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Just Keep Bringing Awareness To The Depravity Of The Empire In As Many Ways As Possible by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
(2024-02-23 at 22:32:42 )
Just Keep Bringing Awareness To The Depravity Of The Empire In As Many Ways As Possible by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
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You never know what could be the one thing that snaps somebodys eyes open.
At this point in history the most effective way for westerners to fight the empire and build support for revolutionary change is to undermine public support for western status quo systems and institutions.
One does this by using every means at their disposal to help people see that the power structures which rule over us do not serve our interests, and that they are in fact profoundly evil and destructive.
It takes a flash of insight for a westerner to be able to really see the perniciousness of the United States-centralized empire in all its blood-soaked glory.
This is because westerners spend their entire lives marinating in empire propaganda from childhood, which has normalized and manufactured their consent for the murderous, exploitative and oppressive power structure we live under. The current status quo is all they have ever known, and the idea that something better might be possible is alien to them.
Teachers of spiritual enlightenment point students to the truth of their being in as many ways as possible in an effort to facilitate a flash of insight into reality. The reason they do that rather than saying the same words over and over again from day to day is because everyones mind is unique and ever-changing, and what knocks things home for one student one day will just be useless noise to another student who will later pop open at something completely different. The receptivity to insight varies from person to person.
Similarly, a westerner who has been swimming in empire propaganda their whole life will not have their moment of insight into the depraved nature of the empire until something lands for them that they are personally receptive to.
Someone who is not receptive to words about the exploitative and ecocidal nature of global capitalism may be receptive to the threat of rapidly expanding censorship, surveillance, police militarization and other authoritarian measures.
Someone who is unbothered by the empires nuclear brinkmanship with Russia and looming war with China may have their heart broken and their worldview changed when shown what is happening in Gaza.
What triggers the opening of one pair of eyes may not be what triggers another.
A kickboxer does not throw only overhand rights because that happened to be what scored a knockout in his last bout, he throws a diverse array of strikes in varied combinations at all levels to overwhelm the defenses of his opponent and land a fight-ending blow. When fighting the empire, one needs to bring the same approach.
Look for fresh opportunities to show westerners that the mass media are deceiving and propagandizing them to get them questioning their assumptions about what they have been told about the world.
Look for fresh opportunities to show them evidence that the United States war machine is the most murderous and destructive force on this planet.
Look for fresh opportunities to show them how status quo systems create a far less beneficial society and a far less healthy world than what we could have under different systems. You never know what could be the one thing that snaps somebodys eyes open.
Nothing you do on this front is wasted effort. All positive changes in human behavior at any level are always preceded by an expansion of awareness, so anything you can do to help bring awareness to the reality of our situation is energy well spent. Any effort you make to shove human consciousness toward the light of truth in even the tiniest way has a beneficial effect on our species.
So use whatever tools you can to make that happen. Have conversations, attend demonstrations, put up signs and stickers, write, tweet, make podcasts, make videos - whatever you find effective for you. Just make sure you are coming at this thing from as many angles as possible, because diversifying your attacks on the mind control machine is the best way to get through its defenses!
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