{"id":59157,"date":"2021-08-30T07:02:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T12:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59157"},"modified":"2021-08-30T07:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T12:02:12","slug":"propaganda-is-the-source-of-all-our-problems-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59157","title":{"rendered":"Propaganda Is The Source Of All Our Problems: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2021\/08\/28\/propaganda-is-the-source-of-all-our-problems-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\/\">Propaganda Is The Source Of All Our Problems: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-10404\" class=\"post-10404 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-afghanistan tag-capitalism tag-democracy tag-narrative-matrix tag-propaganda tag-war\">\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\/03\/medium-17.jpg?ea9430&amp;ea9430\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/medium-17.jpg 778w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/medium-17-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/medium-17-768x391.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"396\" \/><\/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\/propaganda-is-the-source-of-all-our-problems\">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%2F1114327849&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=1000&amp;maxwidth=1060\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t talk nearly enough about the fact that wealthy and powerful people are constantly pouring vast fortunes into manipulating the way we perceive our world and that this is the ultimate source of all our major problems.<\/p>\n<p>Democracy is a meaningless concept when the primary factor in determining how votes will be cast is the wealth that plutocrats have poured into mass-scale media psyops to manipulate public perception of reality.<\/p>\n<p>People babble about \u201cfreedom\u201d in a society where almost everyone\u2019s mind is in a cage built by the powerful. Caged birds singing that they can do whatever they want inside their cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Covid could just as easily have been used to transfer wealth downward as upward. The only reason wealth has shifted to the wealthiest among us instead of the most needful is because we have systems in place which allow money to translate to political influence and policy making.<\/p>\n<p>Without such vast wealth inequality the public would have the money to crowdfund their own political campaigns, legislative initiatives and media outlets. That\u2019s why the rich actively work to keep others poor. It\u2019s not so they can buy one more private jet, it\u2019s to maintain power.<\/p>\n<p>Because money is power and power is relative, the plutocrats have a natural incentive to use their financial clout to shape things so the majority remains poor. We have a system which makes you king if you\u2019re richer than the masses; if everyone\u2019s king then no one is king.<\/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>Propaganda Is The Source Of All Our Problems: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 We don\u2019t talk nearly enough about the fact that wealthy and powerful people are constantly pouring vast fortunes into manipulating the way we perceive our world and that this is the [&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":[17039,14545,655],"class_list":["post-59157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-narrative-control","tag-propaganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59157","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=59157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59158,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59157\/revisions\/59158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}