Frank Rittner

Born at the height of the cold war. Haunted by its clandestine shadows. Abducted. Declared fair game. Exploited as lab-rat. Destined to uncover the truth.

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

The science behind mind manipulation tech, its potential, and the abuse risks. Interview with Dr. Nick Begich

[Edward Dowd @DowdEdward]

Well said.

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

Herr Otte, ich vermisse eine differenzierte Analyse des Für und Wider. Die Hauptnutzniesser von Bargeld sind und bleiben jene, die Millionen zu verbergen haben; allen voran Geheimdienste, Drogen(Mafia) und andere kriminelle Vereinigungen. Den kleinen Robin Hood, der ein paar Steuergroschen vor dem Missbrauch durch den Staat retten möchte, träfe die Bargeldabschaffung natürlich auch.
Gäbe es ein einigermassen gerechtes Steuersystem, eine Gesetzgebung, die Verschwendung öffentlicher Mittel konsequent unter Strafe stellt, und einen Rechnungshof mit staatsanwaltschaftlichen Befugnissen, wäre digital-only die wohl fairste, Kriminalität auf allen Ebenen deutlich erschwerende Lösung.

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

Die Hauptnutzniesser von Bargeld sind und bleiben jene, die Millionen zu verbergen haben; allen voran Geheimdienste, Drogen(Mafia) und andere kriminelle Vereinigungen. Den kleinen Robin Hood, der ein paar Steuergroschen vor dem Missbrauch durch den Staat retten möchte, träfe die Bargeldabschaffung natürlich auch.
Gäbe es ein einigermassen gerechtes Steuersystem, eine Gesetzgebung, die Verschwendung öffentlicher Mittel konsequent unter Strafe stellt, und einen Rechnungshof mit staatsanwaltschaftlichen Befugnissen, wäre digital-only die wohl fairste, Kriminalität auf allen Ebenen deutlich erschwerende Lösung. Ich vermisse eine differenzierte Analyse des Für und Wider.

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@aiww Thank you!
Wisdom to be widely acknowledged:
"A Society governed by regulations, yet lacking individual moral judgment, is more dangerous than one with none at all.

A society that values obedience without questioning authority is destined to become corrupt.

A society that admits to error but refuses to reflect on its origins possesses a mind as stubborn and dull as granite.

Here, at a deserted street, people stop dutifully at a red light. Not a car in sight. This, I once thought, is the mark of a highly evolved society.

At the heart of bureaucracy lies a collective endorsement of power’s legitimacy, and therefore, individuals surrender their moral judgment — or perhaps never developed one. They abandon challenge. They relinquish dispute.

When conversation becomes avoidance, when topics must not be mentioned, we are already living under the quiet logic of authoritarianism.

When the majority believe they live in a free society, it is often a sign that the society is not free. Freedom is not a gift; it must be wrestled from the hands of banality and the quiet complicity with power.

When people sense that power is beyond challenge, they redirect their energy into trivial disputes. And those trivialities, collectively, are enough to erode a society’s very foundations of justice.

When public events of great consequence are met with silence from both government and media, the silence itself becomes more terrifying than any atomic bomb.

Facts are acknowledged partially, forgotten deliberately, or swallowed by collective silence.
And so we repeat catastrophe — again and again, in cycles.
When the media becomes a servant of public opinion, or avoids conflict to maintain favor with existing powers, it becomes an accomplice to authority.

What we call lies are not always distortions of fact.

Political leaders make decisions steeped in fallacy and failure. This reflects the broader political condition of a society in which most people have surrendered their awareness and even their basic agency — allowing such leaders to enact their mistakes on their behalf.

When a society uses linguistic difference or cultural misunderstanding as excuses for exclusion, it has crossed into a more insidious form of racism. This is not a political opinion — it is an attitude, a stain in blood, passed down like genes.

Bureaucracy is not merely sluggish. It is a cultural scorn. It rejects the possibility of dialogue. It insists that ignorance, codified into policy, no matter how wrong and inhumane it is, remains the best resistance against social mobility, against moral motion. In such a society, hope is not misplaced. It is extinguished.

