Thank you for your unwavering commitment to enlightening the world about a better path forward, illuminated by the heroic struggles of remarkable figures and movements dedicated to triumphing over imperial tyranny and the shadowy conspirators intent on ushering in a new dark age of despair and death.
As I immerse myself in these inspiring accounts of selfless sacrifices made in the pursuit of truth, liberty and justice, I find myself reflecting deeply: What have I done today to contribute to this noble cause?
Well said. How best to do that, is the question I wonder often myself. I sort of learned from 911 & the Iraq war, protests alone do not seem to be enough. Protests in size that greatly dwarf the biggest protests in the west today, save for maybe the Trucker convoy. And they went ahead and invaded Iraq based on lies anyway. Not to say protests do not have their place.
Like Jung said, "when the individual does nothing, no one does anything." And ofc. Jung went through his whole Red Book phase during the discord of his day w/ WW2 and so forth.
I was in high school on 11.22.63 when JFK was assassinated -- and I recall somehow 'knowing' even then at just 16 years of age that there was no way that the FBI and the rest of the government folks could have worked that quickly to find Lee Harvey Oswald … just like there was no way they could 'identify' 19 Saudi and other Arab folks within hours of the 9/11 FF event. I read the Warren Commission Report and realized immediately that it was a massive lie … too many 'coincidences', too many large questions unexamined and unanswered.
I remember seeing 'Executive Action' when it first came out … it was also the first time I'd seen the Zapruder film … the 2d time I saw it was in 'JFK' by Oliver Stone many years later.
EA was chilling, to say the least … but, in light of so much else that has come out since then -- just like with the 9/11 FF event.
The insecurity described is understandable in a world undergoing rapid changes and increasing social tensions. However, this sentiment can be addressed through individual and collective efforts to foster mental resilience, solidarity, and knowledge. Returning to fundamental values such as intellectual curiosity, community, and purposeful human action offers a realistic path to counter the fear of a metaphorical "zombie apocalypse."
There is reason for hope. As a social scientist, I have learned from History and social science that tyranny has both a beginning and an end.
While societies rarely resort to extreme measures against their leaders, parallels can be found in the natural world. For example, New Scientist reported a striking case in Senegal where chimpanzees killed and cannibalized their former alpha, Foudouko. This rare event sheds light on the dynamics of betrayal and coalition-building.
Dr. Yeadon's observations align with Gustave Le Bon's theories on crowd psychology. In The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, Le Bon explains that leaders who betray their followers’ trust can trigger intense emotional reactions, leading to impulsive and collective actions. This phenomenon, referred to as the "Le Bon effect," reflects the social unrest that emerges when prolonged repression stifles a society’s freedom.
History also demonstrates that sustaining strict control through repression, censorship, and surveillance is ultimately unsustainable. Key reasons include:
Economic Strain: Maintaining surveillance and large-scale security infrastructures drains financial resources, diverting them from essential sectors like education and healthcare.
Social Unrest: Persistent repression breeds widespread dissatisfaction, increasing the likelihood of rebellion or resistance.
No oppressive regime has endured indefinitely. The combination of public dissatisfaction, economic challenges, and external pressures inevitably forces change. Over time, these regimes must either adapt or collapse under their inherent instability.
Some governments respond by easing restrictions, implementing reforms, or transitioning to more democratic systems. South Korea provides an example, evolving from authoritarian rule to democracy in the late 20th century under significant internal and external demands for change. In contrast, regimes that resist adaptation often face sudden and dramatic collapse. The Soviet Union, for instance, disintegrated due to widespread dissatisfaction and economic decline.
Romania’s history offers another vivid example. Nicolae Ceaușescu's authoritarian regime fell in 1989 during a popular uprising fueled by years of oppression and economic mismanagement. This collapse highlights how accumulated grievances, declining resources, and external pressures can dismantle even the most entrenched regimes.
History underscores that no tyranny has lasted indefinitely. The pressure to maintain control in the face of growing dissatisfaction, economic hardship, and external challenges ensures that oppressive systems eventually transform through gradual reform or abrupt collapse. These regimes are inherently unsustainable in the long term.
While some regimes, such as those in China and North Korea, have maintained control for extended periods, their endurance often depends on external factors like geopolitical leverage and internal propaganda rather than fundamental differences. The inherent pressures of repression inevitably lead to either reform or collapse.
Although regimes like Iran and Syria have persisted for decades, their survival is not guaranteed indefinitely. Economic hardship, internal dissent, and shifting international dynamics could challenge their hold on power.
As your essay demonstrates, history teaches that even the most entrenched tyrannies are ultimately vulnerable to collapse or transformation.
The only reason the oligarchs were able to retain control was regulation of Wall St was lax and it allowed bigger and bigger money to gobble up more and more control over the money. It's essentially uncontrolled with leveraged buyouts at the top of the threat list. Eddie Lampert destroyed how many mainstream retailers? This is where reregulation has landed us (deregulation as polititicians call it).
