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S. Anderson's avatar

I am skeptical of this one but hey, I turned off my phone because that is a pretty easy thing to do. I also have my modem/router wrapped in a shroud. I do think some conspiracy theories are psy ops, but I refuse to shame anyone for believing in any of them, especially after the past few years.

I spend most of my media time in a Jimmy Dore/ Max Blumenthal/ Trish Wood/ CHD/ Wesley Yang/ Bret Weinstein/ Kim Iversen/ Clifton Duncan/ Matt Taibbi/ Walter Kirn nexus. I'm always surprised to find that a lot of people still consider that media nexus and those corresponding ideas "beyond the pale." That's what I find shocking.

I've had the "flat earther" and "lizard people believer" and "anti-Semite" labels flung at me for doing something as benign as posting my support for RFK, Jr. on my Facebook page (this by supposed "friends" who think they have an "own" with a CNN headline or a Reuters fact check). I'd much rather hang out with people who are open to counter narratives. I have even met (again, to my surprise) some highly intelligent flat earthers (https://hxlibraries.substack.com/p/behind-the-curve-and-outside-the/comments) and although I'm not sold on that one (and had assumed it was a psy op), we do keep learning entirely new concepts about space, so I will give them that.

There are some young up-and-comers from across the political spectrum who I think are doing really interesting work in regard to questioning narratives on podcasts such as PsyOp Cinema, Rare Candy, and Subliminal Jihad. They seem to me like dream students in that they are self-motivated to do a lot of in-depth research on various subjects. Not sure if that is still something the educational system is encouraging.

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Rolling Stone! Ugghh! I still remember when it was a must read for counter culture kids like me who thought with our love (and the right combination of drugs) we were going to change the world. What happened that turned them, Mother Jones and others into cheerleaders for the establishment? In today’s Kennedy Beacon Nikko House dives into the dark world of Mockingbird journalism revealing who’s calling the shots and why. This is, although scary, one of the best overviews of the slimy way the mainstream narrative is being used to brainwash anyone who isn’t careful enough to ask questions. The only hope is watching our numbers soar as fewer folks than ever trust a word they say. https://open.substack.com/pub/thekennedybeacon/p/how-two-of-hollywoods-top-talent?r=59dck&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

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