In the surrounding atmosphere, one sees not culture, but self-congratulation; not art, but insularity and collective reverence for power. What is missing is sincerity — honesty of emotion and of intention. In such an environment, art that grapples with true human feeling or moral reckoning is nearly impossible to produce.

A place that routinely discards self-awareness and erases individual agency is one that lives under iron walls of authoritarianism.

Source: Hyperallergic: "What I wish I had known about Germany earlier" by AiWeiWei

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

The author is the son and the father of two US Congressmen. The book is a rare act of honest disclosure by an insider who knows exactly what he is talking about. Everything is backed by reliable, quoted sources.

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

The science behind mind manipulation tech, its potential, and the abuse risks. Interview with Dr. Nick Begich

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

I grew up behind the Iron Curtain. That is why I can say with certainty Western deception did NOT end the Cold War.
We were trained to identify subversive activities already in middle school. The unintended side benefit was that we were also enabled to quickly detect and dismantle rampant home-made propaganda. People in the Eastern Bloc generally had a much better understanding of the Machiavellian forces driving domestic and international power struggles.
The Iron Curtain came down most of all because of the economic superiority of the Western system, and less so because of its freedom of speech allure.
I find it distressing that, until today, free speech is systematically being tainted with Cold War-era subversion tools. Lacking political education makes the general public an easy prey.

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@Fidias took inspiration from the old-fashioned Swiss direct democracy and catapulted the "res publica" ideal into the social media age. His second conversation with Jeffrey Sachs takes the mission to turn the image of an EU politician upside down to the next level. The exchange with Jeffrey Sachs @JeffSachsCenter brings invaluable insights to people who normally don't care about politics.

[Fidias Panayiotou @Fidias0]

The Truth About Who REALLY Controls the World - Jeffrey Sachs

In this episode of the Fidias Podcast, Member of the European Parliament Fidias Panayiotou sits down with world-renowned economist and professor Jeffrey Sachs for a deep and eye-opening conversation about global politics, economics, and the future of humanity.

Sachs breaks down how power, education, and economic development have shaped today’s world — from the rise of China and India to the challenges facing Europe and the United States. He also shares candid insights on U.S. foreign policy, the Ukraine war, global inequality, and the urgent need for diplomacy in an age of nuclear danger.

This is a powerful and thought-provoking discussion you don't want to miss!

#nuclearwar #ukrainewar #cia

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@aiww Thank you!
Wisdom to be widely acknowledged:
"A Society governed by regulations, yet lacking individual moral judgment, is more dangerous than one with none at all.

A society that values obedience without questioning authority is destined to become corrupt.

A society that admits to error but refuses to reflect on its origins possesses a mind as stubborn and dull as granite.

Here, at a deserted street, people stop dutifully at a red light. Not a car in sight. This, I once thought, is the mark of a highly evolved society.

At the heart of bureaucracy lies a collective endorsement of power’s legitimacy, and therefore, individuals surrender their moral judgment — or perhaps never developed one. They abandon challenge. They relinquish dispute.

When conversation becomes avoidance, when topics must not be mentioned, we are already living under the quiet logic of authoritarianism.

When the majority believe they live in a free society, it is often a sign that the society is not free. Freedom is not a gift; it must be wrestled from the hands of banality and the quiet complicity with power.

When people sense that power is beyond challenge, they redirect their energy into trivial disputes. And those trivialities, collectively, are enough to erode a society’s very foundations of justice.

When public events of great consequence are met with silence from both government and media, the silence itself becomes more terrifying than any atomic bomb.

Facts are acknowledged partially, forgotten deliberately, or swallowed by collective silence.
And so we repeat catastrophe — again and again, in cycles.
When the media becomes a servant of public opinion, or avoids conflict to maintain favor with existing powers, it becomes an accomplice to authority.

What we call lies are not always distortions of fact.

Political leaders make decisions steeped in fallacy and failure. This reflects the broader political condition of a society in which most people have surrendered their awareness and even their basic agency — allowing such leaders to enact their mistakes on their behalf.

When a society uses linguistic difference or cultural misunderstanding as excuses for exclusion, it has crossed into a more insidious form of racism. This is not a political opinion — it is an attitude, a stain in blood, passed down like genes.

