How You Are Manipulated and Used

This post is not going to be me summarizing everything, it is about providing you with links to understand things; but, they require your time, effort and analysis. Ask me any question you want about these links in your comments and I will answer.

The first link is to an analysis of a book by a man named Edward Bernays, he was the nephew of Sigmund Freud the man who created Psychology as a science. Mr.Bernays contribution to the world was that he created modern propaganda and then brought those techniques to advertising. As all media is now advertising and propaganda, you can thank him for creating those techniques. If you understand those techniques, you can understand how the world is manipulated to follow an agenda of the "leaders" You can also come to understand why most people find it so hard to break away from their education, socialization and learned biases.

YouTube - Edward Bernays' 'Propaganda' Deconstructed (Full 10 Hour Series).  I only listened to about half of it; but, I have read so much on this guy and for so many years that I was just listening to see if it was a good summary. If you prefer, you can buy the book yourself and read it.

The Pimpernel is disgusted to say that he studied and read about these things as a pre-teen and thereafter. I had an interest in many strange things. It is also why I now write about these things to show how they can be used and are being used against us.

YouTube - Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - (FULL AUDIO BOOK).  This is a must read or must listen to book about how the game of crippling a country is done. I am not 100% sure how much I believe the author did these things; but, I know these things are a tool that are used against us.

YouTube - The American Media Is Corrupt, Biased, and Brainwashing Us: Michael Crichton (1993). Michael Crichton was an author, scientist and all around amazing person. He wrote Jurassic Park and so many other books and movies that have come true that it is hard to list them all. His opinion of where the media was headed (and now is) was spot on.

Manipulating the Electoral College to Fix the Race

I know it seems that I have been discussing politics a lot. If you read the articles you will see that they are really about the economy or the media. I need to point out that I am a social democrat, not a Republican or a Democrat. I openly said that I supported the Occupy Movement at the time. I have said that the Tea Party and Occupy Movement should work together based on nationalism and economics. I spent a couple of years preaching to gay latinos, I have friends that people would never expect me to have being a square white guy. My blog speaks for itself and my words are what they were when I wrote them over the last seven years.

Now, what has brought this up. President Obama (have you noticed that I ALWAYS refer to him as President Obama and not just Obama, I respect the office not the person and not the Bushes or Clintons) stated that Trump (he's not President so he just gets Trump or Mr. Trump)stated that there might be an attempt to fix the election against him. President Obama said that was silly and a conspiracy theory. Well, the problem is that I have posted mainstream media articles for months where they discussed doing just that by rigging the electoral college openly in the press. In fact, I read one this morning and will try to link to it.

The New York Daily News - Here’s how the Electoral College could prevent a Donald Trump presidency, even if he wins the popular vote. 

The Washington Post (this is from March of this year) - The electoral college could still stop Trump, even if he wins the popular vote. 

The Hill - Republican threatens to deny Trump Electoral College vote. 

This whole race has been rigged by both parties, Trump and Sanders both had the rules of their parties used against the voters. Superdelegates for the Democrats, Caucuses where nobody voted for the Republicans. What would Obama say if Trump won the popular vote (that means the vote of citizens) and the electoral college ignored the votes and chose Clinton instead? He would say the process had spoken. Then again, what would the Sanders supporters say, they would say the system is rigged and possibly unite with the Trump people. Better yet, would Clinton say that the rules must be followed and give it to Trump, I doubt it.

When Kennedy won against Nixon it was widely known that the Illinois race had been fixed, more dead people voted for Kennedy in Chicago than at any other time. LOL. Nixon was told to contest the vote; but, he said he would not because it would cause the nation too much harm. You can look that up, it happened. If the electoral college cheats the rules, Trump will have to contest it because that would be a fundamental violation of anything resembling representative democracy.

People Are Saying They Have Had Enough

President Obama and late night pundits are all reading the same talking points and saying that Republicans should say to Trump that they have had enough. The fact is that many Republicans and Democrats are saying they have had enough. They have had enough of a system which is destroying the middle class and opportunities in this country.

The establishment is throwing a hissy fit over Trump and Sanders supporters for not listening to them. This election is not about the candidates, they are merely an expression. This election, in the voters mind, is about seeking real change, not promised change. This election is about whether or not the government is going to work for the interests of the majority of the people or just the donors. That is what the media is not addressing.

Calling Trump a racist (which he is not) or Sanders a communist (which he is not) is not resonating with the voters because what the voters are saying is that the current system is rigged (which it is) and that they have had enough of it. Trump may not win; but, the issues that are driving the voters will not go away, it will only intensify.

Social Security, Pensions and Fewer Workers to Pay Taxes.

