“The main
thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists
believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world
is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or
The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more
frightening – Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.” – Alan Moore
Alan
Moore, the renowned graphic novel writer, and author of the dystopian
classic V for Vendetta, politically
identifies as an anarchist. His view that all political states are an outgrowth
of anarchy, with the biggest gang taking control and dictating how things will
be run, is manifested in V for Vendetta. As
an anarchist, you can understand why he is doubtful of conspiracy theories and
an all-powerful entity controlling the world. He believes in a chaotic world
competing gangs position themselves to gain power and control.
“We live
in a badly developed anarchist situation in which the biggest gang has taken
over and have declared that it is not an anarchist situation – that it is a
capitalist or a communist situation. But I tend to think that anarchy is the
most natural form of politics for a human being to actually practice.”- Alan Moore
The Guy
Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta has been
adopted by anarchist groups around the world, including: Anonymous, WikiLeaks,
and the Occupy protestors. Moore’s positive view of the Occupy movement was
based on his belief ordinary people had the right to reclaim what had been
taken from them by criminal bankers. The initial impetus for the Occupy
protests was the destruction of Main Street USA by Wall Street sociopaths, who
not only escaped prosecution for their crimes, but were bailed out by the
taxpayers they had pillaged and further enriched as captured politicians
enabled them to get even bigger.
Millions were evicted from their homes and lost their jobs. Middle
class families have seen their real income continue to stagnate, while bankers,
corporate executives, and politicians have reaped billions in bonuses, stock
gains, and payoffs, provided by central bankers in their back pocket.
“I can’t
think of any reason why as a population we should be expected to stand by and
see a gross reduction in the living standards of ourselves and our kids,
possibly for generations, when the people who have got us into this have been
rewarded for it – they’ve certainly not been punished in any way because
they’re too big to fail. I think that the Occupy movement is, in one sense, the
public saying that they should be the ones to decide who’s too big to fail. As
an anarchist, I believe that power should be given to the people whose lives
this is actually affecting.” – Alan Moore
or those
of us who visited Zuccotti Park during the early stages of the Occupy Movement,
you understood this was a true populist protest with Ron Paul libertarians alongside
liberal college students, old time hippies, middle aged men and women put out
of work by the massive Wall Street fraud, and a myriad of citizens supporting
varied causes and exercising their First Amendment rights. They were primarily
focused on the true enemy – sociopathic Wall Street bankers and corrupt
captured politicians. Sadly, the movement was co-opted in short order by Soros
and his minions, just as the Tea Party had been co-opted by neo-cons earlier.
Supposedly liberal mayors in NYC and across the country eventually unleashed
their police state thugs on the protestors and wiped it out. Was this an
example of chaos or conspiracy?
There
isn’t an easy answer to this question. I have to lean towards Alan Moore’s view
of the world. There are certainly conspiratorial schemes plotted by powerful
men in smoke filled rooms, but there are other gangs of men conspiring to push
their competing agendas. Conspiracy theorists who think there is one massive
conspiracy controlling every aspect of the world have an extremely tough case
to make. People who believe everything is part of a grand conspiracy are
seeking an easy solution to our problems, rather than dealing with the
complexity and chaos which is the true nature of our world. V’s speech to
London after blowing up the Old Bailey explains who is really to blame for
allowing Deep State actors to gain
control of our government, creating an Orwellian surveillance state.
Good
evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like
many of you, appreciate the comforts of the everyday routine, the security of
the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke.
But in the spirit of commemoration – whereby those important events of the
past, usually associated with someone’s death or the end of some awful bloody
struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday – I thought we could mark this
November the fifth, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some
time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.
There
are, of course, those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now orders
are being shouted into telephones and men with guns will soon be on their
way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation,
words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning and for
those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is
something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there?
Cruelty
and injustice…intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to
object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of
surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did
this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more
responsible than others, and they will be held accountable. But again, truth be
told…if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know
why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War. Terror. Disease.
There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob
you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you and in your panic, you
turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler. He promised you order. He
promised you peace. And all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient
consent.
Last
night, I sought to end that silence. Last night, I destroyed the Old Bailey to
remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago,
a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory.
His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice and freedom are more
than words – they are perspectives. So if you’ve seen nothing, if the crimes of
this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest that you allow the
fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I
feel, and if you would seek as I seek…then I ask you to stand beside me, one
year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament. And together, we shall give
them a fifth of November that shall never, ever, be forgot!