International NGOs and shell companies for international money laundering, and the so called 'public/private partnerships, which is just fascism, are also how the oligarchs acquired and retained control.
Some great points...this tracks way back to the books by Dan Moldea (Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA & The Mob and the book Interference, also by Dan Moldea (talking about the original NFL Owners (Hunt and Murchison families specifically). The connection between Hollywood, The Mob, The Hearst Empire & The NFL & The International Syndicate is a rather long one, which ultimately connects to Operation Gladio. Great insights Matt!
I can't tell you how grateful I am to you, for being clear specific and insistent on declaring a genuine positive vision (not some vague emotive fantasy), as our road not taken. So many cynics (myself included for may fiery early years) see the whole system and society as fundamentally rotten - not even worth saving, because we have been falsely convinced that it never could have worked anyhow.
My favourite description of optimism is "People who still think it's worth trying" as opposed to Panglossian pollyanna optimists. In that spirit, I have spent many years trying to assemble understand and relate pieces of, and clues toward non-delusional hope (anyone can do the escapist/idiot variety - but that doesn't even seem to convince the idiots anymore).
Looking to JFK (and especially that still stunning American University speech) gives us an anchor where a genuine forward looking vision was in power - and there is no "maybe if" or "I feel like" which comes anywhere close to - "Look - we actually had a real chance at pursuing hope, and it was taken from us!"
Also - absolutely love your combination of scholarship and humour - too many of us book nuts and obscurantist obsessives, forget to let the macro absurdity of it all amuse us (which makes it at least ten times more poisonous). Also helps encourage other people to look in those dark corners and ask uncomfortable questions - it isn't all torture - there's plenty of laughs there too, folks!
Anyhow - just wanted to say THANK YOU for what you do. Inspiring and energizing (and your wife is no less brilliant and energizing for all of us seeking to find build and share hope - and make it so contagious it wipes out fear!)
Another diamond article!!
Thank you for your unwavering commitment to enlightening the world about a better path forward, illuminated by the heroic struggles of remarkable figures and movements dedicated to triumphing over imperial tyranny and the shadowy conspirators intent on ushering in a new dark age of despair and death.
As I immerse myself in these inspiring accounts of selfless sacrifices made in the pursuit of truth, liberty and justice, I find myself reflecting deeply: What have I done today to contribute to this noble cause?
Well said. How best to do that, is the question I wonder often myself. I sort of learned from 911 & the Iraq war, protests alone do not seem to be enough. Protests in size that greatly dwarf the biggest protests in the west today, save for maybe the Trucker convoy. And they went ahead and invaded Iraq based on lies anyway. Not to say protests do not have their place.
Like Jung said, "when the individual does nothing, no one does anything." And ofc. Jung went through his whole Red Book phase during the discord of his day w/ WW2 and so forth.
I was in high school on 11.22.63 when JFK was assassinated -- and I recall somehow 'knowing' even then at just 16 years of age that there was no way that the FBI and the rest of the government folks could have worked that quickly to find Lee Harvey Oswald … just like there was no way they could 'identify' 19 Saudi and other Arab folks within hours of the 9/11 FF event. I read the Warren Commission Report and realized immediately that it was a massive lie … too many 'coincidences', too many large questions unexamined and unanswered.
I remember seeing 'Executive Action' when it first came out … it was also the first time I'd seen the Zapruder film … the 2d time I saw it was in 'JFK' by Oliver Stone many years later.
EA was chilling, to say the least … but, in light of so much else that has come out since then -- just like with the 9/11 FF event.
As always … cui bono?
Yup.
Black list heroes existed and exist, as we need to be reminded...
I'm Sparticus.
I'm Sparticus.
I'm Sparticus.
I'm Sparticus.
I'm Sparticus.
I'm Sparticus.
...
Executive Action (1973) !!!
https://youtu.be/26kdpzWdj4M
Indeed, correct.
The insecurity described is understandable in a world undergoing rapid changes and increasing social tensions. However, this sentiment can be addressed through individual and collective efforts to foster mental resilience, solidarity, and knowledge. Returning to fundamental values such as intellectual curiosity, community, and purposeful human action offers a realistic path to counter the fear of a metaphorical "zombie apocalypse."
There is reason for hope. As a social scientist, I have learned from History and social science that tyranny has both a beginning and an end.
While societies rarely resort to extreme measures against their leaders, parallels can be found in the natural world. For example, New Scientist reported a striking case in Senegal where chimpanzees killed and cannibalized their former alpha, Foudouko. This rare event sheds light on the dynamics of betrayal and coalition-building.
