WTC building 7 just really got me started, and I think it would for most people, but few revisit the idea. Realizing that if that building was a controlled demolition, which takes weeks/months of planning and preparation, then the whole thing had to be orchestrated because why would you just have some building set with explosives sitting around for the off chance for something to happen nearby and then blame it on. But then why would they film it, because it was so obviously a demolition? Was it all just to continuously confuse the public? I don't know how many chess moves ahead they are and that's the terrifying part.
Me too, WTC 7 was the straw that broke the camel's back.
I think they really didn't think anyone would question it, and the "interweb" was still in it's infancy.
Secondly, I think that they figured by the time anyone does figure it out, it wouldn't matter much and they are correct to a degree. Most people still don't question.
But it's changing isn't it?
Everything happening today is a reflection of that change.
But they still don't give a shit. Now, they must figure they're untouchable.
Like 91 Billion dollars overseas untouchable.
They're running to the cliff. I say we get 'em a taxi.
Great post! This is a conundrum I myself have struggled with quite a bit since we seemingly entered 'the upside down'. It really has come to the point where so much gaslighting and outright lying has been perpetrated by not only corporate media, but bad actors in the independent space as well. I think your best defence is to sample from a wide variety of sources and use your intuition. Generally when there is a variety of viewpoints on an issue the truth lies somewhere in the middle; not always, but often enough. It really comes down to doing your homework, digging deep and developing a keen instinct for sniffing out misdirection and obfuscations.
I find now even when someone is having a laugh and just says some crazy shit for giggles it doesn't even surprise me anymore. Like if someone says something like, "Ya know the blue in the sky is actually caused by particles of a particular blue emulsion that was used up to the 60's that just never came down, but now it's fading as we no longer use it and it's becoming translucent with age!" I be like,
-'Wow, well given the last four years, seems plausible enough, so what colour was the sky before?'
- 'Blue as well.'
-'Oh.'
I'm joking of course, but I just don't take in a lot of this stuff in, or, on board like I used to one time. There's things I care about but they're generally issues or instances that are local, immediate, verifiable, ya know? I reckon if everyone concentrated on putting the spotlight on the corruption and the insane psychotic assholes in their immediate area, village, town and/or city and country, we'd put paid to much of the bullshit very quickly, and that is what is actually happening worldwide at the moment, because most people have had enough of it in my view, and it's only going to get exponentially worse for these pathologically chronic liars as time goes on and more and more people attempt to redress the imbalance. But of course, it'll all be for naught if we don't first look at ourselves, but as always, time will tell. Cheers Christopher. Cool article.
The CIA and Military Complex are taking us down. Found out on Tucker with Rogan that CIA killed Kennedy. My dad told me that on the day in 1963. The CIA set up everything against Nixon. He was innocent— and they chose Gerald Ford to be president. He was on the Warren Commission, and said not to interview Jack Ruby. Then they shot Jack Ruby .. serious stuff with the CIA. I think they have outgrown themselves, and are now ruling the world beside the Cabal. Of course Satan uses each one of them. They are his tools of Evil….
Now Hamas has moved into America. It would be smart for each person to read this:
2 Chronicles 7:14. Now do what it says fast..
Looks like our days numbered may be getting shorter. Our country has turned away from our creator, Almighty God.
Makes you think about why they are called institutions. It’s another word that gives the veil of authority so it goes with the whole authoritarian complex. I heard someone say if you’re committed to an institution you should be committed to an institution.
You certainly stir the pot so very well, Christopher! I salute you in doing this. I fully trust no human being, especially at my Elder age. I consider evidence, I look at behavior, I look at results. I will check out this gentleman's music. Thank you for keeping on the cutting edge, Christopher, a great value to me. Blessings to you and yours, WEW
"Well, you should be! Andrew, Coleman and Phisto are very skilled at "sharp". I used to be in the fray more in my youth but have to "pick my battles now, on a fixed income and being 71, etc. I work my psyche in a different manner. Also, I have not forgotten "Freedom Friday" songs, I still have a handful rattling around and eventually I will figure our how to get a visual up on my page. One thing at a time, I do not go as fast as I did in my twenties. Enjoy your Friday! WEW
If I hear it on mainstream or corporate media as I prefer to call it, I know there is a reason and I’m always betting it’s not a good one - not good for us that is, us decent, ordinary Men and Women or Mother Earth.