We have no one to blame but ourselves for our current state of
affairs. Blaming it on some shadowy group makes us feel somehow comforted. If
an all-powerful entity is controlling the world, then we can easily convince
ourselves anything we do to try and change the course of history would be
fruitless. Therefore, we just bitch on internet forums. The truth is fear rules
the actions of the majority.
Those who
constitute the Deep State are not conspiring
directly by working together to rule the world and control the people. What
they are doing is taking advantage of a dumbed down fearful populace by using
the chaos, incompetence of institutions, and confusion spread by the propaganda
press to institute their agendas. The Deep State consists
of shadowy billionaires, mega-corporations, the military industrial complex,
surveillance state agencies, crooked bought off politicians and their mass
media mouthpieces.
Those with
the financial means and access to the power of the media have embraced
the Edward Bernays worldview that
an invisible government of the rich and powerful is necessary to manipulate the
opinions of the masses through propaganda in order for society to function
smoothly. Is this truly a conspiracy or just competing gangs of rich and
connected men utilizing their wealth to mold the minds of the masses in a way
that continues to benefit and enrich them?
These Deep State players don’t meet every other Saturday
to conspire and plot ways to pillage and enslave the masses. But they do know
each other and silently agree to never rock the boat, whether they are Democrats,
Republicans, liberals, conservatives, socialists, corporate executives,
academics, or journalists. Money, control and power are at stake.
Those
currently pulling the wires behind the scenes are conspiratorial in nature. It
has become crystal clear since the election of Trump the farce of competing
political parties is just a smoke screen used by the Deep State players to maintain their control.
Trump’s shocking upset and seeming disregard for bowing down to the status quo
has forced politicians of all persuasions to reveal their true masters. Both
parties favor bloated government control of healthcare, with a medical
industrial complex controlling the show, writing the rules, reaping riches, and
buying off politicians. “Free” healthcare buys votes.
The
flogging of the false Russian narrative by the corporate media has been used by
neo-cons and ultra-libs to force Trump into the military interventionist camp –
guaranteeing increased wealth for the military industrial complex. Neither
party has any interest in cutting spending. The debt ceiling will be raised.
The $4 trillion in annual spending will ratchet ever higher. Both sides are
perfectly fine with $1 trillion deficits and $200 trillion of unfunded
liabilities, as long as their gravy train keeps being fueled by the Deep State. They will spend your money until it all
collapses under the mountains of debt.
Donald Jeffries explains why it is vital to the vested interests
they scorn and ridicule anyone who uses factual data to prove conspiratorial
intent by the government or its cancerous corporate outgrowths.
“I can
remember when believing in conspiracies wasn’t cool. Now, in the second decade
of the twenty-first century, more people are starting to sense that things may
not be as they appear to be. The truth in Lord Acton’s classic axiom that
“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” becomes more
self-evident every day. Politicians from the only two parties we have to choose
from break promises, are unresponsive to the will of the people, and opt for
war, austerity measures, and state control over and over again. Gary Allen,
author of the book None Dare Call It Conspiracy, defined things perfectly when
he wrote, “It must be remembered that the first job of any conspiracy, whether
it be in politics, crime or within a business office, is to convince everyone
else that no conspiracy exists.” – Donald Jeffries – Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern
Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics
It
ultimately comes down to power and control over the key mechanisms of finance,
taxation, legislation and the media. There isn’t one specific group of
conspirators working together to rule the world. Is George Soros attempting to
influence and control what happens in the U.S. and Europe to benefit his
interests? Yes. Are the Koch brothers attempting to do the same with a
different end goal? Yes. Are Pelosi and Schumer conspiring to push their left
wing agenda? Yes. Are McConnell and Ryan conspiring to implement their
establishment vision? Yes.
They have competing agendas, but they want the status quo to
remain intact. No one within the establishment wants to change anything of
substance. The current system benefits their personal interests, while
destroying the lives of hard working American citizens. The country is
currently run by same party with slightly different rhetoric and policies put
forth by the Republican side and Democrat side. Promises are made to voters and
then reneged on in short order. Therefore, no significant change ever occurs.
Meanwhile, the anger and frustration build among the deplorables.
What Trump has realized quickly is how powerful the vested
interests are and how ruthless they will act to retain their power. During the
campaign Trump ran on a non-interventionist platform, looking to repair our
relationship with Russia, scorning NATO, and lessening our involvement in the
Middle East. He know rattles his saber on a daily basis, threatening war with
North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, Syria and anyone else who doesn’t toe the
American Empire line.
He provokes Russia and China on a regular basis. He has sent
more troops to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, while expanding spending on the
military. Neo-cons and neo-libs don’t think Trump is being aggressive enough in
policing the world. They won’t be happy until middle class boys across the land
are sacrificed as cannon fodder for our welfare warfare surveillance state.
