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TIME Editor Literally Admits He’s For Gov. Propaganda!
TIME Editor Literally Admits He’s For Gov. Propaganda!
Understanding the ‘Fake News’ Hysteria
Understanding the ‘Fake News’ Hysteria The mainstream media’s hysteria over “fake news” is aimed less at the few instances of intentionally fabricated stories than at well-reported articles that challenge the U.S. government’s dubious official narratives, says David P. Hamilton. For the most part, “fake news” is a fake concept designed by the corporate news media […]
The Narrative of Fear and Insecurity
The Narrative of Fear and Insecurity On March 4 1933 FDR in his inaugural address to the American people said, “…the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself….” And it’s true. It is fear more than anything else that prevents people from turning away from what has failed them and stays their hand from picking […]
Eight “New Normal” Charts That Are Insanely Abnormal–and Dangerous
Eight “New Normal” Charts That Are Insanely Abnormal–and Dangerous Is there anyone on the planet who’s actually stupid enough to believe these New Normal charts are healthy and sustainable? Anyone questioning the sustainability and rightness of The New Normal is immediately attacked by the mainstream-media defenders of the crumbling status quo. Not only is everything that […]
American Narratives: The Rescue Game
American Narratives: The Rescue Game Last week’s post here on The Archdruid Report, with its analysis of the way that affluent white liberals use accusations of racism as a dog whistle for their own bigotry toward wage-earning Americans, got a flurry of emails and attempted comments trying to push the discussion back into the officially approved […]
Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Intro
Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Intro One-sided stories or news features serve many purposes. Unfortunately for the public, serving their interests is rarely if ever one of the objectives … or outcomes. Who among us doesn’t want an endless parade of good news about issues great, inconsequential, and all in between? For […]
Let’s define Degrowth before we dismiss it
Let’s define Degrowth before we dismiss it The reluctance of degrowth-critics to define growth makes for poor debate Diverse leftist commentators such as Samuel Farber, Paul Krugman, and Leigh Phillips are arguing that economic growth is necessary to protect existing and future well-being. But rarely do they define what they mean by economic growth. Recently […]
The Story Line Dissolves
The Story Line Dissolves Sometimes societies just go crazy. Japan, 1931, Germany, 1933. China, 1966. Spain 1483, France, 1793, Russia, 1917, Cambodia, 1975, Iran, 1979, Rwanda, 1994, Congo, 1996, to name some. By “crazy” I mean a time when anything goes, especially mass killing. The wheels came off the USA in 1861, and though the […]
“They’re Hopping Mad In The US And Saudi Arabia”: Russian Strikes In Syria Spark Epic Western Media Propaganda Blitz
“They’re Hopping Mad In The US And Saudi Arabia”: Russian Strikes In Syria Spark Epic Western Media Propaganda Blitz We are now two days into Russia’s air campaign against anti-regime forces in Syria and both Moscow and the West are rushing to spin the narrative. The frantic attempt from both sides to shape public opinion […]
HBO and Snapchat are Actively Working with the U.S. Government to Create Propaganda
HBO and Snapchat are Actively Working with the U.S. Government to Create Propaganda In 1953, Joseph Alsop, then one of America’s leading syndicated columnists, went to the Philippines to cover an election. He did not go because he was asked to do so by his syndicate. He did not go because he was asked to […]
Dark Thoughts on Ecomoderism
Dark Thoughts on Ecomoderism It’s been a year for manifestos. With the dust only recently settled on the British general election, much has been heard about the different (though not that different) ‘narratives’ offered by the major political parties in their manifesto commitments. Meanwhile, a cabal of environmentalist thinkers and activists were busy putting together […]
Our Phantom Economy
Our Phantom Economy Those who believe that phantom recoveries and phantom metrics can be substituted for reality are in for a shock in the next downturn. Stripped of artifice, there are only two kinds of media stories: those that support the status quo narrative, and those that are skeptical of that narrative. What is the status […]
Charles Eisenstein: Crafting A New Narrative
Charles Eisenstein: Crafting A New Narrative And your chance to be part of it Much has been written here at PeakProsperity.com of late about the need for society to adopt a new narrative to live by. One deeply-ingrained with sustainability and stewardship — else our current fixation with consumption and exploitation of nature’s finite resources […]
