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This is an excellent substack essay by Barry Brownstein that was linked to from LRC. There is even a narrated video version embellished with pictures for those that don't read words too good. Totalitarianism Begins With Censorship
Principles of what a free society means are being redefined by collectivists. BARRY BROWNSTEIN JUL 26, 2023 War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength — George Orwell, 1984 Quote:The following essay was initially published at the American Institute for Economic Research. First, a brief update. As you will read, medical ethicist Arthur Caplan argued in 2021 that coercing vaccinations is a “liberty inducer.” Recently, Caplan said this about RFK Jr.’s views on vaccines: “I knew he was basically talking out of his rear end.” Caplan’s message was not subtle. He was taking part in an absurd smear to convince voters that they shouldn’t consider RFK Jr.’s ideas. Democratic party censors and their media allies want you to believe RFK, Jr. is ignorant, dangerous, “Real F—ing [K]razy,” antisemitic and racist. He is disgusting; if you support him, you are disgusting. NPR, CNN, the N.Y. Times, and virtually all of the legacy media have given you your marching orders. Get with the program. Don’t listen to RFK, Jr. Quote:In 1943, when Hans and Sophie Scholl handed out flyers at their university in Munich explaining that the war on the eastern front was not going well, they were stating a fact that everyone knew to be true. The Nazis considered this disinformation and executed them.
Over the last 2 years, when Robert Kennedy, Jr. explained that Covid shots were poorly tested, do not stop transmission, and come with horrendous side effects he was stating a fact that everyone knew to be true. The Biden administration considered this disinformation and ordered social media to deplatform him.
—Toby Rogers Toby might be overstating his case; everybody doesn’t know. Many who get their news from NPR and CNN don’t know the facts and don’t want to know. Many are sadly open to the message: Good citizens, don’t consider questions of war and peace, don’t question Biden’s lucidity or corruption, don’t question unsustainable budgets, Big Pharma, the poisoning of our food and land. Good citizens believe what they are told. Quote:What we're seeing today is what I call turnkey totalitarianism. They are putting in place all of these technological mechanisms for control we've never seen before. It's been the ambition of every totalitarian state from the beginning of mankind to control every aspect of behavior, of conduct, of thought, and to obliterate dissent.
—RFK Jr. RFK Jr. is right. The first order of business of totalitarians is censorship, so their anti-freedom program goes unchallenged. And as they censor, they tell you it is for the common good. Quote:A program of widespread censorship is the creation and work of a dictator. By way of censorship, the fledgling dictator not only silences his critics, but also prevents his dictatorial powers, privileges, and activities from being detected and reported. Thus, censorship is the means by which an aspiring dictator becomes a complete dictator.
—JS Leake It’s time to reconsider the totalitarian roots of “experts” and collectivist politicians. More... https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/totalitarianism-begins-with-censorship
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