Trump bloviated about the stock market being in a bubble during
the campaign when it was trading at 18,000. He now pronounces the record highs
of 22,000 as proof of his brilliant economic leadership. Meanwhile, the economy
has grown at less than 2% during his first six months, retailers are going
bankrupt and closing stores at a record pace, consumer spending and real wages
are barely growing, and consumer debt has reached all-time highs. Best time to
buy, according to the Prez.
A critical
thinking individual might wonder how a market could be in a bubble at 18,000
but not be in a bubble at 22,000 ten months later. During the campaign Trump
accused Obama and his BLS minions of manipulating the data to make horrible
jobs numbers appear strong. Now he bellows about the strong jobs market as if
we’re now supposed to believe the hysterically absurd 4.3% reported rate when
101 million out of 255 million working age Americans aren’t working. And a vast
majority of the jobs are either part-time and/or low paying service jobs with
shitty pay and benefits.
Trump is
playing the status quo Deep State game
in an attempt to fend off a coup currently in progress by lying to the masses.
Jobs are plentiful, consumers are confident, the economy is booming, the stock
market is always right. Ignore those vacant crumbling malls, your declining
disposable income as health care cost increases outpace your salary increases
by a factor of five, and your ever increasing credit card balance.
Trump wouldn’t be using the tried and true method of distracting
from domestic failure by starting a foreign conflict because he understands how
easily manipulated the ignorant American masses can be moved by fear? Rather
than draining the swamp, Trump has been forced to swim with the gators. And his
own people hired a Deep State alligator hunter named Mueller who will stop at
nothing to mount Trump as a trophy or force him to depart the DC swamp for the
friendly environs of Manhattan Island.
Trump belittled the troll-like Yellen during the campaign,
declaring her low interest policy was geared to help Obama/Clinton. He talked
tough about replacing Yellen and increasing rates. He evidently got the talk
from the banker cabal and he suddenly loves low interest rates and believes
Yellen is doing a bang up job. He has filled his cabinet with vampire squid and
other Wall Street scum. He is as beholden to the Fed and their Wall Street
puppeteers as his predecessors. Wall Street remains in control, while Main
Street will continue to get screwed. It’s not a conspiracy. It’s about powerful
special interests capturing the levers of government.
Our
government doesn’t in any way resemble its original concept of a republic. It
doesn’t even resemble a democracy at this point. Since FDR and specifically
since LBJ, we’ve become a welfare/warfare state. Since Bush II we’ve devolved
into a corporate fascist surveillance socialist state. Despite rhetoric about
free market capitalism, both parties have embraced socialism. The super-rich,
bankers, corporate executives, liberals and conservatives came to the
realization socialism disguised as capitalism fills their coffers at a much
higher rate than true free market capitalism.
They have
bought off the poor with unfunded welfare benefits, the old and poor with
unfunded “free” healthcare, government union workers with unfunded pension
benefits and all with unfunded social security payments. Trillion dollar annual
deficits and $200 trillion in unfunded welfare promises, enabled by Federal
Reserve easy money policies, does wonders for the bank accounts of Deep State players and their acolytes. Spending
money you don’t have is the ultimate confidence game, but the payback will be a
bitch.
“Why are
the super-rich for socialism? Don’t they have the most to lose? I take a look
at my bank account and compare it with Nelson Rockefeller’s and it seems funny
that I’m against socialism and he’s out promoting it.” Or is it funny? In
reality, there is a vast difference between what the promoters define as
socialism and what it is in actual practice. The idea that socialism is a
share-the-wealth program is strictly a confidence game to get the people to
surrender their freedom to an all-powerful collectivist government. While the
Insiders tell us we are building a paradise on earth, we are actually constructing
a jail for ourselves.” – Gary Allen, None Dare Call It Conspiracy
The Deep State thrives on chaos, confusion, and
complexity. Our financial system, healthcare system, entitlement systems,
military, and government agencies are too big and complex to fix. Those pulling
the strings don’t want the public to understand how anything operates. Supposed
“experts” are put forth on the corporate propaganda networks to further confuse
the masses. The purpose of government run public education is to matriculate
non-thinking socially engineered consumers into the world.
The vast
majority of iGadget distracted, math challenged, functionally illiterate morons
will believe anything the propaganda media peddles because they are
incapable of critical thinking. They have an infinite capacity for
rationalizing how spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need is
actually making their lives better. This same mindset keeps them from
questioning how their government can run up a $20 trillion national debt (with
$15 trillion added since 2000), with no adverse consequences. These debts are
the ultimate threat to our survival as a nation.