It seems to me that the archetypal wound of betrayal just had an intense upgrade and that will force people to learn how to trust their inner guidance system rather than look outside of it.
Thanks for reminding me about Eratosthenes. I could remember the story around the discovery but not the name of the person.
Conspiracy Music Guru is awesome! Yeah, a lot of people who believe conspiracies just believe them without looking into the deeper layers, it becomes another layer of awareness cloaked as awakening but without the inner excavation needed to move into that intuitive gnosis....while still knowing what one can't know, only entertain theoretically and/or from a state of curiosity and questioning, as you noted.
Also — No judgement on what people believe! The obsession with what other people believe is a human pathology. So long as their beliefs do not translate into physical force against others, I don’t care, and I don’t think anyone else should care either. Because caring ends up translating into physically forcing!
Well said. I say this often about many of the new outlandish theories people embrace without hesitation. We’re in a collective existential crisis, a world where all our trusted institutions are disintegrating. As the old paradigm dissolves beneath our feet, people will grasp at anything and everything to feel any sense of safety. The changes that are occurring are deeply disorienting. It’s now more than ever that we need a strong inner, spiritual foundation in order to traverse the unknown on levels we’ve never experienced before. We’re in a collective death and rebirth process. The collective disorientation in the midst of that is only going to intensify over the next decade.
As Demi Pietchell (Starfire Codes) was recently saying, belief in something crazy, or something with which I disagree, is not disqualifying of all the person’s other thoughts, views, or opinions. But I do take note. And if I were in the market for, say, a wife, I would certainly factor in something like flat-eartherism into my decision-making process.
Just a thought…as the “world” both got bigger (population) and smaller (technology) at the same time and speed the information overload became too much and we defaulted to a mental fetal position, got lazy (and fearful), and quite wrongly assumed that the largest institutions (corporations and (ugh!) government) were able to sort it all out for our benefit. How is that working out? Although I believe in some sort of form of voting and representation there is too much “free” (tax) money at stake to push “the best” people into the wheelhouse. The advertising gurus have aligned with the politicians and we vote on such non-sequiturs as “likeability,” positions on fringe issues revolving around race and sexuality, etc., things that should not be political provence in most cases. And now, with alleged victimization in full swing and the legal system being used as a revenge tool…phew…it’s no wonder we are “here.” No party should have power for more than a single term. It will be disruptive, but all the cards will be on the table for everyone to see. Just sayin’
I just got finished reading a book by H.L Mencken written in 1926. None of this stuff is new. Corruption and decay are built into all democracies and republics from the start. And then it just gets worse over time.
We have long believed that it was a good system that simply got corrupted. I no longer believe that.
Great post Mr. Cook, but also perhaps we aren’t the only ones that lost trust in the institutions. The institutions are losing their faith in their hold over us and will grasp any theory that keeps them in power. I’m hopeful that we can end the cycle.
I recently wrote a post that claims conspiracy theorists are the only real scientists, according to the definition of science:
https://chrisrivet.substack.com/p/steam-rolled
WTC building 7 just really got me started, and I think it would for most people, but few revisit the idea. Realizing that if that building was a controlled demolition, which takes weeks/months of planning and preparation, then the whole thing had to be orchestrated because why would you just have some building set with explosives sitting around for the off chance for something to happen nearby and then blame it on. But then why would they film it, because it was so obviously a demolition? Was it all just to continuously confuse the public? I don't know how many chess moves ahead they are and that's the terrifying part.
Me too, WTC 7 was the straw that broke the camel's back.
I think they really didn't think anyone would question it, and the "interweb" was still in it's infancy.
Secondly, I think that they figured by the time anyone does figure it out, it wouldn't matter much and they are correct to a degree. Most people still don't question.
But it's changing isn't it?
Everything happening today is a reflection of that change.
But they still don't give a shit. Now, they must figure they're untouchable.
