CALLING OUT PROPAGANDA No.1
This is the start of what will be a long thread
We are all manipulated by propaganda and this fact is central to how our world operates
Being smart and well educated is no defence to manipulation by propaganda. Every single one of us is affected
I want to help people combat propaganda for themselves and to understand how it works on other people
Each day I will point out an example (current or otherwise) and explain how it works
Some people will strongly object to some of what I say. That is inevitable
JD Vance isn’t this stupid, so what he’s doing here is deliberate and evil.
You don’t just need “some kind of warrant” to enter a home. You need a warrant from the judiciary.
He knows this. He knows they’re breaking the law when they enter a home with an administrative warrant.
He uses the phrase “administrative law judges” to mislead.
An administrative warrant comes from DHS. They are writing their own “warrants,” which makes them no more valid under the Fourth Amendment than if a random person wrote on a piece of paper, “I can enter your house.”
@LukeGromen@jondpratt 2x nominal or real?
And how exactly is it fraudulent to pay mandatory SS/SE taxes for 40 years and then expect to get it back in old age?
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Free speech platform. Sure.
@RudyHavenstein@profplum99 👏 👏 👏 🙏 @profplum99
Brilliant. What a huge help to all of us trying to understand the evolving nightmare of a political economy we now live in. The more I learn, the more I realize how many policy crimes are math crimes.
@mtaibbi Either you have not read the work of @sarahkendzior or you don’t believe her. I don’t know which would be more disappointing.
Most of these “revelations” have been a matter of public record if you wanted to dig into it. You know, like an independent journalist.
@NJHagens More nonsense from the minds of people whose entire lives have been spent in academia and think tanks. Zero experience with the unimaginable biophysical realities of nuclear war. Thelma and Louise understood and accepted the risks they took. These two are unqualified to do so.
@EvanWritesOnX Just rewatched “The Big Short,” about a much bigger and more serious attempt by pissed off autists to expose a corrupt system. A few won big $ and many were wrecked, but the ultimate result was reinforcement of status-quo power.