Saturday
There is an interesting side-issue at play in the U.S./N.A.T.O. proxy war with Russia.
Lies have always had a part to play in war in that each side presents the news in a manner that is strategically and/or morally advantageous.
Early in the 20th century, Edward Bernays* brought a high degree of sophistication to the area and the concept of propaganda was born.
The subsequent propaganda campaigns concerning the major wars of the 20th century were so successful that, even in the 21st century, the narratives are still noted in the history books and discussed by learned experts as though representative of the actual events.
It worked only because the media was wholly complicit. That is not a new phenomenon, though control is now almost absolute.
By extension, it would not work if the media was not complicit.
That is the importance of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter and the opening up to public gaze of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of the intelligence agencies.
The control of the House by Republicans, and the ‘hold-out 20, will ensure, hopefully, that this issue can no longer be swept under the carpet.
I don’t believe that the intelligence agencies will be able to wrest back control of Twitter. Will Facebook and Google also be freed from their servitude?
If so, then the truth about the Ukraine war will be exposed in the next 12 months and the mainstream media will never be believed again.
This is not just the end of U.S. hegemony, it could well be the end of the credibility of the corporate media and the West’s ruling class. The E.U. in particular. Once the sheer scale of their coming impoverishment begins to be experienced, Europeans are going to be enraged with all those who have led them to this point.
Those of the 21st century will not be as easily fooled, for as long, as those of the 20th century.
* Amongst other achievements, Bernays was the inspiration for the World Economic Forum and their belief that only a few select individuals are entitled to rule because the rest of us are docile, malleable idiots.