Like 91 Billion dollars overseas untouchable.
They're running to the cliff. I say we get 'em a taxi.
Great post! This is a conundrum I myself have struggled with quite a bit since we seemingly entered 'the upside down'. It really has come to the point where so much gaslighting and outright lying has been perpetrated by not only corporate media, but bad actors in the independent space as well. I think your best defence is to sample from a wide variety of sources and use your intuition. Generally when there is a variety of viewpoints on an issue the truth lies somewhere in the middle; not always, but often enough. It really comes down to doing your homework, digging deep and developing a keen instinct for sniffing out misdirection and obfuscations.
I think that is a very sensible approach!
I find now even when someone is having a laugh and just says some crazy shit for giggles it doesn't even surprise me anymore. Like if someone says something like, "Ya know the blue in the sky is actually caused by particles of a particular blue emulsion that was used up to the 60's that just never came down, but now it's fading as we no longer use it and it's becoming translucent with age!" I be like,
-'Wow, well given the last four years, seems plausible enough, so what colour was the sky before?'
- 'Blue as well.'
-'Oh.'
I'm joking of course, but I just don't take in a lot of this stuff in, or, on board like I used to one time. There's things I care about but they're generally issues or instances that are local, immediate, verifiable, ya know? I reckon if everyone concentrated on putting the spotlight on the corruption and the insane psychotic assholes in their immediate area, village, town and/or city and country, we'd put paid to much of the bullshit very quickly, and that is what is actually happening worldwide at the moment, because most people have had enough of it in my view, and it's only going to get exponentially worse for these pathologically chronic liars as time goes on and more and more people attempt to redress the imbalance. But of course, it'll all be for naught if we don't first look at ourselves, but as always, time will tell. Cheers Christopher. Cool article.
All very well said!
Blue emulsion LOL
😂😂
https://substack.com/@stevenberger/note/c-55256247?r=1nm0v2
Meddling in other humans’ affairs is vile!
Cynthia Chung has written extensively on the subject:
https://cynthiachung.substack.com/p/gaslighting-the-psychology-of-shaping-921
The CIA and Military Complex are taking us down. Found out on Tucker with Rogan that CIA killed Kennedy. My dad told me that on the day in 1963. The CIA set up everything against Nixon. He was innocent— and they chose Gerald Ford to be president. He was on the Warren Commission, and said not to interview Jack Ruby. Then they shot Jack Ruby .. serious stuff with the CIA. I think they have outgrown themselves, and are now ruling the world beside the Cabal. Of course Satan uses each one of them. They are his tools of Evil….
Now Hamas has moved into America. It would be smart for each person to read this:
2 Chronicles 7:14. Now do what it says fast..
Looks like our days numbered may be getting shorter. Our country has turned away from our creator, Almighty God.
It is time to build our own world.
Makes you think about why they are called institutions. It’s another word that gives the veil of authority so it goes with the whole authoritarian complex. I heard someone say if you’re committed to an institution you should be committed to an institution.
Hah—great expression!
You certainly stir the pot so very well, Christopher! I salute you in doing this. I fully trust no human being, especially at my Elder age. I consider evidence, I look at behavior, I look at results. I will check out this gentleman's music. Thank you for keeping on the cutting edge, Christopher, a great value to me. Blessings to you and yours, WEW
Thank you for helping to keep me sharp!
"Sharp", huh...you are an expert at droll, just like Andrew (Dad Explains) and Coleman and Phisto. Happy to help!!
I am pleased to be in such company!
"Well, you should be! Andrew, Coleman and Phisto are very skilled at "sharp". I used to be in the fray more in my youth but have to "pick my battles now, on a fixed income and being 71, etc. I work my psyche in a different manner. Also, I have not forgotten "Freedom Friday" songs, I still have a handful rattling around and eventually I will figure our how to get a visual up on my page. One thing at a time, I do not go as fast as I did in my twenties. Enjoy your Friday! WEW
We all fight the battle in different ways!
If I hear it on mainstream or corporate media as I prefer to call it, I know there is a reason and I’m always betting it’s not a good one - not good for us that is, us decent, ordinary Men and Women or Mother Earth.
