
For the first time in my six decades of life, there is an “official truth”.
The various bans from social media are based on allegations of the parties spreading “lies” and “misinformation” and “inciting violence”, but those supposed “lies” and “misinformation” are not lies and misinformation at all, they are only disagreement with the approved, “official truth” as decided by our government. “Inciting violence” is merely defined as questioning the “official truth” (which is not really truth, but a narrative).
Simply questioning election results that just do not make sense is not the same as yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater.
Actually, just demanding to have grievances heard is now equal to insurrection, treason and inciting a coup – which is interesting because we were told prior to the election in November of 2020 that all protests/riots by ANTIFA and BLM were the highest form of patriotism, completely legitimate ways to express disapproval and one CNN spokesmoron even said that such violence is an American tradition, the way the nation began.
The media and the various government officials casually state “there is no evidence” of election fraud and claims otherwise are lies, conspiracy theories, fantasies and false information. Why, the social media “fact checkers” say so, so they must be right.
But is the “official truth” about the election really THE truth?
Given the historical performance of the group telling us it is the truth, there is reason for doubt. These are the people who have created an alternative world of relativity where there are 5,732 genders, black Americans who didn’t vote for them aren’t really black, everything they don’t like is racism and everyone with whom they disagree is literally Hitler (until they are not, look how the Democrats have already rehabilitated Romney now that he agrees with them).
The fact is, we do not know the truth. We do not know because the powers that be refused to look, they refused to even consider the possibility that the grievances of 70 million plus American citizens are valid and worthy of at least an investigation even though those grievances are based on thousands of affidavits, questionable actions caught on video in the counting locations, documented statistical anomalies seen in official election data and overt changes in state election laws, regulations and procedures that certainly appear to violate both state and US constitutions.
“Nothing to see here. Everything was done properly. Shut up and stop tearing down democracy or we will shut you up,” say the very government officials who would have their asses in a sling if there was something wrong. Total trustworthy, just trust them. “These aren’t the ballot droids you are looking for. Move along.”
Yelling “You can’t handle the truth!”, Colonel Jessup style, at 70 million people ain’t gonna do it. Keeping the truth from the people only increases suspicion and fuels extremism as people, rightly or wrongly, fill in the blanks for themselves.
If you have not read Hayek’s “Road to Serfdom”, you should immediately do so – at least look at this link for the cartoon/graphic novel version (from a booklet produced by General Motors and nationally published in “Look” magazine in 1945).
Conventional wisdom says “Road” was a warning against socialism, and it does, but its primary warning goes a bit deeper. It concerns not Soviet-style socialism but rather the fascist form that was then sweeping through Europe. Hayek sought to demonstrate that fascist forms of economic organization were not peculiar to the “German mind” or limited to rarified times and places but rather represent a grave danger to the whole world.
An important excerpt from Hayek’s book is this:
“๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ; ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.”
You might want to stare at that last sentence for a moment before you read this next excerpt. Hayek continues:
“๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐…
๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐. ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐: โ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐.โ
The Democrat Party and their surrogates have been praising collectivism, in general, for decades and heaping praise on communist China, in specific. Just as globalism caused our businesses to adopt the mores of communist countries as they sought to maintain access to those markets, our social media AND the party about to be in total control of our government have also adopted those same mores.
We are in trouble folks, and I do not say that lightly. As I have said in the past, it isn’t that we are ignorant of history, the problem is that we simply choose to ignore it.
We have engaged in intercourse (according to President Dementia), a one night stand with domestic and international communists without a prophylactic, and now we are shocked and surprised America is pregnant.
And as we know, there ain’t no such thing as being “a little bit pregnant”.
Killing this clump of cells, this malignant collectivist tumor, is the only form of elective abortion my conscience would allow.
Did google censor your Hayek quotes? All I see there are question marks…
Not that I can tell. They are on the page here – but I’ll check,
It might be time to add a Parler and MeWe icon link at the end of each article since many of us are leaving the officially approved censorship ministry of Facebook.
A policeman died doing his duty, killed by some yahoo who bashed him in the head with a fire extinguisher. That man, stupid as he was, would not have been at the Capitol trying to break in and interfere with our congressman’s legislative duties, we’re it not for firebrand rebel rousing anti-American jerks like you, Utah. This is on your head as much as anybody else’s, you are a danger to this country, you are a menace to all of us. You disgust me, everybody who reads you and likes you disgust me. Rot in HELL!
You are a moron and a liar. Your sympathies are based on ideology. You sat on your fat ass when cops were killed by BLM radicals in Dallas, when people were killed in Portland and while the livelihoods of innocent people were destroyed in Minneapolis, Portland, Kenosha and Philadelphia. Why? Because you agree with the ideology of the people doing it.
Let’s wait to see the identity of the person wielding the fire extinguisher before we assign responsibility to one side or the other. One of the people arrested was a BLM activist from here in Utah – doubt he was there in support of Trump. We already know that the Capitol police killed an unarmed woman by shooting through a window, so there’s that to consider as well.
Your presence on this forum is a privilege that can be revoked. I can’t believe we once thought you were reasonable enough to be a contributor here.
And I can’t believe that I once thought you were a loyal American, but I was wrong, you support treason and insurrection. Thanks but no thanks for the white privilege of reading your unAmerican garbage. Any condemnation of me by you I will wear as a badge of honor.
You are done here.
I don’t use any “Social” networks.
I made my living working with computers developing software.
My first Windows projects were booting from a single 3.5 inch floppy disk.
I was was consulting with this young guy in Seattle when he moved from one floor to a second floor.
This nascent company was known as Microsoft and was run by this short guy with thick glasses.
Guess who?
I wanted to do with “Big Business” and worked fro the next 40+ years working with small companies
of about 100 people.in rural Virginia.
I never trusted large companies. I never trusted the smoke blown by all the wunderkinds who loved bigger and bigger. I was in hog heaven when email allowed to speak far and wide simple simple as cow flop. I correspond with a few other sites but the Rio Norte is my rock.
I don’t advertise this, but when I was shipped off to New York Military Academy (II was too interested in reading anything but textbooks) I spent two years teaching this remarkable guy named Trump.
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My experiences kept be away from “Social Networks”. No Facebook, no Twitter, no nothing.
Life is easier when one understands that Less is More.
‘Nuff Said.
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