was part of the same message, which we now call The Narrative. The Narrative is strong. Honestly, I am still finding elements of The Narrative that I believed to be true. It’s more or less like The Matrix, but Elon Musk doesn’t keep forgetting that Keanu Reeves is the good guy.
Now here’s a narrative I could get behind. (meme not an original)
One example was that The Narrative that drove the United States both getting into and getting out of the Vietnam War. It was the first war that was televised on a daily basis. And, regardless of our recent fiascos, presidents dream of being a “War President” which gives them nearly unrivaled political power.
A case in point was the attack on the Twin Towers. Whoever did it, the beneficiaries were George W., Lockheed-Martin®, and everyone who didn’t like the United States. It’s unlikely that George W. would have been re-elected because of messy economy. W. drove the “Left” every bit as insane as Trump did, and would have (no doubt) driven them to the same level of coordination to bring him down in 2004 as they spent on Trump in 2020. Except? 9/11.
I think Sleepy Joe would love nothing more than the power and prestige that comes with a War footing in the country. Or at least someone would. Hence, Ukraine.
They asked Joe what he thought of this meme, but he’d forgotten Biden.
I don’t know exactly what the game is. It appears that the Ukrainians are a lot less concerned about the Russians than we are, and that Joe is far more concerned about Russians crossing the Ukrainian border than the millions that he’s inviting to cross our border.
Why not? If get gets the Russian Bear just grumpy enough, I think the calculus is, he can turn Putin into a figure to unite the country. If Corona-chan couldn’t do it, well, trot out the (spins wheel) Russians. And we’ll have a united country, and the whole economic mess will get solved when spending even more billions with weapons manufacturers!
First, we’re no longer a serious nation when it comes to anything military. Yes, I know that we have a long, proud tradition. But have you seen the military in 2022?
I had a friend that joined the Army and killed a lot of people. He’s a horrible doctor.
Second, although the people of the United States were in favor of going to get Osama Bin Laden, the wars overseas soon became background noise. Without a significant loss of Americans, say, a carrier battle group, there is little chance of getting the rank and file American citizens would support a war in Ukraine. Outside of, say, loss of a carrier battle group.
And, finally: What, exactly, is this about? Ukraine and Russia are similar in the national corruption index scores – it’s not like Ukraine is remotely on par with Denmark or even Albania. Yes, Albania is less corrupt than Ukraine.
A Russian wedding used to be called a Soviet Union.
Even the Ukrainian president, Zelinsky, told Biden to chill out on fanning the flames of war. Russia has a long sense of paranoia, and isn’t interested in having NATO camp out right next door. Honestly, I have no idea why we have troops in Europe in 2022, let alone trying to pull Ukraine into NATO just to irritate the Russians.
Oh, yeah, because international tension takes away from the intractable problems Joe has at home.
The problem that Joe faces is a simple one: the old model of a single source delivering a single Narrative is gone. Places exist all over the Internet the question The Narrative. That’s crucial. Heck, they’re even questioning The Narrative in Canada.
Politely, but they are.
From Trudeau: “They only hate me because I’m black.”
And the Signal is getting out. I have only listened to a few minutes of Joe Rogan. It was okay, but not enough to keep me coming back. But he’s irritated the gatekeepers of The Narrative.
Or at least Neil Young. Neil Young, who hasn’t had a headline since Nixon was in office, decided that he was so in favor of free speech that he’d pull his music from Spotify®, who sponsors Joe Rogan’s podcast.
It’s unlikely that Spotify™ will cave to Mr. Young, even though he’s now been joined by Joni Mitchell, Liza Minnelli, and maybe Wolfgang Mozart. Of course, The Mrs. and I made fun of Mr. Young on our podcast. When I checked on it the next day, I found that our podcast was gone.
There are fates worse than death. (not my original meme)
The Mrs. had used a music bed for a parody commercial. The music bed was one of Mr. Young’s songs. The next day, we were pulled down for copyright infringement (no strike). The Mrs. is getting ready to re-upload an edited version. I really don’t think Mr. Young had anything to do with it personally. So, our podcast hits dozens of visitors sometimes. Joe Rogan hits millions.
They try to censor the small when we deviate, but the large they must take down, in public. If the Canadian trucker protest were not so large, there would be a complete lack of news coverage. As it is, the coverage will be small as they can make it, except to cover whatever trivial outrage can be manufactured.
I hear some of the protesters are semi-retired.
The important thing is, large or small, there is an alternative to The Narrative. I try to be as honest as I can be in every single post. In many cases what I say is slightly different from The Narrative. Sometimes it’s a lot different.
And there are thousands of other voices out there, too, willing to defy The Narrative, in ways both big and small. This is new. Television and radio gave us the grand wave of propaganda that led to The Narrative being so powerful. They’ll stop at almost nothing to stop us from seeing that the emperor has no clothes.
But it’s too late. The signal is out. It’s even covered in maple syrup sometimes.
Question: how many trees did mankind have to suck before they found maple syrup?
Tomorrow, there will be a rare Tuesday version of Wilder Wealthy and Wise, just memes and examples of The Narrative being exposed.
