Thanks for the Alex Jones commentary, which cuts straight to the heart of the issue, and illustrates how the Jones problem is related to the Trump problem. While both Jones and Trump are easily identifiable, the much larger & more intractable problem are the numbers of people who actively *want* a society in tune with their expressed worldviews.
The casual cruelty of the Sandy Hook affair is heartbreaking, and I honestly don’t know that I’ll be able to watch the documentary.
The fact that Trump refuses to sign an oath to NOT overthrow the government speaks louder than these few simple words spread in a Substack. A crucial and overlooked danger continues to unfold in the United States, and half our country is blind and deaf to the obvious reality. Trump, a man whose entire life is focused on and controlled by money, has sold his soul and our country to the devil - i.e., Russians. He was bought like a cheap car and then controlled by a ruthless dictator whose life is dedicated to the destruction of American democracy.
I spent the majority of my career first studying Russia and Russian, and then 20 years living and working in Russia and Central Asia. I have personally experienced the seduction process of the KGB/FSB but managed to evade their trap. Donald Trump did not, but then he was a much higher priority than I was. Instead, I became bi-cultural and fell in love with the Russian culture, the warm-loving people, and the edification of most people living in large cities. Yes, I became Russian and absorbed how to survive in an extremely complex society.
In France, you are greeted by kisses on both cheeks. In Russia, you are greeted with three kisses. In the U.S. we live with the concept of “personal space”, but in Russia people - everyone - walk hand-in-hand or with their arms around each other. This human contact and closeness is first disconcerting to an American, but then engulfs your humanity.
This closeness also can be deceiving. Most Americans who visit Russia do not ever understand the difference or grasp that many individuals work directly or indirectly for the KGB/FSB. In fact, those who are allowed direct contact with “foreigners” are Russian government employees.
Putin assumed the Presidency in the year 2000. He immediately converted a socialist-communist government into a KGB-controlled dictatorship.
In 1997, while Putin was the PM of Russia, a 600+ page book was published called The Foundations of Geopolitics. This book, published in Russian, tells the world Putin’s goals and this includes destroying his arch-enemy the United States. What we see happening today in the United States can easily be traced to Russia. The Soviet Union’s model entailed placing similar-thinking men who are loyal to Russia in top positions. For example, Russia gave $9.8M to Marie LePen, who is the presidential opposition leader so she could overthrow the French government. Russia has given Trump far more than about $10, and both Trump Jr. and Eric have confirmed that the Trump Organization received $100M from Russian banks. (www.businessinsider.com) Putin grew up in the Soviet era and thought the model of instilling "his" men in senior leadership roles is preferable. The influence of Putin’s strategies quietly attempts to reshape the trajectory of American politics and American lives. He is succeeding.
The shadow cast by Putin over the landscape of American democracy, and his influence and CONTROL over Trump grows larger and darker by the moment.
Those Americans who are Trumpers, are not aware of the influences in their lives that have consumed their minds. Coercive mind control, aka brainwashing, was begun in totalitarian countries 100 years ago and has been used universally in dictator-led countries: Germany, China, Hungry, Italy, Russia, North Korea, and so on. The exact same methodologies of repetitive lies is now used in the U.S. by Trump. Once a person is brainwashed (or hypnotized) there is little to no independent thought. There were two books recently written on this subject: The Cult of Trump (Hassan) and From Democracy to Democrazy (Graham). Mass mind manipulation techniques WORK and millions of people across our nation have succumbed to Trump’s speeches filled with lies and hatred.
Each of us must speak out and reveal the Putin-Trump hidden plan to overturn our government. Both Putin and Trump are consummate liars, but their web of lies cannot withstand the light of truth.
I honestly think I'll skip the Alex Jones doc. I'm only 48 but i need to start thinking about the possibility of having every vein in my body explode because my blood pressure rises to 600 psi. Can't do it.
I had a moment thinking I might watch the Alex Jones thing and then decided it wouldn’t be good for my mental health. Reading your comments, I am going to skip it and thank you for taking one for the team.
Just finished watching the Alex Jones film. As with so much of what is going on these days I find it incomprehensible. How a vile person like him taps into the deep veins of inhumanity and inspires the most hateful and vulgar responses is simply astounding. People captured into cults can be “reprogrammed” but 24% of the population buying the hoax lies he pumped out is scary to think about.
I'm not sure if I can watch the Alex Jones doc. Since I became a dad, I've been unable to handle TV shows or movies where violence against children are a focus. I just walk out of the room. Can't do it. Perhaps I'll white-knuckle through it, but it will be hard.
I commend the Sandy Hook parents, that they have not visited on Alex Jones the violence suffered by their kids. No jury would convict them. Well, I wouldn’t.
I stood up and got close to the television and screamed at it during the Alex Jones documentary, mentioning things I would like to see done to him, which I won't repeat. I'm not proud of doing so or saying so but it was as infuriating and aggravating as you say.
The Truth vs Alex Jones likely was THE most infuriating film my husband and I have ever seen, and that's saying a lot. It took us hours, honestly, to shake it off, to be relieved of the head shaking insanity. Every single American should see it, as it is illustrative of just exactly what has brought our country to this place of dysfunction. There is truly something deeply wrong in an America that devalues truth, education, knowledge, community, common decency, civic duty, or empathy.
