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Robyn Chuter's avatar

To me, it all comes back to exercising one's personal responsibility to live a moral life. 'I was just following orders' didn't cut it at Nuremburg, and it doesn't cut it now.

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Hugh Mercer's avatar

Very nice. I really felt this:

"For thinking individuals, this leads to rampant inefficiencies. For example, we have now been exposed to a long, unrefuted, and consistent history of conspiracy facts. Only those most intent on not exercising their critical faculties could refrain from thence turning into a conspiracy theorist. However Bret Weinstein’s thoughts which introduced this paragraph cannot be denied: All of us are receiving terrible data, and building decision trees based on too many ambiguities. Reality will not seem stable again any time soon."

This is why I approach information agnostically. Over the past 15 years I have been down too many ( most likely engineered) rabbit holes to nowhere. At this point what I know is enough to know the oublic narrative is always a demonstrable lie, but what is true is elusive. I have settled on focusing on my family for now, as well as remembering what it is I can and cannot control. (Not to be interpreted as though I am giving up. I am in a regrouping phase per se)

As to 5th generation warfare.. whew. It is nasty business. Rand corps NETWAR still gives me chills, especially knowimg the modus operandi is to say "they" are doing this.. not us. Then they have their proxies do it and then sit back and say see.. we told you they were doing it. National security states create self fulfilling projects.

The initial problem, before any solutions can be considered, is for people to understand they are a party to a war this very moment. It doesn't look or feel like yesterday's wars nor is the battlespace just a physical location. While we do not have to necessarily identify the enemy, which is incredibly difficult to pin down, we at least have to learn how not to become its advocate by default. ( like your example with the pharmaceutical company... an example that hits for me considering I am a Pharmacist)

Again, thanks for the article. Very much enjoy slowly going through your work.

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