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Propaganda is harming our society

As we goose-step though the latest “crisis of fear,” I can’t help but take a look back. As a youngster, I would think: “How could those horrible events happen in and around Germany during the 1930-40s?” I learned it was an ideology founded upon eugenics and sponsored by international wealthy sources. Who’d have thunk it? It turns out that “war (physical, monetary, medical, etc.) occurs to transfer wealth from one entity to another.” One very good outcome of World War II was the establishment of the Nuremberg Code.

The JFK murder taught me the genuine power of propaganda. There were mortal and character assassinations during that time frame that have now been perfected. Truth, truly, is stranger than fiction! Intellectual discovery has been replaced by dogma. Those prone to fully accept the common narrative abdicate their decision-making process. My take on this is simple. Hunter Thompson proclaimed, “cui bono,” or who benefits, contrary to an opposing point of view. I lean toward those not profiting, unlike the 2%, from current events who offer ethical and scientific reasoning. Shame on me ...

The Fourth Estate has failed us miserably. Instead of offering multiple points of view, we now get two. Red or Blue, For or Against. Gone is the gray area of inquiry. The CIA’s Mockingbird Project is now all grown up and thriving. It seems they were jealous of the manner in which China and Russia controlled “the workers.”

FDR: “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”

Lenny Papineau

Durango