{"id":58111,"date":"2021-06-02T07:57:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58111"},"modified":"2021-06-02T07:57:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:57:23","slug":"the-screams-of-a-dying-empire-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58111","title":{"rendered":"The Screams Of A Dying Empire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2021\/05\/30\/the-screams-of-a-dying-empire-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\/\">The Screams Of A Dying Empire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-9985\" class=\"post-9985 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-aaron-mate tag-ana-kasparian tag-empire tag-imperialism tag-narrative-matrix tag-tyt tag-young-turks\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.33.47-PM-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C639&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.33.47-PM-1.jpg?w=1439&amp;ssl=1 1439w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.33.47-PM-1.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.33.47-PM-1.jpg?resize=768%2C409&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.33.47-PM-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C545&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.33.47-PM-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C639&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"639\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/the-screams-of-a-dying-empire\">Listen to a reading of this article:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1058464675&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxwidth=1060&amp;maxheight=1000\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Ana Kasparian\u2019s infamous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjmate\/status\/1397797272440692740?s=20\"><em>Young Turks<\/em>\u00a0tantrum<\/a>\u00a0about Aaron Mat\u00e9 was the screams of a dying empire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1397797272440692740&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2021%2F05%2F30%2Fthe-screams-of-a-dying-empire-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix%2F&amp;sessionId=5d245e3e9bc36137f6b54b2ca18e7ad5cdee24d3&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1397797272440692740\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Some want to dismantle the imperial slaughter machine and create a harmonious world; others just want the imperial slaughter machine to give them healthcare. These are two entirely different positions. It\u2019s not strange that these factions feud\u2014it would be strange if they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>US progressives who smear The Grayzone and other anti-imperialist media never have any other equally anti-imperialist media that they promote and uphold as good. This is because they are imperialists.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The only way to do actual foreign policy journalism in the western world is to make a conscious decision to tell the truth without being bullied into accepting any unproven US narrative, no matter how badly they smear you and no matter how hard it is to find work and make a living.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>US liberals are orders of magnitude more outraged about a small group of wingnuts making people nervous in the Capitol building for a few hours than they are about the fact that their government is constantly murdering people around the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1398832251744395265&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2021%2F05%2F30%2Fthe-screams-of-a-dying-empire-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix%2F&amp;sessionId=5d245e3e9bc36137f6b54b2ca18e7ad5cdee24d3&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1398832251744395265\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The blame for public distrust in government and media institutions rests solely on those government and media institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Most westerners know that Bush and his allies destroyed Iraq, while hardly any westerners know Obama and his allies destroyed Syria. That right there tells you why we haven\u2019t seen any full-scale US ground invasions lately. America\u2019s solution to the PR crisis caused by the horrific consequences of its military interventionism has been to switch to preferencing sanctions, blockades, and proxy wars where violence is outsourced to other powers so the US doesn\u2019t take the blame.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Screams Of A Dying Empire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 Ana Kasparian\u2019s infamous\u00a0Young Turks\u00a0tantrum\u00a0about Aaron Mat\u00e9 was the screams of a dying empire. Some want to dismantle the imperial slaughter machine and create a harmonious world; others just want the imperial slaughter machine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17039,259,1426,14545,655,776,827],"class_list":["post-58111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-empire","tag-misinformation","tag-narrative-control","tag-propaganda","tag-syria","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58112,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58111\/revisions\/58112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}