Dr. Yeadon's observations align with Gustave Le Bon's theories on crowd psychology. In The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, Le Bon explains that leaders who betray their followers’ trust can trigger intense emotional reactions, leading to impulsive and collective actions. This phenomenon, referred to as the "Le Bon effect," reflects the social unrest that emerges when prolonged repression stifles a society’s freedom.
History also demonstrates that sustaining strict control through repression, censorship, and surveillance is ultimately unsustainable. Key reasons include:
Economic Strain: Maintaining surveillance and large-scale security infrastructures drains financial resources, diverting them from essential sectors like education and healthcare.
Social Unrest: Persistent repression breeds widespread dissatisfaction, increasing the likelihood of rebellion or resistance.
No oppressive regime has endured indefinitely. The combination of public dissatisfaction, economic challenges, and external pressures inevitably forces change. Over time, these regimes must either adapt or collapse under their inherent instability.
Some governments respond by easing restrictions, implementing reforms, or transitioning to more democratic systems. South Korea provides an example, evolving from authoritarian rule to democracy in the late 20th century under significant internal and external demands for change. In contrast, regimes that resist adaptation often face sudden and dramatic collapse. The Soviet Union, for instance, disintegrated due to widespread dissatisfaction and economic decline.
Romania’s history offers another vivid example. Nicolae Ceaușescu's authoritarian regime fell in 1989 during a popular uprising fueled by years of oppression and economic mismanagement. This collapse highlights how accumulated grievances, declining resources, and external pressures can dismantle even the most entrenched regimes.
History underscores that no tyranny has lasted indefinitely. The pressure to maintain control in the face of growing dissatisfaction, economic hardship, and external challenges ensures that oppressive systems eventually transform through gradual reform or abrupt collapse. These regimes are inherently unsustainable in the long term.
While some regimes, such as those in China and North Korea, have maintained control for extended periods, their endurance often depends on external factors like geopolitical leverage and internal propaganda rather than fundamental differences. The inherent pressures of repression inevitably lead to either reform or collapse.
Although regimes like Iran and Syria have persisted for decades, their survival is not guaranteed indefinitely. Economic hardship, internal dissent, and shifting international dynamics could challenge their hold on power.
As your essay demonstrates, history teaches that even the most entrenched tyrannies are ultimately vulnerable to collapse or transformation.
The 550 million figure quoted in the film was almost the same as that etched on to the Georgia guidestones.
Though the quote "They’ll swarm out of their breeding grounds into Europe and North America…" is incorrect.
They'll be openly invited and shipped across at our expense, would be more accurate today.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. The best of Americanism.
The only reason the oligarchs were able to retain control was regulation of Wall St was lax and it allowed bigger and bigger money to gobble up more and more control over the money. It's essentially uncontrolled with leveraged buyouts at the top of the threat list. Eddie Lampert destroyed how many mainstream retailers? This is where reregulation has landed us (deregulation as polititicians call it).
International NGOs and shell companies for international money laundering, and the so called 'public/private partnerships, which is just fascism, are also how the oligarchs acquired and retained control.
Some great points...this tracks way back to the books by Dan Moldea (Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA & The Mob and the book Interference, also by Dan Moldea (talking about the original NFL Owners (Hunt and Murchison families specifically). The connection between Hollywood, The Mob, The Hearst Empire & The NFL & The International Syndicate is a rather long one, which ultimately connects to Operation Gladio. Great insights Matt!
Informative, enlightening and once again, a marvellous article. Thank you.
Superb! Thank you sincerely for this, Matthew.
I can't tell you how grateful I am to you, for being clear specific and insistent on declaring a genuine positive vision (not some vague emotive fantasy), as our road not taken. So many cynics (myself included for may fiery early years) see the whole system and society as fundamentally rotten - not even worth saving, because we have been falsely convinced that it never could have worked anyhow.
My favourite description of optimism is "People who still think it's worth trying" as opposed to Panglossian pollyanna optimists. In that spirit, I have spent many years trying to assemble understand and relate pieces of, and clues toward non-delusional hope (anyone can do the escapist/idiot variety - but that doesn't even seem to convince the idiots anymore).
Looking to JFK (and especially that still stunning American University speech) gives us an anchor where a genuine forward looking vision was in power - and there is no "maybe if" or "I feel like" which comes anywhere close to - "Look - we actually had a real chance at pursuing hope, and it was taken from us!"
Also - absolutely love your combination of scholarship and humour - too many of us book nuts and obscurantist obsessives, forget to let the macro absurdity of it all amuse us (which makes it at least ten times more poisonous). Also helps encourage other people to look in those dark corners and ask uncomfortable questions - it isn't all torture - there's plenty of laughs there too, folks!
Anyhow - just wanted to say THANK YOU for what you do. Inspiring and energizing (and your wife is no less brilliant and energizing for all of us seeking to find build and share hope - and make it so contagious it wipes out fear!)
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