The media and the politicians who are owned by the wealthy are all telling us that we can no longer afford social security, welfare, public colleges at low cost or any other public expenditures that benefit the middle class, the working class or the poor. Yet, at the same time we are told that everything is fine and that the nation is actually making more money than it used to. If we used to be able to afford these things when the country had less wealthy than why can't we still afford them?

Here is what is really going on. The truth is that we can afford these things; but, because automation is going to continually reduce the number of workers needed, taxes will have to fall more on the few who are wealthy. We all know that since 2008 all the gains that have been made economically have gone to the top half of the one percent. That income inequality will only increase as we have fewer and fewer jobs.

I have previously written that people need to understand this trend so that we can have a real discussion about these issues. If you are wondering why the wealthy donors who used to support the Republican presidential nominee are turning away from Trump for Clinton or the Libertarian party, it is because they believe that the Clintons and Libertarians will weaken these social programs. Remember, Bill Clinton made major reductions to welfare during his term in office.

Sanders Supporters and the Media.

Bernie Sanders had many supporters and I believe was a sincere man. If anything his problem was that he tried to play a game and didn't understand the rules or how to keep true to his beliefs when confronted with the need to drop out of the race. While I have said that I detest the Clintons and the Bushes, I have never said I disliked Bernie, what I have said is that I am disappointed in him. Since he has supported Hillary, I am not alone in being disappointed. Imagine if Jeb Bush had won the primaries and Trump came out and supported him, how do you think the Trump supporters would have felt. Trump and Sanders both ran on being against the establishment and a rigged system.

One thing I have not done is insult Bernie, Hillary, Bush, Trump or anyone else's supporters. That is the last sign or desperation and is despicable in a democracy. To describe anyone's supporters as all the same is both stupid and stereotyping. I have seen a lot of that this year by the establishment media. I have seen Trumps supporters all be called racist, stupid, joe six pack, women haters and everything else you can think of, oh yeah and Nazis. That last onw bothers me and is an insult to all the people killed by the Nazis. I have seen the same type of stereotyping used against the Sanders supporters by the Democratic establishment. They are accused of being young, stupid, crybabies and disloyal to the Democratic party. People, they are not members of your party or your establishment, that was what this election was all about, the establishment versus the people. At the convention Sarah Silverman called Sander's supporters "ridiculous" for not wanting Hillary Clinton while also wanting them to chant "unity". People don't want unity with people who call them ridiculous. Think about this, Trump never slammed his opponents supporters, not Hillary's and not Bushes.

I watched a number of videos today about the election. Lets see, there are more articles asking whether or not the Russians hacked the DNC's e-mails than discussed the fact that they showed the DNC was actively working to get Hillary elected and undermine Sanders. They wanted to attack Sanders for being an atheist. Wait, please tell me what religion Clinton is. Is she a Baptist, Lutheran or what. She is no Christian. Nobody is voting for Hillary because of her devout Christianity. The fact of the matter is that Hillary is smug, condescending and insincere.

Why has this come up? Well, I have been collecting videos to compare and contrast; but, I cannot post them until after the DNC has closed. It will be a post about media manipulation and propaganda. In preparation of the post, I have been watching all the late night shows. The post will be about how the media treats Hillary and Trump. In the course of watching these videos I found one particularly annoying, smug, condescending and insincere and it is by Seth Meyers. It is an attack on Sanders supporters and you should watch it. He can kiss away lots of his younger audience and rightly so.

YouTube - Hey! A Message to Bernie or Bust Die-Hards.  He begins by saying that the Sanders supporters who booed the head of the DNC that actively worked to help Hillary and hurt Sanders were all white. Wow. He then says that "We don't have time for this", I don't recall him saying that about the Cruz supporters who attempted to steal the election by changing the majority rules at the RNC. He then tells Sanders supporters to "stop crying". He also says, "I don't know what class you ditched to go to those Sanders rallies". What he knows is that the younger people don't trust, like or want Hillary and he proceeds to chastise them and threaten them will Trump taking over as a dictator.

I should also point out that Meyers says about 48% of all Americans are crazy. He then goes on to say that even though the Bernie supporters hate her, they should have the decency to not say it and he says that Bernie is too old and needs to retire. This is his appeal for Democratic unity. He finishes by telling Sanders supporters to be quiet and basically shut up.

Many pundits have said that Trump is the end of the GOP; but, this election will probably be the end of the Democrats. Those young people who are roundly being insulted by the Democrats do not like globalism or the establishment and they are being slapped in the face by the Democratic party.

UPDATE:

You know what is really upsetting me, I didn't know all of it; but, I am mad at Sanders for not standing up for his supporters.

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