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Excellent, thank you.

"...can anyone educated in history really think that the intelligence agencies and corporate-banking complex haven't studied methods of controlling their opposition for decades or centuries? Do we even know how far back Western [quasi]-control over China began?"

These are the questions 'up' now, and we need them. We are playing catch up.

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Oct 19, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

“People are constantly looking for their "own tribe", and when they hear the right words, eloquently spoken, they assume sincerity. “

Yep. It’s the dynamic behind “Who do you want for president”. Mouthing the “right” platitudes with a barely-plausible simulacrum of sincerity will get you far, irrespective of your capacity to actually deliver. That reality is plainly evidenced in DC.

The coarse but sincere truth-speaker, who might actually be able to achieve what he promises, is kicked to the curb.

It’s style over substance, and I think it’s more-or-less related to the phenomenon of people drawing moral or practical lessons from movies: the drama, style and color of presentation bear far more weight than the actual intellectual content, which, in most cases, is lightweight at best.

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“Also, revelations by Tom O'Neil that the Charles Manson story seems likely to have been controlled by government agencies”

https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/inside-the-lc-the-strange-but-mostly-true-story-of-laurel-canyon-and-the-birth-of-the-hippie-generation-part-i/

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Oct 19, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

The most important lesson for all of us. Human nature makes us too easily emotionally led. We must be skeptical of everything, especially that which fits neatly our belief systems, if we wish to find truth and retain our souls.

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Extremely well stated. I don’t know how many times I’ve asked people to consider, “Not everyone thinks like we do.” It garners little to no impact. When it comes to being influenced everyone agrees it happens…to other people, not them. My mom was born in 1920. She experienced the transition from radio to television. Radio was a powerful enough influencer. Recall, Orson Wells, War of the Worlds? But when TV came along my mom said, people changed. Became more withdrawn. She hated television. Yet, again, a dismal few admit it influences them. As long as people think they’re too smart to be outsmarted by the opposition the Kunlangeta will always have the upper hand.

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Insightful piece. Enjoy your work.

https://jasonpowers.substack.com/p/mp3-the-hierarchy-of-horrible-humans my labeling & categorizing the Kunlangeta.

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Oct 19, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

That Dunbar slot discussion keeps bearing fruit! It has been a key piece of my understanding of the world for sure.

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That's exactly what Robbert Kennedy Jr is all about, controlled opposition. He's fighting for the people, right? Well, if he's fighting for us, then you can go back to sitting on your butt and just keep sucking that lemon. But has such a strong pro-Zionist state. Wants 'safe' vaccines. Thinks vaccines could/should be mandatory if they're proven 'safe' (can they ever be proven 'safe'?). It's very clever what he does... I believed in him at some point in time. What do you make of Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai?

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Communists always control both sides.

ALWAYS

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I appreciate your broad range of analysis. Among my various lives was a BA in anthropology, in which I could never fit my questions about group selection into a simplistic enough format to please the keepers. So much of neo-darwinian reductionism has since come crashing down. (Epigenetics alone changes the entire picture of "heritable traits" to look almost Lamarkian.)

I quit the treadmill early when I realized one could never adequately analyze EMERGENT properties and self-organizing systems. I have since been on a quest to learn experientially how to actualize these. They are generally in relation to LIMINAL states, which among many aspects, reorder statuses within a group or society. It is these in-between states of not-knowing that the bosses must ever keep at bay, providing pseudo-solutions within their limited matrix. Honest elections approximate a liminal state, which is why they have also become pretty much a-goner.

I hope you are continuing to heal and detox. I was unable to post earlier but I hope you are utilizing Nattokinase and N-Acetyl Cystiene to clear lingering covid junk. I have also begun delving into the entire endo-cannabinoid system resets to clear emotional and energetic stresses, as Gary Sharpe's substack often discusses. it is a fascinating journey, which along with EMPATHY-rich relationships, is ever-more important in these days to access and develop resilient well-being amid endless calls to activism. Blessings to you!

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Private contractors from the US, Israel, Japan and other IT and intelligence firms have set up shop across China at the local level and are seizing control of government by privatizing all functions of government.

