It astounds me as to how often the media makes a mistake and then
seemingly brushes it off with barely a shrug. Imagine if other professions -
medicine, dentistry or engineering - were so error prone on the big items you
could likely lose your license to practice. Not so with journalism where after
having one story debunked you simply move over to the next.
There is no such thing as the objective media. All that exists are
countering narratives with various degrees of truth, hyperbole, falsities and
intended omissions.
One does not need brute force to bring about a dictatorship the
mere threat of being ostracized from the herd will suffice.
People rarely vote for what is right or wrong. They are mostly guided by
personal convenience. It takes a brave person to resist such an urge.
Very few politicians are foolish enough to delve into the specifics of a
plan on the campaign trail. This is of course completely intentional. If the
plan succeeds then they can take credit for, if it fails then they will say
that the plan initiated was not the one that was spoken of earlier.
Interventions from other sources necessarily weakened it.
When old religions die it is imperative to invent new ones.
The most important ingredient in any religion is the establishment of a
priesthood that has access to a particular knowledge that cannot be questioned.
This is the reason that scientism works so well.
