George Orwell
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Hi kids,
For those unaware I speak of real life things if it's a big deal. If you do not like that PLEASE STOP READING NOW. Ok, you've been warned. If you insist on continuing I don't want to hear about it, you made a choice.
Disinformation Governance Board
In response to Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter the US Department of Homeland Security has a new "tool". Being referred to as the Ministry of Truth, the main duties of the DGB is to inform Americans of what is correct and what is disinformation. Apparently Mr. Musk's threat to honour the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution by allowing free speech on his social media site is not to be allowed. This is not the first time a government has decided to help their citizens to think correctly.
Senator Joseph McCarthy called up political, military and businessmen before US Senate Committee to refute charges of being Communist, pro Communist and Subversive. Here's his response to Democrats wanting to censure his vicious attacks.
Mc·Car·thy·ism
/məˈkärTHēˌizəm/
noun
a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs*, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.
a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations*.
"he practiced McCarthyism long before there was a McCarthy"
*My emphasis.
So Does Anyone Know George Orwell?
Short version...
He was an English dude (Eric Arthur Blair) that wrote freaky books before Stephen King and Dean Koontz. You may have heard about various books, but most famous would likely be "1984". Which is past history for us but was in the future back in 1949 when Orwell wrote it.
Here's the Google synopsis:
The book is set in 1984 in Oceania, one of three perpetually warring totalitarian states (the other two are Eurasia and Eastasia). Oceania is governed by the all-controlling Party, which has brainwashed the population into unthinking obedience to its leader, Big Brother.
Freakishly, several things that are in the story either have happened or could conceivably happy in our real world today.
Again, from Google:
The Ministry of Truth is involved with news media, entertainment, the fine arts and educational books. Its purpose is to rewrite history to change the facts to fit Party doctrine for propaganda effect.
So What?
In MHO, if the United States can tell it's people what to think what chance does anyone else have?
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Lyrics for The Temple of Syrinx.
We've taken care of everything
The words you hear, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
It's one for all, all for one
We work together, common sons
Never need to wonder how or why
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers fill the hollowed halls
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within these walls
Look around this world we made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the brotherhood of man
What a nice contented world
Let the banners be unfurled
Hold the red star proudly high in hand
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers fill the hollowed halls
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within these walls
~hyuu~
Ridiculous.
If the Disinformation Czar does her job as well as all of our drug Czars have...
You have Kings who pass out drugs?
Make Orwell fiction again!
This is truly terrifying, like that time Obama tried to create his own private army out of doctors and nurses. Fortunately, the same hysterical, freedom-loving screechers who quickly caught on to this dastardly plot caught on to that one and stopped it dead in its tracks. They served a similar function when they spoiled Obama's Jade Helm martial law power grab.
What's key here is the details -- they know EXACTLY what the board is, what its powers are, and that it will be used as a tool in the suppression of free speech. How they know this I don't know, as no details have been released, but then, they knew how a bunch of doctors and nurses would become an army, and that a routine military exercise was actually the beginning of a coup, so I just have to trust that their hysteria isn't born of some pathological partisan ignorance.
American's are free to live in whatever alternate reality they choose to create for themselves. The rest of get to enjoy the show.
Kind of like Trudeauland, except we have more rides. 😆
Trudeau never had to earn a dollar in his life and has no concept of money. He just knows how to write cheques with our money for photo ops.
"US President Joe Biden selected" that cracked me up, the dude doesn't know for sure what year we are in half of his days
Keep Laughing
Laughing is forbidden!
We have so many sheep in this country, who think the government love them and work for their best interest , we masked up like afghani women for two years
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sub me too plis
https://www.erepublik.com/en/main/newspaper/gaben-news-274865/1
These days Canada isn't much better: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/crtc-can-regulate-the-internet-and-protect-free-speech-its-chairman-says
I know. I post this as a heads up to my friends here. Who'd have thought Americans could have their constitutional rights come this close to being stripped away.
https://www.erepublik.com/es/article/vivo-metallica-argentina-media-tycoon-challenge-2755112