Very enlightening. Nothing surprising me anymore. Just glad I was raised to question everything and not believe everything you hear on the news and media! After being in elected office for 18 years, I learned that the media doesn’t want to print the truth. They just like spinning the truth, creating lies and causing controversy. I used t…
Very enlightening. Nothing surprising me anymore. Just glad I was raised to question everything and not believe everything you hear on the news and media! After being in elected office for 18 years, I learned that the media doesn’t want to print the truth. They just like spinning the truth, creating lies and causing controversy. I used to work tirelessly to give them all of the information on matters that we wanted our constituents to be informed of. It was impossible to get them to do the right thing.
After reading the whole thread I am reminded of my studies in Graco-Roman history in graduate school. Western civilization's history 2500 years ago was no different that the whole Nixon/JFK/CIA drama. Its like a microcosm of thousands of years of murder, corruption, theft and intrigue.
What is astonishing is when it happens in our own time millions believe in established narratives and propaganda intended to distract and onbuscate what is happening. When people demonstrate healthy skepticism the lables come forth...conspiracy theory, fake news, disinformation, cranks, alt-right deniers etc, etc.
Skepticism will always be a necessary ingredient for a healthy democracy regardless of governments attempts to stifle it.
Very enlightening. Nothing surprising me anymore. Just glad I was raised to question everything and not believe everything you hear on the news and media! After being in elected office for 18 years, I learned that the media doesn’t want to print the truth. They just like spinning the truth, creating lies and causing controversy. I used to work tirelessly to give them all of the information on matters that we wanted our constituents to be informed of. It was impossible to get them to do the right thing.
After reading the whole thread I am reminded of my studies in Graco-Roman history in graduate school. Western civilization's history 2500 years ago was no different that the whole Nixon/JFK/CIA drama. Its like a microcosm of thousands of years of murder, corruption, theft and intrigue.
What is astonishing is when it happens in our own time millions believe in established narratives and propaganda intended to distract and onbuscate what is happening. When people demonstrate healthy skepticism the lables come forth...conspiracy theory, fake news, disinformation, cranks, alt-right deniers etc, etc.
Skepticism will always be a necessary ingredient for a healthy democracy regardless of governments attempts to stifle it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/william3n4z2?r=1kb28q&utm_medium=ios
https://open.substack.com/pub/william3n4z2?r=1kb28q&utm_medium=ios