{"id":53325,"date":"2020-05-16T11:57:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T16:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53325"},"modified":"2020-05-16T11:57:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T16:57:49","slug":"revolutionary-boiling-point-and-other-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53325","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary Boiling Point, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2020\/05\/16\/revolutionary-boiling-point-and-other-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\/\">Revolutionary Boiling Point, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pikrepo.com_.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Still mad at China\u2019s brutal authoritarian government for imprisoning Julian Assange after his journalism exposed Chinese war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arresting people for future crimes is called \u201cpre-crime\u201d, and it\u2019s the stuff of dystopian horror fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violently dominating an entire planet because another country might hurt yours in the future is called \u201cUS foreign policy\u201d, and it\u2019s the stuff of mainstream news punditry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saying a US politician is bad on foreign policy but good on domestic policy is a bit like saying \u201cYeah my boyfriend murders hitchhikers, but he cooks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominant revolutionary thought consistently fails to adequately appreciate the power of oligarchic propaganda and its ability to manipulate the way people think, act and vote. Until this changes, there will be no revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was upset the Democrats nominated a candidate with a decades-long track record of reactionary warmongering corporate cronyism, but I changed my mind when I learned he has a \u201ctask force\u201d where vaguely left-wing voices are allowed to speak words into a hole in the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cObamagate\u201d will not lead to anything. Since 2016 both mainstream US parties have been saying the other party is about to be obliterated any minute now by scandalous revelations, and they\u2019re always wrong. Both parties are pure swamp; you cannot use the swamp to drain the swamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you still believe that one of America\u2019s two mainstream parties is about to be brought to its knees by earth-shattering revelations any minute now, I highly recommend you also take up watching WWE, because you\u2019ll definitely love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revolutionary Boiling Point, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Still mad at China\u2019s brutal authoritarian government for imprisoning Julian Assange after his journalism exposed Chinese war crimes. ~ Arresting people for future crimes is called \u201cpre-crime\u201d, and it\u2019s the stuff of dystopian horror fiction. 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