So...some on the right, the more intellectually honest ones I mean, are currently coming to the realization that their entire political worldview is based on a right wing psy op. I mean, with the Epstein files basically confirming that Epstein was partially responsible for bringing /pol back on 4chan, and Bannon being largely responsible for pushing gamer gate and the like, people are realizing that their views are largely influenced by a cabal of elite billionaires who ran a massive psy op campaign to build the right wing movement.
And before that, in the previous generation, Evangelical Christianity was also a psy op created not just to dumb down and brainwash the conservative population in the US into modern conservatism, but also much of the developing world. While some forms of left wing Christianity did exist previously, they became supplanted by an authoritarian fundamentalist version that emphasized obedience and justified the existing economic system.
And...if we really think about it, conservative protestant Christianity ALWAYS existed to justify the current economic system, as my own research into the protestant work ethic, the history of property rights, etc., shows that the entire thing was a psy op created to justify the wealth of the wealthy and the poverty of the poor at home, while also simultaneously justifying colonialism abroad.
And before that, complex webs of relations between the monarchies and catholic church supported the medieval system. And before that Constantine the Great adopted Christianity as a way to further his rule too. So Christianity has always had its roots in justifying conservatism and authoritarianism too, and the history of the past 2000 years has been shaped by powerful people utilizing religion for their own ends and to justify existing power structures and economic relationships.
But the left...isn't much different. Especially the modern left. Honest question, guys. Do you honestly think there aren't wealthy and powerful people coordinating with each other and deciding what talking points are used, and how to justify the existing power structures within the democrats as well? Do you honestly not think the complete and utter worthlessness of the modern democrats isn't coordinated? That they didn't just flood message boards with propaganda, bullying people into voting blue no matter who, and pushing out and minimizing organic grassroots movements? Do you think it's a coincidence, the democratic party has, instead of pursuing a working class strategy, explicitly abandoned working class politics to push for a brand of fiscally conservative moderate instead? I mean, we had the podesta emails and clinton campaign emails 10 years ago, we saw a glimpse of what was going on behind the scenes. And while people will point out "yeah but russians released them for their own purposes", maybe they did, but don't they still tell a story about the rot inside our own organizations?
Do you think it's a coincidence that the corporate media pushes corporate talking points? Do you think the rise of wokeism was just a coincidence? I've heard that wokeism's elevation itself was a CIA psy op intended to create a new version of left wing politics that explicitly didn't have a working class bend to it. And I kinda believe it, because it's been corrosive to our movement since.
I honestly believe that the Bernie Sanders political revolution was the natural end goal of the direction left wing politics were going until the 2016 campaign, when these entities came down hard and enforced "voter discipline" on people to push people to Hillary. And I never bought it. Why?
Well...when you have the education I do, and you have the ideological basis for politics that I do, it kind of makes you more hardened against propaganda. You have critical thinking. You gain some immunity to this nonsense. The entire direction we've gone in since 2016 has been a massive distraction by the wealthy to move us away from the direction politics was naturally evolving toward....with disastrous consequences. Now politics is reminiscient of 1930s germany, with a useless and fractured left and a strong, growing, fascist right. It was a psy op. We're here, because this was a psy op.
And...I can't say I'm fully immune to propaganda, no one is. It's impossible to have an opinion without it being influenced by something, and some propaganda force probably helped influence it. But, I would say I'm a bit more hardened to it. And outside of my college education, I really would credit my deconversion from Christianity as helping me here. You see, Christianity is a mind virus used by the rich and powerful to pull one over on us. It always has been, as I stated above. But, the key to overcoming that is a strong worldview based on reason and evidence. And quite frankly, leaving Christianity immunized me enough and hardened me enough where I wasn't biting the modern culture war, and I've remained pretty consistent in my views since I developed them around 2012-2014 or so. That isnt to say there aren't evolutions and iterations, but my core convictions are the same, and I've been trying to keep my eyes on the prize. And for all saying I've kinda turned into a blue no matter whoer, as I can see that coming, I only did so because of the growing fascism in the GOP that represents an existential threat even I have to respond to. The wealthy try to control democracy, and that's bad enough, but some are trying to kill that, and just implement authoritarianism. And that's dangerous because if they succeed, the level of control they'll have over the discourse and society will get worse. SO we must fight to maintain democracy before we can move back on to other things. It's not a surrender, it's a tactical retreat. But I digress.
And honestly, the fact that new atheism declined in favor of this new "woke" paradigm, and the whole fiscally conservative/socially liberal thing is probably because it can't be used by the wealthy. because a worldview based on reason and evidence, teaches people to see truth. And the wealthy dont want you to see truth, they want you to live in their matrix, or their cave arguing within the paradigm they set up for you. And that's how they control politics, even with a democratic system on paper. They dont control all of democracy, but if they can control the key players, and discourage pursuit of say, third parties, they can keep most people in their paradigm. And sadly, most of society has fallen for it and this transition to a 7th party system is shaped into the image THEY wanted it to be, and not what was good for the people.
But yeah, if you wonder why I dont abandon new atheism in this new paradigm, even if I am somewhat spiritual now, this is why. Because new atheism and humanism ARE the answer. Some on the left will say marxism is the answer, but when has that ever ended well. Powerful people corrupted that too, and quite frankly, I've come to a realization lately when I think about it is that the reason Marxism failed is because it basically is a regression to feudalism. And even if everyone is equal on paper blah blah blah, we all know the reality in those states is much different, and a ruling class ruled over them with an iron fist.
So no, I dont see marxism as the answer, even if some level of class consiousness and conflict theory is useful. Basically, the rich and powerful will either use systems to push people toward their ends, or try to destroy them. Which is why our society has an aversion to marxism, which teaches people about class relations, and atheism, which teaches people reason and causes people to abandon the christian mind control virus that the elites use to control people. Atheism, btw, is relatively benign compared to marxism, and my own ideology is more "liberal" in nature than "leftist", but still, it's liberalism done right. Not a corporate captured and controlled version of it, but an organic version based on intellectualism and doing what's best for the masses.
But yeah. Again, the ruling class couldnt control that so it was displaced for wokeism, and that's when the left started losing. Because it no longer represented the people, channeled their anger, or stood for something in opposition to what currently exists, but it was this corporate captured thing that served to distract people with useless social issues and keep people fighting amongst themselves over nothing.
And until we abandon these ideologies, nothing will change with politics. With that said, I encourage people to abandon these failed and controlled ideologies for something actually substantive, as that's how we really change society. This blog has tools that will help. I've been writing and maintaining it for the past 10 years now.
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