Mainstream media is known to tell lots of lies🤪
This is the sensible way to go!
It seems to me that the archetypal wound of betrayal just had an intense upgrade and that will force people to learn how to trust their inner guidance system rather than look outside of it.
Thanks for reminding me about Eratosthenes. I could remember the story around the discovery but not the name of the person.
I remember learning about it from Carl Sagan, but then I forgot about it for years. Then I saw a video short that reminded me!
That’s the nub of it isn’t it. The ‘inner guidance system’, that we have one and it is the thing we can trust.
Yup.
James Lindsay's recent interview with Joe Rogan is worth watching. Lots of angles on conspiracy theory are pushed around.
Absolutely. James Lindsey is a gift, I never miss a talk from his New Discourses channel, talk about going deep into the weeds on issues.
Agreed. And I found important insights in his co-author Helen Pluckrose's lecture on the evolution of postmodernism.
Tucker Carlson interview with Joe Rogan explains a lot. Believe
Conspiracy Music Guru is awesome! Yeah, a lot of people who believe conspiracies just believe them without looking into the deeper layers, it becomes another layer of awareness cloaked as awakening but without the inner excavation needed to move into that intuitive gnosis....while still knowing what one can't know, only entertain theoretically and/or from a state of curiosity and questioning, as you noted.
Yes, curiosity and an open mind.
Also — No judgement on what people believe! The obsession with what other people believe is a human pathology. So long as their beliefs do not translate into physical force against others, I don’t care, and I don’t think anyone else should care either. Because caring ends up translating into physically forcing!
Agreed and that is what we witnessed the past 4 years with the trying to force people to mask, etc....each should be free to make their own choices.
Leaving people free to make their own choices. Imagine that.
Well said. I say this often about many of the new outlandish theories people embrace without hesitation. We’re in a collective existential crisis, a world where all our trusted institutions are disintegrating. As the old paradigm dissolves beneath our feet, people will grasp at anything and everything to feel any sense of safety. The changes that are occurring are deeply disorienting. It’s now more than ever that we need a strong inner, spiritual foundation in order to traverse the unknown on levels we’ve never experienced before. We’re in a collective death and rebirth process. The collective disorientation in the midst of that is only going to intensify over the next decade.
Well said yourself. I personally intend to resist the disorientation!
the musician has a guitar with "Flat Earth" on the neck.
. . . oh well . . .
As Demi Pietchell (Starfire Codes) was recently saying, belief in something crazy, or something with which I disagree, is not disqualifying of all the person’s other thoughts, views, or opinions. But I do take note. And if I were in the market for, say, a wife, I would certainly factor in something like flat-eartherism into my decision-making process.
Ya, some people actually believe that a virgin had a baby . . . .
the earth is NOT flat!
No it certainly is not.
Just a thought…as the “world” both got bigger (population) and smaller (technology) at the same time and speed the information overload became too much and we defaulted to a mental fetal position, got lazy (and fearful), and quite wrongly assumed that the largest institutions (corporations and (ugh!) government) were able to sort it all out for our benefit. How is that working out? Although I believe in some sort of form of voting and representation there is too much “free” (tax) money at stake to push “the best” people into the wheelhouse. The advertising gurus have aligned with the politicians and we vote on such non-sequiturs as “likeability,” positions on fringe issues revolving around race and sexuality, etc., things that should not be political provence in most cases. And now, with alleged victimization in full swing and the legal system being used as a revenge tool…phew…it’s no wonder we are “here.” No party should have power for more than a single term. It will be disruptive, but all the cards will be on the table for everyone to see. Just sayin’
I just got finished reading a book by H.L Mencken written in 1926. None of this stuff is new. Corruption and decay are built into all democracies and republics from the start. And then it just gets worse over time.
We have long believed that it was a good system that simply got corrupted. I no longer believe that.
Great post Mr. Cook, but also perhaps we aren’t the only ones that lost trust in the institutions. The institutions are losing their faith in their hold over us and will grasp any theory that keeps them in power. I’m hopeful that we can end the cycle.
Excellent point, Mr. Scott!