So truth didn’t get talked about
… in this follow-up conversation with Dr. Gerard Casey,1see second video we talk about the importance of truth-telling in a world plagued by propaganda and indoctrination, where thousands of United Nations’ Digital First Responders hunt down every dissonant voice on the digital steppe and social media algorithms identify and inhibit all so-called fake news (which usually turns out to be truth a little bit later). Truth-telling, as an act of speech, is the opposite of propaganda and it also reverses its effects. It is the ultimate remedy for the major symptom of our society – mass formation and totalitarianism. And it not only addresses the symptom, it also removes the root cause: the widespread loneliness and disconnectedness of modern man. Truth-telling is resonating speech, and as such is is what truly connects human beings and the basis of all truly humane living together…
Mattias Desmet
Who dunnit?
… I was in Mullingar to attend the scene of a crime. A two-day Think Local festival lay in ruins thanks to the persistence of Leah Doherty and her small tribe of alphabet spaghetti warriors. This is no targeted outing of hidden forces by me. She’s been on a bragging spree ever since the news came to light…
… I was forced to pay her a grudging respect…
The West’s Awake
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