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First up, regarding German media propaganda. They might as well be talking about the United States. Ideology over logic. The State over the people.
How German Media Became The PR Arm Of The Expanding State
On Thursday, Handelsblatt presented its readers with the result of the marriage between green-statist ideology and editorial missionary zeal. In its morning briefing, the author made clear how she interprets the world: at the top, the all-knowing state; far below, the misguided, dependent individual. The piece appeared under the title “When Father State must save German growth” and stands as a case study of the spirit dominating German media. The individual counts for nothing, the state for everything. A hint of Orwell runs through these lines. They are meant to remind us that our economic fate now lies in the hands of an all-knowing federal government. Listening closely, one can still hear the fading odes of the press to former vice chancellor and manager of green chaos Robert Habeck.
The shift in perspective has succeeded. Economic rationality has been replaced by an iron belief in the net-zero cult. For the socialists in editorial offices, a fortunate development – since it is tied to the expansion of a vast state apparatus, conveniently justifying long-term funding of their own activities within the framework of so-called democracy promotion. The state orders – the media deliver: all from a single mold, always in the tone of climate apocalypse.
You may not notice it – neither at Handelsblatt, manager magazin, Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung, nor public broadcasting – but their persistent defensive effort, the immunization of the state against criticism, is freezing society in place.
The media form a phalanx shielding government representatives, administration, and the ideological party apparatus from reality. In doing so, they become complicit in enabling the ongoing destruction of the economy. The longer the green transformation unfolds its devastating effects, the more capital and resources are burned – resources needed for rebuilding after the green-statist catastrophe.
EVERYTHING going on today is about control. Has Bitcoin been compromised?
The War on Crypto Was Always About Control
The U.S. Treasury has now frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency tied to Iran, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who announced sanctions targeting multiple digital wallets allegedly connected to Tehran. Most people will view this story narrowly through the lens of sanctions on Iran or Middle East politics. The larger issue is far more important. Governments are proving in real time that cryptocurrency is not outside the system and never truly was once governments decide to intervene aggressively enough.
Crypto enthusiasts promote the fantasy that digital assets exist beyond government reach. Blockchain transactions themselves are permanently recorded publicly. The moment governments force centralized exchanges, stablecoin issuers, banks, custodians, payment processors, and infrastructure providers into compliance, they gain enormous leverage over the ecosystem.
A look into your censored future.
EU Wages Censorship Jihad on Social Media Emojis
Unsatisfied with merely censoring words, or combination of words, the current overlords of the continent and civilization that birthed the concept of free speech, in their endless quest for totalitarian control over hearts and minds, have moved on to combating problematic emojis.
Via European Commission:
“European regulators, the European Commission and the Board of the Digital Services Coordinators, enforcing the Digital Service Act published a world-wide first report on the landscape of prominent and recurrent risks on very large online platforms and search engines in the European Union.
*In order to protect “fundamental rights,” you understand, the unelected EU Commission must trample on the fundamental right of free speech.
Finally. The Israel First war crowd is losing support.
Oh No, The People Who Defend Genocide Think I’m Bad
Israel supporters really expect you to be intimidated when they mob your replies yelling at you and calling you names. Like oh no, the people who defend bombing hospitals think I’m bad.
Yeah sorry there’s nothing you can say to me to make me sit here and go along with the latest fake antisemitism scare or whatever the current narrative of the day happens to be. You don’t get to assault free speech throughout the western world to protect the information interests of a genocidal apartheid state and then demand I be silent about it. Yell, scream, call me names all you want — I’m going to call the bullshit what it is.
Good luck with your emotions about it.
Politics is a get rich scheme.
Trump And His Family Are Enriching Themselves
I do not know if the numbers on the Forbes chart below are correct but it is quite obvious that Trump and his family are using their positions to enrich themselves.
Previous presidents have also benefited financially from their time in office. Joe Biden’s ‘care’ for his family was legendary. But none has been so unashamed about it like Trump.
One of their dirtiest schemes.
The dark side of Gaza’s new fancy cafes and restaurants
Social media is full of posts showing off photos and videos of fancy-looking cafes and restaurants in Gaza. Pro-Israeli accounts often use these images to claim that life is back to normal in Gaza, that people are not suffering and that no genocide ever took place.
These cafes and restaurants do exist. I have seen them myself.
These new establishments do not prove that normality is coming back to Gaza. They are a testament to its continuing genocidal abnormality.
The war made some people in Gaza rich, especially those who engaged in illicit activities like smuggling, looting, and hoarding during acute shortages. This wealth is now coming out in various forms, including luxury cafes and restaurants.
In parallel, the vast majority of Gaza’s population has been thrown into abject poverty. While before the war, the average person was able to afford to sit at a cafe and have a drink and a bite to eat, today this is no longer the case.
Most people cannot even look at these new places, let alone enter them and order something. The vast majority of Gaza’s population lives in tents, has no electricity or potable water, and suffers from the loss of livelihoods. They are surviving on what little aid Israel is allowing through.
Dump DC.
Nothing creates more chaos than politicians and bureaucrats.
