The War on Covid Misinformation Is Evolving?
As the Biden administration wages a dangerous economic war against the Russian people and Putin replaces Omicron in the top spot of the what-you-should-fear charts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has loosened its mask guidance to eliminate the need in most areas, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams has terminated the vaccine passport system for the city. The Covid narrative may be changing, but some of the underreported news is chilling. Just like with the war against Covid misinformation, you can bet that a similar government-corporate campaign will occur to prevent the speech of those who are deemed Russian agents (some of us actually have Putin on speed dial, you know, and talk to him every night before bed). However, the news has gotten worse, as the smear campaigns, controlling of the narrative, and corporate censorship have evolved into potentially more dangerous waters.
Glenn Beck’s Blaze Media recently reported that the federal government spent $1 billion dollars to convince viewers of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Newsmax, and “hundreds of local newspapers and TV stations” that the Covid vaccine was “safe and effective” (the constantly echoed propaganda line from the government and corporate media). In addition to purchasing advertisements, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a campaign to get celebrities to spread of the gospel of vaccination through television and social media (maybe that is why the White House was so angry with Nicki Minaj for formulating her own opinion). So, many of those sad, sob stories in the media about people regretting the vaccine and dying of the virus were likely staged or overemphasized for persuasive purposes (this is not to say that the virus was not dangerous for some or did not cause deaths).
After the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued its bulletin and classified anyone who questioned the official Covid narrative as a potential terrorist, it should have become clear to anyone who was paying attention that the federal government was and is waging a war against its citizens and crafting a narrative for what is and is not acceptable speech. Using taxpayer money to influence what people see, censoring information through government-corporate partnerships, and discouraging people from thinking for themselves or believing anything other than what the official narrative suggests are abridgements of free speech and thought. Although it should be clear that politicians and the populace at large care little for the Constitution or First Amendment protections, the government is not permitted to monopolistically create a narrative and punish those who would prefer to protest against it.
However, this is just scratching the surface of what may be to come, pertaining to free speech, privacy, and ability to access services. After declaring a war against misinformation months ago, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ordered Big Tech firms to hand over data from “social networks, search engines, crowdsourced platforms, e-commerce platforms and instant messaging systems” in order to capture details on the information, demographic breakdowns, and how many individuals were impacted by the “misinformation.” This is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, in that people are guaranteed privacy, corporations cannot be compelled or bribed to participate in unwarranted and unspecific searches, and searches cannot be unreasonable (spreading information that the government does not like is not a crime, yet). The Biden administration has not issued a warrant that describes the details of why individuals’ data is being seized, but yet, the government will get away with it, as most Americans focus solely on Ukraine and are not interested in “minor inconveniences,” as is the term that liberal commentators like to call every Covid measure.
Aside from what should be clear unconstitutional violations, does anyone really think that this will end at a Covid database for analysis on unfavorable information, given the history of NSA and FBI surveillance (and other agencies, like the CIA, which is again spying on Americans domestically)? Will this not expand into creating government watch lists for those who are capable of critical thinking outside of the propaganda? We have No-Fly and terrorist watch lists, in which Americans are stripped of their rights outside of due process, so it is not difficult to perceive that special lists would be established for those with certain political views or those making medical choices.
We have also seen some cities implement vaccine passports to deny people access to assemble at places of their choosing (another First and Fourth Amendment violation that was enforced by companies at the order of the government) and the termination of individuals from their jobs for simply making a personal and medical choice over their bodies, and in Canada, the authoritarian Trudeau regime froze the bank accounts of anyone who donated to the Freedom Convoy. If you can be denied access to goods and services and have your personal accounts seized for having political and social opinions contrary to what the government would prefer, there is no end to the tyranny that will unfold. President Biden has even issued an executive order against the decentralized cryptocurrency, in order to regulate something that may challenge the almighty U.S. dollar (we cannot have that, now).
