CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—”If we’re to evolve, this will necessarily entail an overall shift in our species’ relationship with thought and belief. Propaganda works by constructing a pro-establishment narrative that the human mind can be duped into imbuing with the power of belief via sympathy and frequent authoritative repetition.”
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Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” -- acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump -- a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
Damn right, the whole rigmarole animus against Trump is geared towards installing an even more reactionary agenda as counterweight against his “stupidity”, “war-like speech” and “ignorance”. The country will experience the backlash after his eight-year presidency (the media will help effectively to get him re-elected). And indeed, we need to change our thinking, getting rid of old fashioned beliefs, traditional fears of the unfamiliar and relinquish pre-determined behavior, which is artificially imposed and has nothing to do with natural human experiences. I doubt that it will occur spontaneously because petty bourgeois values still guarantee security within a conformist and complaisant… Read more »
The so-called US intelligentsia are like the nouveau-riches. They much despise from whence they came, convinced that their way of thinking and interpretation of events is the only valid one and in general try to impress others with their acquired knowledge which under the command of the US empire is nothing but untruths and misperceptions. They are the victims of a society that does not follow natural rules for human existence, but has divided people solely according to their impersonal monetary value. Already, and one can quote de Tocqueville constantly, his amazement about US individualism in thought expressed itself in… Read more »