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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Great analysis, Michael.

I wonder how many of us refuse mainstream media, and are scrupulous about the media sources we pay attention to. It must be tough for those who haven't been very discerning about the news they consume.

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Michael Feldman's avatar

US media is at an all-time low in the US. It's at 36% approval. That doesn't mean they have stopped watching. Or if they have, it doesn't mean they replaced it with anything either. Hopefully, many of them have flocked to the independent media.

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Carolinareaper1's avatar

I do not watch the news or read newspapers but once in a while I hear some of it on the radio but I usually listen on Spotify or Sirius XM.

Any source of radio platforms will always have news or podcasts I would rather have the MP3 player and just listen to music not hear the news.

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

There are also some really important news sources to listen to. I like music sometimes too, but I also like to understand what's going on.

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Arthur's avatar

I believe everything begins with what people choose to believe. If they believe the two-party system is real, they hold out hope that those for whom they vote will act in their best interests. I used to believe this way.

In March 2009, I had a Road to Damascusesque experience, when I learned that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had unveiled a Domestic Terrorist Profile (DTP). The DTP waz targeted towards law-abiding citizens who have the temerity to believe in God, the U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, etc.! This was the beginning of a total transformation of what I believe, regarding everything government.

I believe there are those who control governments all over the globe from outside of government. These individuals may not agree on everything, but thieves never agree on everything.

These theives want us divided along every fissure of humanity. The more bombastic and/or marginalizing a candidate is, the more this works for those in control, working behind closed doors. This deepens and widens the division, and the propaganda phalanx (media) exacerbate the division.

I believe we really have a uniparty. A uniparty means that both parties are controlled by the same ne'er do wells. Some people say they believe we have a uniparty, but when it comes to elections, they slip back into believing "their" candidate will break from the uniparty. That might happen, periodically, at the local level, but it is much less likely to happen at the state level, and virtually impossible at the federal level.

When a party selects and supports a candidate, the candidate represents the party and those who control it, not the people. Both major political parties have two branches, one with those who control the party and the candidates, and another with those who vote, believing in the election process, as fraudulent as it is. I believe we have (s)elections, not elections ..., not unlike other banana republics for which we have such disdain.

My primary question remains, if there is a group of individuals who control the government from outside of the government, and this group seeks total control over everyone and everything, does it make any sense that they would leave the deployment of their agenda to the whims of those they seek to control?

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Michael Feldman's avatar

Eric Hoffer, the great sociologist, once said, "Propaganda does not deceive people. It merely helps them to deceive themselves."

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Patricia's avatar

Good one Michael:

Spot ON!

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Arthur's avatar

Touche!

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Carolinareaper1's avatar

You are 100% correct but you are just barely scratching the surface it goes deep into a rabbit hole.

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Arthur's avatar

Shaun,

Thank you.

I agree the rabbit hole goes much deeper, but most people don't even see the hole. It is difficult to nudge the masses away from the lies that they believe are true. By nature, most people have an unsafe respect and trust for those in authoritative positions. For those open to the truth, everyone has his/her time for epiphany.

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kathie hopler's avatar

thanks great read. Jill Stein has a foot in the door the moment is now imho. This Genocide the du/opp EMBRACES is a clear line for probably a majority of humans ( God i hope) so Of course they manipulate violence narratives like all they profit from.

I’ll VOTE STEIN & WARE to save innocent human lives no brainer for me To vote DU/OPPs red & blue both are profiteering death cults is insane

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Michael Feldman's avatar

I share those sentiments. But the reality is that she would need to take on the deep state. She has her heart in the right place, but can she take them on and win? That's the big question.

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kathie hopler's avatar

A win may be pos but the tide turn is inevitable. Just how much more 💩do we eat ? im full & i left the table in 16’? Genocides a absolute for many🤷‍♀️What the DS does as response cant be the issue any longer.

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Michael Feldman's avatar

Please keep spreading the word and make a case for her.

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Patricia's avatar

Michael?,

Sadly at one time she could have done precisely that . Taken on “The Establishment”, ( The “Machine”, The “Man”): and with the correct support ? might have WON!

I’m saddened though by how she’s being appropriated , (and compromised), by the corporate owned media and turned into a media “zombie”. I truly fear she’s been threatened by the people who are supposed to be supporting her: (foreign hostile governments have definitely gotten into the mix and once they give you financial support of any means (?), they “own you” ;( it functions like “protection” money from the old mob). I’m fearing for her safety now.

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Richard Morchoe's avatar

"After all, it’s easier to blame the rotten apple than the rotten barrel"

Brilliant, I have every intention of stealing this.

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Carolinareaper1's avatar

Wonderful article I am glad to see that someone believes the People instead of the Government and that both sides are the same bird and they don’t care about us.

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Patricia's avatar

There

Of course ?,..

Will be more

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Michael Feldman's avatar

Unfortunately, its most likely true.

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Patricia's avatar

These days?

The media IS the cause of the violence :

All in the name of profit.

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Patricia's avatar

WELL spoken Michael, thoughtful , disturbing and somewhat depressing data. Thank you so much and POINT ON sir!

The corporate owned media now openly functioning as “The Ministry of Truth” ( see “1984”), IS THE poison in the blood stream of the body politic.

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William Tuesday's avatar

Actually Civil liberties is on the ballot. The Democrats have made war on the First Amendment. They Prosecute their political opponents. They are literally importing voters, and are planning a whole host of initiatives including digital currency, that will give themselves more power at the expense of the citizens. ,

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