Many Americans erroneously and naively believe that because there are many corporations to transact with and multiple news outlets to get information from, that choice actually exists. However, choice is an illusion, because as has been discussed, corporations work together with the government or accept payments to get in line with the agenda (plus, BlackRock and Vanguard also control most of the Fortune 500 companies, so most goods and services are provided through consolidated efforts). This fascist arrangement will become more evident as time progresses and we march onward towards the Great Reset, and China’s Social Credit System may not remain in the East for long. We already see conservatives and libertarians being shamed and investigated for having divergent views, and politically-motivated witch hunts and surveillance of individuals are becoming a reality. Is there no end in sight for the growing totalitarianism?
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website.
Glenn Beck’s Blaze Media recently reported that the federal government spent $1 billion dollars to convince viewers of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Newsmax, and “hundreds of local newspapers and TV stations” that the Covid vaccine was “safe and effective” (the constantly echoed propaganda line from the government and corporate media). In addition to purchasing advertisements, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a campaign to get celebrities to spread of the gospel of vaccination through television and social media (maybe that is why the White House was so angry with Nicki Minaj for formulating her own opinion). So, many of those sad, sob stories in the media about people regretting the vaccine and dying of the virus were likely staged or overemphasized for persuasive purposes (this is not to say that the virus was not dangerous for some or did not cause deaths).
After the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued its bulletin and classified anyone who questioned the official Covid narrative as a potential terrorist, it should have become clear to anyone who was paying attention that the federal government was and is waging a war against its citizens and crafting a narrative for what is and is not acceptable speech. Using taxpayer money to influence what people see, censoring information through government-corporate partnerships, and discouraging people from thinking for themselves or believing anything other than what the official narrative suggests are abridgements of free speech and thought. Although it should be clear that politicians and the populace at large care little for the Constitution or First Amendment protections, the government is not permitted to monopolistically create a narrative and punish those who would prefer to protest against it.
However, this is just scratching the surface of what may be to come, pertaining to free speech, privacy, and ability to access services. After declaring a war against misinformation months ago, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ordered Big Tech firms to hand over data from “social networks, search engines, crowdsourced platforms, e-commerce platforms and instant messaging systems” in order to capture details on the information, demographic breakdowns, and how many individuals were impacted by the “misinformation.” This is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, in that people are guaranteed privacy, corporations cannot be compelled or bribed to participate in unwarranted and unspecific searches, and searches cannot be unreasonable (spreading information that the government does not like is not a crime, yet). The Biden administration has not issued a warrant that describes the details of why individuals’ data is being seized, but yet, the government will get away with it, as most Americans focus solely on Ukraine and are not interested in “minor inconveniences,” as is the term that liberal commentators like to call every Covid measure.
Aside from what should be clear unconstitutional violations, does anyone really think that this will end at a Covid database for analysis on unfavorable information, given the history of NSA and FBI surveillance (and other agencies, like the CIA, which is again spying on Americans domestically)? Will this not expand into creating government watch lists for those who are capable of critical thinking outside of the propaganda? We have No-Fly and terrorist watch lists, in which Americans are stripped of their rights outside of due process, so it is not difficult to perceive that special lists would be established for those with certain political views or those making medical choices.
We have also seen some cities implement vaccine passports to deny people access to assemble at places of their choosing (another First and Fourth Amendment violation that was enforced by companies at the order of the government) and the termination of individuals from their jobs for simply making a personal and medical choice over their bodies, and in Canada, the authoritarian Trudeau regime froze the bank accounts of anyone who donated to the Freedom Convoy. If you can be denied access to goods and services and have your personal accounts seized for having political and social opinions contrary to what the government would prefer, there is no end to the tyranny that will unfold. President Biden has even issued an executive order against the decentralized cryptocurrency, in order to regulate something that may challenge the almighty U.S. dollar (we cannot have that, now).
Many Americans erroneously and naively believe that because there are many corporations to transact with and multiple news outlets to get information from, that choice actually exists. However, choice is an illusion, because as has been discussed, corporations work together with the government or accept payments to get in line with the agenda (plus, BlackRock and Vanguard also control most of the Fortune 500 companies, so most goods and services are provided through consolidated efforts). This fascist arrangement will become more evident as time progresses and we march onward towards the Great Reset, and China’s Social Credit System may not remain in the East for long. We already see conservatives and libertarians being shamed and investigated for having divergent views, and politically-motivated witch hunts and surveillance of individuals are becoming a reality. Is there no end in sight for the growing totalitarianism?
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website.
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