Jon [I apologize for the over-familiarity], I live in Canada, not the US, and I can certainly see parallels to the society in which I find myself:
In fact, I started to enumerate how we in Canada are "achieving" all the markers that you identified but, to be honest, it was so disheartening that I erased it all as too tedious and nauseous. Suffice to say that we in Canada vastly exceed your "achievements," at least in my view.
This sounds ... depressing. But I understand your feeling. There might be some differences between the States and Canada, but there are plenty of similarities as well. I feel it too. The people I talk to feel it as well. I think E.B. White had it right though. (I shared his thoughts in a subsequent post.) There is reason for hope. Mankind has seen even darker days. There is still a lot of good. Finding it, cultivating it, and creating it -- that's our purpose. - Jon
This is great stuff, Jon! A lot of this list can be cross-referenced with the characteristics of Fifth Generation Warfare, which is defined in this insightful law paper as, “Fifth-Generation Warfare (5GW) is also a cultural and moral war, which distorts the perception of the masses to give a manipulated view of the world and politics.” Dr. Waseem Ahmad Qureshi, Fourth- and Fifth-Generation Warfare: Technology and Perceptions (San Diego International Law Journal, 2019) https://digital.sandiego.edu/ilj/vol21/iss1/7/, 209.
A key item on the list is "Media is controlled" which enables the rest to proceed unchallenged. It was ironic to note that the author is "a public relations guru and former editor at The Atlantic". Here's a famous quote from Edward Bernays, the "father of public relations" and consultant to CBS founder William Paley:
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country... It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world." -- Edward Bernays, "Propaganda" (1928)
Paley was a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and a colonel in the Psychological Warfare Division during WW2. Allen Dulles, who ran the CIA "Operation Mockingbird" after the war, was a CFR director for 40 years. Other CFR members included media barons Sarnoff (NBC), Luce (Time-Life), Meyer/Graham (WashPost), and Sulzberger (NYTimes).
Today, Atlantic Media is owned by billionaire Laurene Powell-Jobs, a CFR director. The previous owner, billionaire David Bradley, was a CFR director and member of the Trilateral Commission. Nick Thompson, CEO of Atlantic Magazine, is a CFR member. Likewise for The Nation, owned by CFR member Katrina vanden Heuvel, etc.
"Liberal-fascism" is: rule by a corporatist oligarchy, behind a false front of liberal democracy. This is the model for the CFR/UN/WEF network, the "invisible government" which has dominated US policy and controlled the media since WW2. See chart: swprs.org/the-american-empire-and-its-media/
CFR members on the "Biden team" include the secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Commerce and 'Homeland Security' (SS). Also the CIA director, Fed chairman, and dozens of deputies, advisors, ambassadors, etc.
Jon [I apologize for the over-familiarity], I live in Canada, not the US, and I can certainly see parallels to the society in which I find myself:
In fact, I started to enumerate how we in Canada are "achieving" all the markers that you identified but, to be honest, it was so disheartening that I erased it all as too tedious and nauseous. Suffice to say that we in Canada vastly exceed your "achievements," at least in my view.
And it is, as I say, so disheartening.
Hi Ken,
This sounds ... depressing. But I understand your feeling. There might be some differences between the States and Canada, but there are plenty of similarities as well. I feel it too. The people I talk to feel it as well. I think E.B. White had it right though. (I shared his thoughts in a subsequent post.) There is reason for hope. Mankind has seen even darker days. There is still a lot of good. Finding it, cultivating it, and creating it -- that's our purpose. - Jon
This is great stuff, Jon! A lot of this list can be cross-referenced with the characteristics of Fifth Generation Warfare, which is defined in this insightful law paper as, “Fifth-Generation Warfare (5GW) is also a cultural and moral war, which distorts the perception of the masses to give a manipulated view of the world and politics.” Dr. Waseem Ahmad Qureshi, Fourth- and Fifth-Generation Warfare: Technology and Perceptions (San Diego International Law Journal, 2019) https://digital.sandiego.edu/ilj/vol21/iss1/7/, 209.
Wild. Just downloaded this paper. Thx for the share.
A key item on the list is "Media is controlled" which enables the rest to proceed unchallenged. It was ironic to note that the author is "a public relations guru and former editor at The Atlantic". Here's a famous quote from Edward Bernays, the "father of public relations" and consultant to CBS founder William Paley:
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country... It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world." -- Edward Bernays, "Propaganda" (1928)
https://archive.org/details/bernays-propaganda-in-english-1/page/n1/mode/1up
Paley was a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and a colonel in the Psychological Warfare Division during WW2. Allen Dulles, who ran the CIA "Operation Mockingbird" after the war, was a CFR director for 40 years. Other CFR members included media barons Sarnoff (NBC), Luce (Time-Life), Meyer/Graham (WashPost), and Sulzberger (NYTimes).
Today, Atlantic Media is owned by billionaire Laurene Powell-Jobs, a CFR director. The previous owner, billionaire David Bradley, was a CFR director and member of the Trilateral Commission. Nick Thompson, CEO of Atlantic Magazine, is a CFR member. Likewise for The Nation, owned by CFR member Katrina vanden Heuvel, etc.
"Liberal-fascism" is: rule by a corporatist oligarchy, behind a false front of liberal democracy. This is the model for the CFR/UN/WEF network, the "invisible government" which has dominated US policy and controlled the media since WW2. See chart: swprs.org/the-american-empire-and-its-media/
CFR members on the "Biden team" include the secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Commerce and 'Homeland Security' (SS). Also the CIA director, Fed chairman, and dozens of deputies, advisors, ambassadors, etc.
Hi Jon, just bumped into your writings and I am glad I did. Very succinct and readable. FEE is great as well. I quoted you in a post I just posted. Tim https://nikontim.substack.com/p/communist-canada?publication_id=604647&post_id=100929087&isFreemail=false