There is something happening now that bears a striking resemblance to events from the late 1960s. The government is once again operating extrajudicially to suppress dissenting opinions, particularly those critical of its actions, corporate billionaires, and war profiteers. The media conglomerates that serve as their lapdogs have worked tirelessly since the Occupy movement of 2012 to deploy potent culture war distractions, keeping the voting public evenly divided on issues of little real consequence while tightening their grip on wealth and information. Somehow, they have managed to trick the right into worshiping the wealthy while scapegoating the vulnerable, and simultaneously led the left into self-destruction through infighting and a system of social exile enforced by fear and cancellation.
At the same time, social media platforms have bent to the will of the machine, driven solely by capital. Their algorithms have been perfected to radicalize the gullible, pleasing shareholders as they monetize human outrage through clicks and ad revenue. As information literacy dwindles and unaffordability continues to rise, the distraction of poverty allows the government to operate in the shadows, carrying out mass federal detentions of activists, students, union leaders, and progressives who disagree with the current administration's agenda. Among those detained is Alfredo Zephrino, the leader of a migrant farmworkers union in Washington. Another is Mahmud Khalil, a Columbia graduate student who led a pro-********* protest. TU's PhD student Ramesa Osterk has also been detained. Every day, the list grows under the dubious pretense of immigration enforcement.
But this is nothing new. The U.S. government has engaged in such suppression for decades, particularly in the late 1960s with an FBI counterintelligence program aimed at maintaining political and social order. Back then, the FBI worked methodically to smear and disempower environmentalists, desegregationists, and powerful thinkers like Fred Hampton, James Baldwin, and, for reasons that remain unclear, Ernest Hemingway. It took nearly a decade of surveillance, organizational infiltration, and legal harassment to make the collapse of people's movements appear natural. Today, however, such tactics are no longer necessary. Under algorithmic hypnosis, the public can be easily manipulated into supporting government overreach through the deployment of micro-targeted digital media
A permanent oligarchy has never been more possible in American history than it is today. This consolidation of power is occurring because two distinct power structures -let's call them the two deep states are merging.
The first, more obvious deep state is tied to the ********ic Party, a cabal of anti-left centrists who control Hollywood and three-quarters of the main****** press through a web of blackmail deliverables maintained by intelligence agencies. These figures are real, but they have lost their influence over the younger generations. They produce uninspired art and are aging into irrelevance.
The second deep state, ironically built on the promise of banishing the first, is distinctly Trumpian. It represents a separate pillar of influence, one that operates more at the grassroots level due to its limited presence in main****** media outside of Fox News. By posturing itself as countercultural, it has laundered the reputations of sweatshop owners, billionaire landlords, and business moguls through a vast network of podcasts and alternative media channels. Now, more than ever, these two deep states are becoming one. As the political influence of ********ic lawmakers fades, their former billionaire backers -figures like Zuckerberg and Bezos- are abandoning ship in fear of retaliation. They are now cooperating with the very machine they once pretended to oppose.
Soon, absolute power will rest in the hands of the few. Stay vigilant.�?
At the same time, social media platforms have bent to the will of the machine, driven solely by capital. Their algorithms have been perfected to radicalize the gullible, pleasing shareholders as they monetize human outrage through clicks and ad revenue. As information literacy dwindles and unaffordability continues to rise, the distraction of poverty allows the government to operate in the shadows, carrying out mass federal detentions of activists, students, union leaders, and progressives who disagree with the current administration's agenda. Among those detained is Alfredo Zephrino, the leader of a migrant farmworkers union in Washington. Another is Mahmud Khalil, a Columbia graduate student who led a pro-********* protest. TU's PhD student Ramesa Osterk has also been detained. Every day, the list grows under the dubious pretense of immigration enforcement.
But this is nothing new. The U.S. government has engaged in such suppression for decades, particularly in the late 1960s with an FBI counterintelligence program aimed at maintaining political and social order. Back then, the FBI worked methodically to smear and disempower environmentalists, desegregationists, and powerful thinkers like Fred Hampton, James Baldwin, and, for reasons that remain unclear, Ernest Hemingway. It took nearly a decade of surveillance, organizational infiltration, and legal harassment to make the collapse of people's movements appear natural. Today, however, such tactics are no longer necessary. Under algorithmic hypnosis, the public can be easily manipulated into supporting government overreach through the deployment of micro-targeted digital media
A permanent oligarchy has never been more possible in American history than it is today. This consolidation of power is occurring because two distinct power structures -let's call them the two deep states are merging.
The first, more obvious deep state is tied to the ********ic Party, a cabal of anti-left centrists who control Hollywood and three-quarters of the main****** press through a web of blackmail deliverables maintained by intelligence agencies. These figures are real, but they have lost their influence over the younger generations. They produce uninspired art and are aging into irrelevance.
The second deep state, ironically built on the promise of banishing the first, is distinctly Trumpian. It represents a separate pillar of influence, one that operates more at the grassroots level due to its limited presence in main****** media outside of Fox News. By posturing itself as countercultural, it has laundered the reputations of sweatshop owners, billionaire landlords, and business moguls through a vast network of podcasts and alternative media channels. Now, more than ever, these two deep states are becoming one. As the political influence of ********ic lawmakers fades, their former billionaire backers -figures like Zuckerberg and Bezos- are abandoning ship in fear of retaliation. They are now cooperating with the very machine they once pretended to oppose.
Soon, absolute power will rest in the hands of the few. Stay vigilant.�?
Willy Wanker
. My first time on airwaves was 2014, you know, back when we were still after the rich.
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