Based on
everything that has happened in the last twelve months, to believe this is part
of some well-planned conspiracy is a reach of epic proportions. The Deep State/status quo were sure their hand-picked
candidate Hillary Clinton was a shoe in. Since November the country has been
roiled in election result challenges, chaotic antifa violence, fake news
stories, silent coups, thousands of tweets, congressional investigations,
assassination attempts on congressmen, special prosecutors, increasing odds of
civil and foreign wars, and deteriorating economic conditions for the majority.
Just when you thought the chaos couldn’t get more pronounced, we experienced a
week of sheer turmoil and tumult. Even the stock market stopped rising for a
day or two.
I’ve been observing the goings on this week with a jaundiced
eye. As the rhetoric between President Cheeto and Kim Jung Nutjob has ramped up
to nuclear proportions I’ve been reminded of the rhetoric and fake news leading
up to the invasion of Iraq. Suddenly, confidential reports are released saying
the midget dictator has miniaturized a nuclear warhead to go on top of his
ICBMs that now supposedly can kill everyone in the U.S. The exaggeration of this
country’s nuclear capabilities is on par with Hussein’s WMD and killing of
babies in Kuwaiti hospitals.
The neo-cons smell blood and more money for their beloved arms
peddlers. The propagandists have two thirds of Americans fearful of this rotund
midget with an IQ of 85. Trump then set in motion his backup plan – attack
Venezuela, which poses absolutely zero risk to America or our interests. But it
does have the largest oil reserves on earth.
Now this weekend’s escapades in Charlottesville have worked the propaganda
media into a tizzy. It’s these types of stories that reveal all the corporate
media to be peddling the same narrative. Fox News was peddling the same white
hate narrative as CNN and MSNBC. Because protestors with proper permits
included some white supremacists, nazi sympathizers, and KKK members, all
participants were branded as racists. Their right to protest regarding the
removal of a Robert E. Lee statue was guaranteed by the First Amendment.
It was the
violent Soros funded antifa SJWs who were bussed in to create a violent
confrontation, while government officials told police to stand down and let the
clashes happen. The Deep State is
desirous of a race war and their media mouthpieces are busy spreading
misinformation and falsehoods to further rile up the masses. Their job is to
portray all flyover country whites who elected Trump as rednecks, racists and
white supremacists. And at least half the country believes this fake news.
“The
militia experts accuse anti-government agitants of paranoia, yet they spin
around and claim that militias speak in coded phrases, have underground
bunkers, and are secretly conspiring to take over the world and enslave
minorities. They say it`s lunacy that men at the pentagon can conspire, yet
they`re certain that farmers out on the plain are plotting as we speak. They
depict the United Nations as weak and ineffectual, yet they portray raggedy-ass
backwoodsmen as the world`s biggest organized military threat.” – Jim Goad, The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks,
and White Trash Became America’s Scapegoats
I don’t
believe what is happening in this country and around the world is some vast
conspiracy. But I do believe the Deep State thrives
on chaos and fear. They used 9/11 to pass the Patriot Act, creating an Orwellian surveillance
state. They used the Wall Street created 2008 global financial implosion to rig
the financial systems in their favor, while issuing mind boggling levels of
government debt and artificially suppressing interest rates to create the largest
financial bubble in world history.
I do
believe we are in the midst of a Fourth Turning where the
mood of the masses has turned unequivocally dark. As we approach the ninth year
of this Crisis period, the intensification and potential for enormous levels of
domestic and foreign bloodshed ramps up by the day. With a decade or so
remaining in this period of turmoil, chaos and war, the existing social order
will be swept away and replaced by something new. But not necessarily better.
Whatever Deep State conspiracies are being plotted by
various gangs seeking power during this Fourth Turning, they
will all rot from within. Human nature never changes. Hubris and greed will
lead to miscalculations and missteps which will result in another financial
crash, civil chaos, and world war. Blood will be spilled in vast quantities if
the wrong people make the wrong decisions. Chaos will rein for the next decade
and the outcome is very much in doubt. Get prepared mentally and physically for
the trials ahead.
“The risk
of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection or
civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to authoritarian rule. If
there is a war, it is likely to be one of maximum risk and effort – in other
words, a total war. Every Fourth Turning has registered an upward ratchet in
the technology of destruction, and in mankind’s willingness to use it.” – Strauss
& Howe – The Fourth Turning
Reprinted
with permission from The Burning Platform.
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