{"id":58172,"date":"2021-06-06T07:13:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58172"},"modified":"2021-06-06T07:13:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:13:10","slug":"divide-and-brainwash-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58172","title":{"rendered":"Divide And Brainwash: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2021\/06\/05\/divide-and-brainwash-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\/\">Divide And Brainwash: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-10017\" class=\"post-10017 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-empire tag-narrative-matrix tag-news tag-oligarchy tag-politics tag-ufos\">\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:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/medium-3-1200x742.jpg?ea9430&amp;ea9430\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/medium-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/medium-3-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/medium-3-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/medium-3-1024x633.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/divide-and-brainwash-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\"><em>Listen to a reading of this article:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1062495775&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>In 2016 the most corrupt and murderous government on earth dealt with public discontent by selling a sociopathic billionaire as the anti-establishment presidential candidate, then in 2020 sold a lifelong empire lackey as the revolutionary people\u2019s uprising against that candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want a revolution? Here. Here\u2019s a revolution for you to have. There. Done. Glad you got that out of your system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Set up an imperialist oligarchy which rules as tyrannically as any monarch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Remain hidden and unaccountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Propagandize people into thinking they\u2019re free.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Whenever there\u2019s unrest due to systemic injustices, let them elect one of your employees who promises to change things.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The imperialist oligarchy deliberately keeps the public poor, busy and confused and then directs their resulting anger toward Russia, China, immigrants, and people from the other political party. Our anger at each other protects them from our anger landing where it belongs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Propagandists know you don\u2019t need to give the average person factual reasons to believe something. You don\u2019t even need to give them financial reasons. All you need is to make sure your claim validates their current worldview. Rigidly-held belief structures facilitate propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Americans will happily give Israel billions of dollars a year to murder Palestinian civilians and then brush off a panhandler on the street because he might spend the money on booze.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Israel is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/03\/naftali-bennett-israel-far-right-palestinians\">getting another Prime Minister<\/a>\u00a0who was partly raised and educated in the United States with extensive ties to US power and speaks English with an American accent. Stop acting like these are two separate countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The US power alliance\u2019s genocide in Yemen remains the single ugliest thing that is happening in our world today. What will it take for humanity to cease averting its eyes from this horror?<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/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=1399547144093147138&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2021%2F06%2F05%2Fdivide-and-brainwash-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix%2F&amp;sessionId=804ffbc82ce2493b9ad59d6bb7d166c1c3d0cf54&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1399547144093147138\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Enlisting in the US military should be infinitely more taboo and shameful than being a sex worker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Until mass media was invented the best carrying agent for establishment propaganda was religion.<\/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>Divide And Brainwash: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 In 2016 the most corrupt and murderous government on earth dealt with public discontent by selling a sociopathic billionaire as the anti-establishment presidential candidate, then in 2020 sold a lifelong empire lackey as the revolutionary people\u2019s [&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":[8737,17039,3520,14545,29490,1092,655,827],"class_list":["post-58172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-brainwashing","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-imperialism","tag-narrative-control","tag-narrative-matrix","tag-oligarchy","tag-propaganda","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172","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=58172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58173,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58172\/revisions\/58173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}