Evegreen terrace – SATIRE is dead and why the dystopia is here and now

Many things are whirling in my mind at the moment. I can sense some relief at least that the Qatar ultimatum has not ended in a shooting show off perhaps because the Iranians, Turks and Russian have voiced their concern and are betting the Saudis chicken out. However, the future looks bleak for satirist, who all of sudden, yet not surprisingly have found out that what was called the news has been promoted or relegated into satire class. Some of this news can be whisked away as bad journalism and ludicrous opinions. But lately things, all things Trump in particular, have really made news consumers uncomfortable since the abundance of fake news is making the narratives crumble and resurrect the next day.

Social media mix – the abyss goes both ways

I can only blame at this point the social media and its savvy users who have successfully inserted their own narrative into the mix. This trend has lead to a mass confusion: the news have become the laughing stock and deservedly so. The business got used to lowering standards and were suddenly challenged by former disgruntled peers or lay persons who took to themselves to set the record straight.

Yet again we see, to prove my point, that the media has been unequivocally biased in UK against leftist Corbyn. Like we saw in US with Trump, the pompous establishment made a fool out of itself. May is in dismay and this does not bode well for the country which seems to be willing to open all the floodgates to suppress dissent, monitor all and everything online and quietly support our Western allies later turned out to be extremist terrorists. No govt will change that, that deeper layer of power structure. In US, we see a similar power struggle and no wonder we see senile senator McCain act confused in the Comey hearing. By the looks of it, unfortunately, I feel like I've entered a parallel universe when it came to see what local papers here in Finland wrote about the hearing. There was a striking difference. Trump was lying; therefore Comey was telling the truth. That seemed to be the main issue, even though local coverage had to admit that the Russiagate was going nowhere after Comey lackluster testimony. I feel this charade ended up netting many own goals forcing NYT to retract Russia articles.

The Russia did meme is still being widely used and will remain as a throwback to this moment in time. CNN, with a particularly awful track record, is indeed one of the main cited sources by the local press and it shows. We could use a critical eye. Alas it's not going to happen any time soon.

But the Kafkaesque trip is only beginning. I've been following Canada's regression and financial calamity for a while. Bill C-16 is the shot heard around the world. I've also invested some time to listening Joe Rogan's interview of Bret Weinstein and the disintegration of Evergreen State Collage. Then there's the case of Reality Winner and the odd negligence by the part of the NSA giving her security clearance. Internet really tore a new one for Kurt Eichenwald because of his tweeting slip up. CNN has canned two hosts who were 'threatening' the president. Sounds like nightmare PR even though these outbursts might the last moments for the channel in the limelight.

The Weinstein interview was very interesting. At this point, peer reviewed science has become another laughing stock. What is more alarming, is that, according to Weinstein and other authorities in this scene, many post-modernists advocate for denouncing the scientific method and deduction as tools of patriarchy or white supremacy. Indeed, logic and facts are bigoted. This is beyond insane. This leads to ludicrous "scientific" opinion pieces.

While we are distracted...  

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All of these highlights are mere side attractions and the big wheels behind the scenes grind. The markets are kept up but for how long. Fake growth won't be helping us anymore. This trend has been going on for some time ever since 2008 financial crisis. The Dutch deep state insider Ronald Bernard heeds warning: debt is death.

Living in a dystopia feels fuzzy and warm. However, with the fear of sudden terror attacks, taking a stroll on a busy city street might be the last thing you want to do. We are comfortably numb until the next shoe drops or the grim reaper thins the herd close to us.

With all the inter-connectivity in real life thanks to cyber technology, it is not unthinkable that a far away event snowballs into a big problem on the other side of the globe. A real butterfly effect yet the trigger is not so innocent after all.

Collectivism rearing its ugly head as Saudi Arabia threatens to invade Qatar

Oh boy, what a shot! The other day I was listening to Activist Post contributor Vin Armani's show on Periscope and he had on his show the most interesting guest G. Edward Griffin who is well known for his historical documentation on the birth of onerous central banking entity Federal Reserve - The Creature From Jekyll Island. According to Griffin, instead of focusing on different groups or collectives, we should prop up and support individualism and free inalienable human rights aka the Natural law presented by the likes of Mark Passio. Griffin is indeed part of the older guard of pioneering intellectuals who promote anti-globalization and totalitarianism. Even though these days he is not as prominent as he used to be on the scene, Griffin makes something appearances in video interview and alt-media documentaries. Here is he on James Corbett's YouTube channel dismantling alt media lore on JFK.