Large parts of Chinese local governments have been taken over by private contractors tied to investment banks like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs and private contractors for IT just as is the case in many parts of the US.

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According to Eustace Mullins, “the central bank owners adopted the Hegelian dialectic, the dialectic of materialism, which regards the World as Power, and the World as Reality. It denies all other powers and all other realities. It functions on the principle of thesis, antithesis and a synthesis…Thus the World Order organizes and finances Jewish groups; it then organizes and finances anti-Jewish groups; it organizes Communist groups; it then organizes and finances anti-Communist groups. It is not necessary for the Order to throw these groups against each other; they seek each other out like heat-seeking missiles and try to destroy each other. By controlling the size and resources of each group, the World Order can always predetermine the outcome. In this technique, members of the World Order are often identified with one side or the other. John Foster Dulles arranged financing for Hitler, but he was never a Nazi. David Rockefeller may be cheered in Moscow, but he is not a Communist…a distinguishing trait of a member of the World Order, although it may not be admitted, is that he does not believe in anything but the World Order. Another distinguishing trait is his absolute contempt for anyone who actually believes in the tenets of Communism, Zionism, Christianity, or any national, religious or fraternal group…If you are a sincere Christian, Zionist or Moslem, the World Order regards you as a moron unworthy of respect. You can and will be used, but you will never be respected.”

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I would like to give you a personal experience regarding your comment about value projection.

I don't think that's the case for me. I like to listen to multiple sides instead of looking for people with whom I agree. For example, I listened yo Jimmy Dore, Coronel McGregor, and Shapiro to see what they thought about Israel-Hamas.

So it's not like I am looking for my tribe and attributing honesty when I find agreement. I attribute honesty based on Three questions:

1. Are they going against the mainstream narrative?

2. Are they being silenced/

demonetized/killed for what they are saying?

3. Are they credentialed?

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To massively simplify and paraphrase, Machiavelli and elite theorists posit that there are rulers and those who are ruled. The iron law of oligarchy seems true to me, full stop. As such, (I'm pretty pessimistic) I think the best outcome one can hope for is virtuous rulers (obviously these are not our current ruling elites.) Do you think the iron law of oligarchy is true? If it is true, how do we make the best out of the situation, or, to re-phrase the question, how are virtuous rulers made? If you don't think the law is true then I would love to hear your perspective. Thank you for all your work.

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This is the best explanation of control I have read. This is the reason that people follow the people that are selling them the rope that they will hang them with. All the scientific studies at universities about human behavior were funded by the DOD and their handlers. Not for further understanding of the human mind so as to help people, but to learn how to control them. I now listen to everything, and especially what the source believes about the cabal of globalists actions on the entire planet. If someone you respect for their beliefs has a position that seems opposed to what they say, then you might start to question their real motives. As stated in this article, the opposition coopts movements in order to destroy them from within. The rulers of planet earth know that most people choose a side that seems to conform to their idea of truth, but without any investigation at all, just opinion, and they will defend their uninformed opinion with violence, if need be, and again with nothing but a gut feeling about what it is they defend. The owners know how noncritical thinking people, well think. It is a form of non-think. Most kowtow to authority because they were trained to think this way. Many examples are present in history, but nothing is learned from them. This is human nature, and they know it, so rinse and repeat. Be afraid be verry afraid and take the jab so the killer virus won't kill you. If you question Anthony Fauci, you are questioning science. The verry nature of real science is to question and then question again and again, and then again. Science is never settled, and so they have to fool the public into believing that false science is science. I like to use the Biblical story of the good Sheppard, as most people think just to the Sheppard saving the sheep. End of story, Sheppard good guy, but think about what the Sheppard is going to do with the sheep, and why he saved the lamb from the ledge. He will fatten it, shear it, then slaughter it for the meet. Critical thinking is involved to understand the motive of the Shepard. Our Sheppard's are going to do the same thing to us, and we think the Sheppard is the good guy again, fooling us into not thinking that your righteous cause could never be coopted by the wolf. Jack.

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