Ubiquity
Unlike
total political failure, this IS a brand-new phenomenon.
TV and newspapers and radio have been generating fake panics for decades, probably centuries. Until this year I was able to protect my mind from the fake emergencies by avoiding TV and radio and other paid media.
This year the fake emergency is FORCED INTO YOUR EARS AND EYES by nearly all available sources. When you check your bank account or ride the bus or shop for groceries or check the weather radar, EVERY SINGLE SCREEN AND SPEAKER is blaring and screeching Big Brother's grim fake "milestones" and grim MURDEROUS requirements, instructing us to participate in our own kidnapping and murder.
It's exactly like 1984 or North Korea.
I've been
noting and saluting the rare exceptions. Haven't seen any new exceptions lately, but I'll keep watching and noting.
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