However, framing the whole political dichotomy as a battle between the individual rights and collectivist rights is a difficult task for various reasons. First of all, few people know about the concept of collectivism in the first place. Secondly, people think they what individualism means, but in this context it's not about consumerism. It is more or less about depicting a structure of society one could call as anarchism or volunteerism where as some would call it the ultimate free market capitalism for all social interaction based on consent. This would inevitably throw a monkey wrench in the discussion, since there is a lot room for misunderstanding. For some individuals, it seems that anarchy and free markets don't mix, at least not inside their cramped minds. Unfortunately, for many, anarchists seem to equate with Antifa hooligans and rabble. That is the sorry state or the frame from which the fruitful discussion should begin.

The political left and right, liberal and conservative are mere distractions in this fight. My group versus your group. That is how the primitive mind likes us to associate. Therefore, we must stay cautious and be weary not fool yourselves into the numerous ideological and cognitive pitfalls in our path.

Democracies are for the most part collectivist states. Statists see people's right deriving from the state entity itself and therefore it can take away or grant privilege to certain parties. This is the way many countries around the world work even though they pledge to protect the UN human rights. Individualists see human rights as a priori in nature or god given rights, yet there is obviously some room for interpretation. The Natural Law principles as depicted in many works such as the Bible would include the inverted golden rule: Don't do to others what you wouldn't want to be done unto you and so forth. This is depicted in libertarian thinking as well for instance in the non-aggression principle. However, one must not be fooled by labels and titles, since many people calling themselves libertarian are nothing but opportunists. The collectivist thinking likes to label people and treat them as members of the group. Whereas this is very much understandable is does not compute to imbue these group traits or profiles onto individuals and give them moral value. Saying things like men are bad because they are men, or whites are racist because of white privilege is just straightforward stupid. Gross generalization always leads us astray.

It is more or less about the philosophical constitution of a society that the question of individualism versus collectivism touches. We have come to think ourselves as members of certain groups and in group members do get preferential treatment. This is of course natural when we think about our tribal ancestry. Calls for more segregation are a throwback towards a more primitive society.

Saudis eyeing military intervention to thwart Qatar 

I can think many reasons why. The terrorism reason is a bogus one in the sense that other Gulf states sponsor Sunni terror as well. Maybe the levity towards Iran is the main reason. However this move might have other motives behind it. For instance, bullying Qatar and a brief military confrontation would inevitably raise oil and gas prices. In the long run, Saudis think they might be able to extort Qatar to relinquish any positive plans towards Shi'a Iran.

It is either us or the terrorists. Your favorite collectivist choice. 

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-06/saudi-arabia-gives-qatar-24-hour-ultimatum-analysts-warn-military-confrontation

Saudi Arabia could also conquer the nation and annex their natural resources, although it goes without saying that this plan would be extremely high risk and could endanger the West's support to the cruel regime. In that sense, I think the Saudi can afford to go morally broke because it's not like they care to get their hands dirty as long as oil revenue is secured. Nevertheless, a military conflict would risk global economy and a risk of contagion to neighboring regions. I can already see pivot towards Iran.

Qatar 2022 World Cup host duty on the line

Now it seems, according to CNN, that Russian hackers are to blame. MSM is going for broke. Let no crisis go to waste. CNN's track record after London Bridge fabrication is not improving at all.

CNN: Russian false story behind Qatar crisis! Are Russians also behind the fake Omran story & thousands of fake Syria stories as well?! pic.twitter.com/dLCGiA0Ndr

— Fares Shehabi (@ShehabiFares) 7. kesäkuuta 2017

One academician told the local news here that Saudis want Qatar to choose between them and Iran. I can see that this is indeed the case. It will be difficult though to put terror genie in the bottle and for this reason I expect that Saudi et al have to make a decisive and symbolic move to cut one head of this Hydra as a litmus test to prove they are serious about quelling terrorism.

http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/06/the-saudis-demand-total-surrender-but-qatar-may-not-fold.html#more

If Brazil was a miss, Russia and Qatar might be even worse

        
This will also be seen as a litmus test for the markets. I'm anticipating a noticeable reaction. This could, if escalated, prevent the Fed from making the anticipated June rate hike. Companies investing in Qatar might take a hit if the 2022 World Cup is relocated. I wonder what will happen to FIFA bribes. The future looks uncertain.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-whats-going-on-with-qatar/5593642?platform=hootsuite