Paid Agents or Simple Morons?
The "credentialed" and the "sophisticated" are mistaken for “authority.”
“Know Thy Enemy, Know Thyself.”
(Sung Tzu: The Art of War)
Some things never change. This time, it’s the way many are striving for cognitive security by relying on certain sources of information.
First and foremost, most people seem to prefer to believe in some sort of authority.
How do they select their sources on Substack?
The readers already know that the MSM is a bunch of hired shills. The problem is that the average guy has a hard time counting even up to two and is limited to considering a single link between action and reaction. That is enough for them to exclude the official lackeys, but they stop at the next step and automatically default to believing a representative of “the opposition” in a setup, where the “opposition” is defined as diverging from the media or dissenting from ridiculous and dangerous practices.
How can they make further progress? How can they recognize that they are being deceived?
Substack offers a good forum for investigation. There are plenty of’ “successful” authors who simply publish (usually quite accurate*) data, scamming their readers into believing that the average person all of a sudden gains power through the acquired “knowledge,” and entrapping the readers into inaction by the implication that if many people believe the same thing, it will become true or at least it defeats those in power by some miracle. Pure nonsense.
These “authors” usually have hundreds of subscribers**, because lots of people literally want to be deceived by “authoritative” sources, whose “knowledge” they consider unassailably sacrosanct, because these authors have some form of “qualifications” and are famously “resisting” the fake political authorities.
Those, who automatically make such selections can easily fall victim to disinformation. By allowing themselves to be directed by a “greater authority,” they convenietly adhere to the illusion that, as soon as they follow their selected brand of “authority,” they are no longer responsible for their decisions and for their actions.
They are in for a rude awakening and are staying unprepared, because they are relying on unsubstantiated hope that somehow “we” (whatever that means, but usually some other people) will resolve the current predicaments (public poisoning that occasionally even simulates a “pandemic,” growing immobility, illegal edicts, the breakdown of food production and distribution etc.).
I don't know how many of such “authors” are agents of the Deep State, but one thing is certain: whether knowingly or not, they provide priceless assistance to the globalists by disseminating abortive hope that is good only for one thing:
IT IMMOBILIZES PEOPLE BEFORE THE STORM.
As Eric Berne put it: “Most people stay inactive, because they are waiting for Santa Claus, waiting for death.” Oh, well, at least they can feel nice and cozy before their livelihood and their domiciles irretrievably collapse. These unfortunates are even paying for wanting to be deceived, which is nothing new under the aegis of the USA, Inc.
What does all this mean? Probably something like this:
“Know what you can do and don’t let yourself be immobilized by fantasies that are ever-so-popular among those who can’t or don’t want to take responsibility for their own actions. Listen to everybody, but don’t blame anyone else for your decisions.”
(Ray Horvath, The “Source” :) )
I’m soliciting more ideas!
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*Although 98-99% of all “alternative” sites are controlled opposition, sometimes decent articles come through. Also, once you know the direction into which the world is going, it’s easier to filter out more-or-less realiable data from the trash. Even genuine alt-sites usually contain misunderstandings, so you really have to make up your own mind; nobody else will do it for you.
**High numbers of paying subscribers on a site can also come from globalist agents/institutions, using taxpayer’s money.
The followers of fake sources are like religious addicts. They sporadically attack me for being “negative,” which also inspired today’s article. My secret goal is to make the enforcers realize that they will not be spared, either. Without enforcers, the whole scam is moot.
My site is not even three months old, but it’s been growing at a remarkable pace. For every unsubscribe, I get 20 new subscribers. Traffic is definitely a LOT higher than the number of likes and comments. I’m not here for money or fame; only to enjoy the last rays of the sun before a possibly-eternal winter. My presence might also encourage people to realize that staying silent and compliant might kill them a bit slower, but they will be slaves until then.
For further consideration, here is another article from today:
https://veryslowthinking.substack.com/p/carlsons-segment-on-utter-stupidity
As an information junkie from way back the past several years have provided a great seminar on the art of information and disinformation. One of my new favorite words is Mis-Dis-Information. Seems the best defense we have against such assaults is our own evolutionary emotional reactions to being so abused.
Brilliant article Ray. You’ve crystallised my thoughts pretty much exactly. False hope gets us nowhere. Speaking for myself… the main purpose of my particular Substack, is not so much to offer ‘solutions’.. as it is to perhaps ‘shine a light on the problems’ in the hope that it may inspire others to think of them.