Tag Archives: propaganda

Of the erosion of international norms of war and the Western commitment to them

Posted on February 18, 2021 by camelotkidd

For the last five years we’ve been bombarded by story after story of Trump being a secret Russian agent directed personally by Vladimir Putin, while the Russians are portrayed as being particularly villainous. Why, dear reader, do you think that … Continue reading →

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Friends and Family

Posted on February 6, 2021 by camelotkidd

There was a meme a few years back during the Obama administration where liberals were encouraged to relate how they had lost a family member to Fox News propaganda. During the Trump administration the narrative managers flipped the script, with … Continue reading →

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Instagram Insurrection

Posted on January 8, 2021 by camelotkidd

Holy fucking shit! I take a holiday break from blogging and all hell breaks loose. However, the Instagram insurrection can hardly be a surprise to those of us paying attention. With apologies to Gil Scott-Heron, the revolution will be Instagramed. … Continue reading →

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The Consensus

Posted on December 5, 2020 by camelotkidd

Most liberals take their cues from the New York Times, which provides the narrative for the American empire. Indeed, the Gray Lady’s chief role is to enforce accepted US imperial diktats and neoliberal orthodoxy. Oligarchic imperialism is our dominant state … Continue reading →

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Narrative Management

Posted on October 23, 2020 by camelotkidd

The last four years of Russia-gate, the fairy-tale collection of made up connections between Donald Trump and Russia, has been one long process of narrative management. All the “cool kids” (meaning the elite-corporate media stenographers) settled on a narrative that … Continue reading →

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Year of the Comet

Posted on August 28, 2020 by camelotkidd

2020 has been a real bitch, and we still have an election that promises to be the most divisive in history to look forward to. Speaking of which, in my travels I saw exactly one Biden sign but hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Year Zero

Posted on July 31, 2020 by camelotkidd

One of the strangest things about Trump’s election victory is that 2016 became Year Zero. Everything bad with America began at that point and no history is allowed before. This willful blindness has the considerable advantage to our feral elite, … Continue reading →

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State Media

Posted on July 3, 2020 by camelotkidd

Despite the myth about a vaunted Forth Estate that holds power accountable, the press in the US operates with all of the conformity of a state run media, censoring alternative narratives and ensuring that the neoliberal/neoconservative party line is dominant. … Continue reading →

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It Works

Posted on June 26, 2020 by camelotkidd

I was ready to write another post equivocating the two political parties when I saw that John Bolton had released his memoirs, where he claims Trump is a danger to the republic. Well that did it. I’ve been on the … Continue reading →

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Cry Wolf

Posted on May 14, 2020 by camelotkidd

  Our technocratic elite are upset because Americans no longer trust “official news” and are instead relying on conspiracy theories. But whose fucking fault is that? Since the first Gulf War we’ve been fed a steady diet of unadulterated bull-shit … Continue reading →

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