I think the best description of what it is we're up against, is in the following snippet from CJ Hopkins' latest Substack article.... "Fighting Monsters."
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Let me tell you about the monster.
The monster is legion. It goes by many names. It wears many faces. They change over time. William S. Burroughs called it “The Control Machine.” Some people call it the corporatocracy. I call it global capitalism.
The monster doesn’t care what we call it. It doesn’t care who we are, what our politics are, or which side of what war we think we are on. It doesn’t care what we believe, which religion we profess. It couldn’t care less how we “identify.”
All it cares about is power. All it cares about is control.
It is everywhere, and nowhere. It has no country. No nationality. It doesn’t exist. It is everything, and nothing. It is the non-existent empire occupying the entire planet. It has no external enemies because there is no outside, not anymore. So there is no real war. There are only insurrections, carried out by rebels, traitors, terrorists.
The monster, our non-existent empire, is the first global empire in human history. It is not a group of evil people. It is maintained by people, but they are all interchangeable. It has no headquarters. There is no emperor. There isn’t any “Bastille” to storm. It is a logos. A system. An operating system.
It has no politics, no ideology. Its official ideology is “reality.” Thus it has no political opposition. Who would argue against or oppose “reality”? Lunatics. Extremists. The terminally deranged. And thus there are no dissidents, no opposing political parties. There are only apostates, heretics, blasphemers, sowers of discord, “reality” deniers.
It manufactures “reality.” Whatever “reality” it needs. The War on Terror. The War on Populism. The War on the Virus. The War on the Weather. The War on Hate. The War on Whatever. It doesn’t matter. It is all the same war. The same “Clear-and-Hold” op. The same counterinsurgency. It has been for about 30 years.
If things seem crazy, if you’re wondering what’s happening, that is what’s happening. That is all that is happening. That is all that has been happening since the end of the Cold War.
The empire is eliminating internal resistance, any and all forms of internal resistance. The monster is monsterizing everything and everyone. Transforming societies into markets. It doesn’t have anything else to do. It is erasing values. It is dissolving borders. It is “sensitivity-editing” culture. Synchronizing everything and everyone in conformity to its only value … money. Rendering everything a commodity.
It is the apotheosis of liberal democracy, the part where the monster does away with democracy, with the simulation of democracy, and proclaims itself “democracy.” It is global-capitalist Gleichschaltung.
Reality’s biting hard and the cult's getting jumpy — As we whisper dark and unpleasant truths, they're preparing to break out the Kool-Aid!
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnbotica/p/realitys-biting-hard-and-the-cults?r=tz7cx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I think the best description of what it is we're up against, is in the following snippet from CJ Hopkins' latest Substack article.... "Fighting Monsters."
****
Let me tell you about the monster.
The monster is legion. It goes by many names. It wears many faces. They change over time. William S. Burroughs called it “The Control Machine.” Some people call it the corporatocracy. I call it global capitalism.
The monster doesn’t care what we call it. It doesn’t care who we are, what our politics are, or which side of what war we think we are on. It doesn’t care what we believe, which religion we profess. It couldn’t care less how we “identify.”
All it cares about is power. All it cares about is control.
It is everywhere, and nowhere. It has no country. No nationality. It doesn’t exist. It is everything, and nothing. It is the non-existent empire occupying the entire planet. It has no external enemies because there is no outside, not anymore. So there is no real war. There are only insurrections, carried out by rebels, traitors, terrorists.
The monster, our non-existent empire, is the first global empire in human history. It is not a group of evil people. It is maintained by people, but they are all interchangeable. It has no headquarters. There is no emperor. There isn’t any “Bastille” to storm. It is a logos. A system. An operating system.
It has no politics, no ideology. Its official ideology is “reality.” Thus it has no political opposition. Who would argue against or oppose “reality”? Lunatics. Extremists. The terminally deranged. And thus there are no dissidents, no opposing political parties. There are only apostates, heretics, blasphemers, sowers of discord, “reality” deniers.
It manufactures “reality.” Whatever “reality” it needs. The War on Terror. The War on Populism. The War on the Virus. The War on the Weather. The War on Hate. The War on Whatever. It doesn’t matter. It is all the same war. The same “Clear-and-Hold” op. The same counterinsurgency. It has been for about 30 years.
If things seem crazy, if you’re wondering what’s happening, that is what’s happening. That is all that is happening. That is all that has been happening since the end of the Cold War.
The empire is eliminating internal resistance, any and all forms of internal resistance. The monster is monsterizing everything and everyone. Transforming societies into markets. It doesn’t have anything else to do. It is erasing values. It is dissolving borders. It is “sensitivity-editing” culture. Synchronizing everything and everyone in conformity to its only value … money. Rendering everything a commodity.
It is the apotheosis of liberal democracy, the part where the monster does away with democracy, with the simulation of democracy, and proclaims itself “democracy.” It is global-capitalist Gleichschaltung.
That’s the monster I have been fighting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cjhopkins/p/fighting-monsters?r=tz7cx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
DEAR JOHN
Your thoughts inspired me so I put this together from your words…..
UNSEEN UBIQUITY
In shadows deep, the monster lies,
A shapeless form with countless eyes,
It knows no name, no flag, no creed,
But feeds on power, greed, and need.
It shifts and morphs, a chameleon's guise,
A silent force that blinds our eyes,
To see the truth, to break the spell,
To shatter chains, escape its cell.
It paints the world with shades of fear,
And whispers lies for all to hear,
A puppeteer of unseen strings,
It pulls our fate, controls our wings.
But in the darkness, hope remains,
A spark of light amidst the chains,
For those who dare to stand and fight,
To challenge wrong and seek what's right.
So let us rise, and face the beast,
With courage strong, our hearts released,
For in our unity, we'll find the key,
To break its hold and set us free.
Together, hand in hand, we'll stand,
Against the monster's dark demand,
And build a future, bright and true,
Where freedom reigns and dreams renew.
©️ Susiejoy
Sorry I just realised you didn’t write that it was from CJ HOPKINS.
I apologise.
I like the voice of the singer who opens - reminds me of Kirsty McColl who I loved