the wall at the back of the theater
all over the world, true colors are shown
few have put this as well as frank zappa:
and as we reach the end of the social democracy bubble and it dies in debt and debasement, life will imitate art.
the machine shows itself as its illusions grow threadbare and transparent.
you will see this all over the world. it’s not an accident, it’s the emergent needs of regimes that are out of rope, out of money and credit, have nothing of value to sell you, and who cannot fool you anymore.
they will censor, vilify, and ultimately attack.
the astonishing inversions to come would have made orwell blanch. (bold mine)
President Alberto Fernández had called for the investigation in a complaint filed Wednesday, saying that the right-wing populist candidate was trying to scare the public and that his actions were “a severe affront to the democratic system.”
Prosecutor Franco Picardi on Friday referred a criminal case to a federal judge, going off Fernández's accusation that claimed Milei and other candidates on his party's ticket were inciting public fear — a charge that carries possible prison terms of up to six years. Federal Judge María Servini will later decide whether there is enough evidence to indict.
it’s becoming a cartoon.
but this is also the sign that it is ending.
you cannot sustain the illusion of freedom in the face of such blatant machinations and visible manipulation.
and as that dies, so too does legitimacy.
and so the test shall be one of resolve and of we the people and the extent to which we prize our liberty.
all over the world, the rot is plain to see. it has all stepped out into the open and the nature of the double standards
and of the deal being forced upon us are being laid plain.
and it’s time to wake up and smell what is being shoveled
for these were not the principles upon which our republic was founded
and that which has supplanted it is noxious to our freedom.
It’s like the ending of The Truman Show when he sails into the wall of the film set. We’ve hit the wall.
It's all true -- they're losing control and the only avenue left open to them is to tighten their grip even more. This Middle East situation could spiral out of control and provide the perfect excuse to crack down all sort of things. Censorship, banning political parties, controlling the media.....
https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/the-walls-are-closing-in-around-free
Hopefully everybody sees through this BS excuse and understands this action for what it is — the first step in gaining ultimate control over podcasts/alternative news sources. First, government sets up a permission-based system — maybe even something that doesn’t even filter anybody out….yet. Then, government slowly tweaks the parameters of the requirements and/or the punishments for running afoul of the rules until the wrongthinkers lose their ability to speak on the internet to an interested audience. Once again, all completely legal and enabled by the licensing system.
And when you’re banned, do you think the government that just banned you will really be interested in hearing your appeal? (Those of us who were exiled from Twitter know exactly how this goes.)
When this happen, you have no rights.…and worse, you have no recourse — because the government that’s supposed to be protecting your rights is violating them instead. (If only somebody had seen this coming!)