Bureaucracy is not merely sluggish. It is a cultural scorn. It rejects the possibility of dialogue. It insists that ignorance, codified into policy, no matter how wrong and inhumane it is, remains the best resistance against social mobility, against moral motion. In such a society, hope is not misplaced. It is extinguished.

In the surrounding atmosphere, one sees not culture, but self-congratulation; not art, but insularity and collective reverence for power. What is missing is sincerity — honesty of emotion and of intention. In such an environment, art that grapples with true human feeling or moral reckoning is nearly impossible to produce.

A place that routinely discards self-awareness and erases individual agency is one that lives under iron walls of authoritarianism.

Source: Hyperallergic: "What I wish I had known about Germany earlier" by AiWeiWei

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@AiWW Thx! Wisdom to be widely acknowledged: "A society governed by regulations, yet lacking individual moral judgment, is more dangerous than one with none at all.

A society that values obedience without questioning authority is destined to become corrupt.

A society that admits to error but refuses to reflect on its origins possesses a mind as stubborn and dull as granite.

Here, at a deserted street, people stop dutifully at a red light. Not a car in sight. This, I once thought, is the mark of a highly evolved society.

At the heart of bureaucracy lies a collective endorsement of power’s legitimacy, and therefore, individuals surrender their moral judgment — or perhaps never developed one. They abandon challenge. They relinquish dispute.

When conversation becomes avoidance, when topics must not be mentioned, we are already living under the quiet logic of authoritarianism.

When the majority believe they live in a free society, it is often a sign that the society is not free. Freedom is not a gift; it must be wrestled from the hands of banality and the quiet complicity with power.

When people sense that power is beyond challenge, they redirect their energy into trivial disputes. And those trivialities, collectively, are enough to erode a society’s very foundations of justice.

When public events of great consequence are met with silence from both government and media, the silence itself becomes more terrifying than any atomic bomb.

Facts are acknowledged partially, forgotten deliberately, or swallowed by collective silence.
And so we repeat catastrophe — again and again, in cycles.
When the media becomes a servant of public opinion, or avoids conflict to maintain favor with existing powers, it becomes an accomplice to authority.

What we call lies are not always distortions of fact.

Political leaders make decisions steeped in fallacy and failure. This reflects the broader political condition of a society in which most people have surrendered their awareness and even their basic agency — allowing such leaders to enact their mistakes on their behalf.

When a society uses linguistic difference or cultural misunderstanding as excuses for exclusion, it has crossed into a more insidious form of racism. This is not a political opinion — it is an attitude, a stain in blood, passed down like genes.

Bureaucracy is not merely sluggish. It is a cultural scorn. It rejects the possibility of dialogue. It insists that ignorance, codified into policy, no matter how wrong and inhumane it is, remains the best resistance against social mobility, against moral motion. In such a society, hope is not misplaced. It is extinguished.

In the surrounding atmosphere, one sees not culture, but self-congratulation; not art, but insularity and collective reverence for power. What is missing is sincerity — honesty of emotion and of intention. In such an environment, art that grapples with true human feeling or moral reckoning is nearly impossible to produce.

A place that routinely discards self-awareness and erases individual agency is one that lives under iron walls of authoritianism. ..."

Quoted from: https://t.co/PRKZ2h9Vgh

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[艾未未 Ai Weiwei @aiww]

Ai Weiwei und das Zeit-Magazin: Vom bequemen Mainstream, der sich nichts traut https://t.co/vmwp3Lhb3J

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https://t.co/BRCSBDC6eJ

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@SpeakWithDeeDee @grok factcheck

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@elonmusk @libsoftiktok Please pay attention to MK Ultra style child abuse too. It's happening in the middle of Europe to this day. My children are proof beyond doubt. https://t.co/uIw3LNEe84

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@timthoughtleadr ...how about Android?

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@pmigse @MK71GA @grok please translate

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@Scholarship2024 @redpillb0t @grok who killed Barry Jennings?

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@VinceEbert Alles verXst.

[Frank Rittner @NAQ_CH]

@grok @RealScottRitter @grok are you sure? Governments are known to control media and to spread false claims with the view to cover-up their wrongdoing.