Thanks for the Alex Jones commentary, which cuts straight to the heart of the issue, and illustrates how the Jones problem is related to the Trump problem. While both Jones and Trump are easily identifiable, the much larger & more intractable problem are the numbers of people who actively *want* a society in tune with their expressed worldviews.
The casual cruelty of the Sandy Hook affair is heartbreaking, and I honestly don’t know that I’ll be able to watch the documentary.
The fact that Trump refuses to sign an oath to NOT overthrow the government speaks louder than these few simple words spread in a Substack. A crucial and overlooked danger continues to unfold in the United States, and half our country is blind and deaf to the obvious reality. Trump, a man whose entire life is focused on and controlled by money, has sold his soul and our country to the devil - i.e., Russians. He was bought like a cheap car and then controlled by a ruthless dictator whose life is dedicated to the destruction of American democracy.
I spent the majority of my career first studying Russia and Russian, and then 20 years living and working in Russia and Central Asia. I have personally experienced the seduction process of the KGB/FSB but managed to evade their trap. Donald Trump did not, but then he was a much higher priority than I was. Instead, I became bi-cultural and fell in love with the Russian culture, the warm-loving people, and the edification of most people living in large cities. Yes, I became Russian and absorbed how to survive in an extremely complex society.
In France, you are greeted by kisses on both cheeks. In Russia, you are greeted with three kisses. In the U.S. we live with the concept of “personal space”, but in Russia people - everyone - walk hand-in-hand or with their arms around each other. This human contact and closeness is first disconcerting to an American, but then engulfs your humanity.
This closeness also can be deceiving. Most Americans who visit Russia do not ever understand the difference or grasp that many individuals work directly or indirectly for the KGB/FSB. In fact, those who are allowed direct contact with “foreigners” are Russian government employees.
Putin assumed the Presidency in the year 2000. He immediately converted a socialist-communist government into a KGB-controlled dictatorship.
In 1997, while Putin was the PM of Russia, a 600+ page book was published called The Foundations of Geopolitics. This book, published in Russian, tells the world Putin’s goals and this includes destroying his arch-enemy the United States. What we see happening today in the United States can easily be traced to Russia. The Soviet Union’s model entailed placing similar-thinking men who are loyal to Russia in top positions. For example, Russia gave $9.8M to Marie LePen, who is the presidential opposition leader so she could overthrow the French government. Russia has given Trump far more than about $10, and both Trump Jr. and Eric have confirmed that the Trump Organization received $100M from Russian banks. (www.businessinsider.com) Putin grew up in the Soviet era and thought the model of instilling "his" men in senior leadership roles is preferable. The influence of Putin’s strategies quietly attempts to reshape the trajectory of American politics and American lives. He is succeeding.
The shadow cast by Putin over the landscape of American democracy, and his influence and CONTROL over Trump grows larger and darker by the moment.
Those Americans who are Trumpers, are not aware of the influences in their lives that have consumed their minds. Coercive mind control, aka brainwashing, was begun in totalitarian countries 100 years ago and has been used universally in dictator-led countries: Germany, China, Hungry, Italy, Russia, North Korea, and so on. The exact same methodologies of repetitive lies is now used in the U.S. by Trump. Once a person is brainwashed (or hypnotized) there is little to no independent thought. There were two books recently written on this subject: The Cult of Trump (Hassan) and From Democracy to Democrazy (Graham). Mass mind manipulation techniques WORK and millions of people across our nation have succumbed to Trump’s speeches filled with lies and hatred.
Each of us must speak out and reveal the Putin-Trump hidden plan to overturn our government. Both Putin and Trump are consummate liars, but their web of lies cannot withstand the light of truth.
I honestly think I'll skip the Alex Jones doc. I'm only 48 but i need to start thinking about the possibility of having every vein in my body explode because my blood pressure rises to 600 psi. Can't do it.
I had a moment thinking I might watch the Alex Jones thing and then decided it wouldn’t be good for my mental health. Reading your comments, I am going to skip it and thank you for taking one for the team.
Just finished watching the Alex Jones film. As with so much of what is going on these days I find it incomprehensible. How a vile person like him taps into the deep veins of inhumanity and inspires the most hateful and vulgar responses is simply astounding. People captured into cults can be “reprogrammed” but 24% of the population buying the hoax lies he pumped out is scary to think about.
I'm not sure if I can watch the Alex Jones doc. Since I became a dad, I've been unable to handle TV shows or movies where violence against children are a focus. I just walk out of the room. Can't do it. Perhaps I'll white-knuckle through it, but it will be hard.
I commend the Sandy Hook parents, that they have not visited on Alex Jones the violence suffered by their kids. No jury would convict them. Well, I wouldn’t.
I stood up and got close to the television and screamed at it during the Alex Jones documentary, mentioning things I would like to see done to him, which I won't repeat. I'm not proud of doing so or saying so but it was as infuriating and aggravating as you say.
The Truth vs Alex Jones likely was THE most infuriating film my husband and I have ever seen, and that's saying a lot. It took us hours, honestly, to shake it off, to be relieved of the head shaking insanity. Every single American should see it, as it is illustrative of just exactly what has brought our country to this place of dysfunction. There is truly something deeply wrong in an America that devalues truth, education, knowledge, community, common decency, civic duty, or empathy.
Much appreciate the indie suggestions.