By
Zeno
Potas
It's
time to let critical thinking* Constitutional Patriots recite truisms
that cut through the propaganda of the Deep State and it's media
minions. The truth is what this blog is about. It may not set you
free but you won't be able to say that you didn't know.
- "The U.S. media’s approach to Russia is now virtually 100 percent propaganda, to even suggest that there is another side to the story makes you a ‘Putin apologist’ or ‘Kremlin stooge.”
- "There’s no reason why the American and the Russian people should be hostile to each other. There’s a history of friendship and working together."
- "One of the tragedies is that we can no longer trust our military, our intelligence services, our politicians. They will manufacture whatever narrative they need to justify an action that they deem to be politically expedient."
specializing in intelligence
- "I just had the greatest brainwashing anybody can get" from U.S. generals and diplomats.
the war in Vietnam.
- "There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself.”
- "Today the path to total dictatorship in the U.S. can be laid by strictly legal means… We have a well-organized political-action group in this country, determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a one-party state… It operates secretly, silently, continuously to transform our Government… This ruthless power-seeking elite is a disease of our century… This group…is answerable neither to the President, the Congress, nor the courts. It is practically irremovable.”
- "We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed."
- "As difficult as it was for me, I’ve come to an inescapable and profoundly disturbing conclusion. I believe that an elite group of people and the corporations they run have gained control over not just our energy, food supply, education, and healthcare, but over virtually every aspect of our lives; and they do it by controlling the world of finance. Not by creating more value, but by actually controlling the source of money.”
- "Democracy
is
popular because of the illusion of choice and participation it provides, but when you live in a society in which most people’s knowledge of the world extends as far as sports, sitcoms, reality shows, and celebrity gossip, democracy becomes a very dangerous idea. Until people are properly educated and informed, instead of indoctrinated to be ignorant mindless consumers. Democracy is nothing more than a clever tool used by the ruling class to subjugate the rest of of us.”
- "Being patriotic doesn’t mean simply agreeing with your government. Supporting your government, attempting to defend their values, doesn’t mean simply saying yes, okay, whatever you say. In fact, I would argue that being willing to disagree, particularly in a risky manner, is actually what we need more of today. When we have this incredible, often fact-free environment, where politicians can simply make a claim and then it’s reported, without actual critical analysis of what that means or what that effect would be, how do we actually steer democracy, how do we actually guide the boat. But if we have facts, and if we have people who have actually worked with these capabilities who are also participating in their democracy, maybe we can do a little bit better here."
* Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined
thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a
fair-minded way. People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, empathically. They are keenly aware of the inherently flawed nature of human thinking when left unchecked. They strive to diminish the power of their egocentric and sociocentric tendencies. They use the intellectual tools that critical thinking offers –
concepts and principles that enable them to analyze, assess, and improve
thinking. They work diligently to develop
the intellectual virtues of intellectual integrity, intellectual
humility, intellectual civility, intellectual empathy, intellectual
sense of justice and confidence in reason. They realize that no matter how skilled they are as thinkers, they can
always improve their reasoning abilities and they will at times fall
prey to mistakes in reasoning, human irrationality, prejudices, biases,
distortions, uncritically accepted social rules and taboos,
self-interest, and vested interest. They strive to improve the world in whatever ways they can and contribute to a more rational, civilized society while at the same time they recognize the complexities often inherent in doing so.
They avoid thinking simplistically about complicated issues and strive
to appropriately consider the rights and needs of relevant others. They recognize the complexities in developing as thinkers, and commit
themselves to life-long practice toward self-improvement. They embody the Socratic principle: The unexamined life is not worth living , because they realize that many unexamined lives together result in a chaotic dangerous world.
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