We are swimming in lies today about most everything significant…
Managing all the information someone gets, giving them the illusion of freedom, encouraging them to think and say and do one thing, or not think or say or do another and then calling that democracy and freedom is in some ways worse than an open dictatorship. At least with the open dictatorship, you don’t get the mind and will destroying effect.
I am reminded of the Lord of the Rings, and Denethor. Sauron used this very technique when Denethor looked into the Palantir, and what we found in the end was that Denethor was driven mad, became heartless and callous, even to his own son. He was once a good man, who was destroyed from the inside out by being shown only what Sauron wanted him to see, being fed a steady diet of lies.
The same thing with King of Rohan. He had his Grima Wormtongue, it turned him into a powerless repeater of the lies, and an evil actor over his peoples decline.
Always love a Tolkien reference so thank you for that!
I quite agree, the continual mind games and manipulation of narratives past and present is exhausting. Although it may still be arguably better than a public beheading or to disappear in to the arms of the secret police.
Always love a Tolkien reference so thank you for that!
I quite agree, the continual mind games and manipulation of narratives past and present is exhausting. Although it may still be arguably better than a public beheading or to disappear in to the arms of the secret police.
Steve White
9 months ago
We are swimming in lies today about most everything significant…
Managing all the information someone gets, giving them the illusion of freedom, encouraging them to think and say and do one thing, or not think or say or do another and then calling that democracy and freedom is in some ways worse than an open dictatorship. At least with the open dictatorship, you don’t get the mind and will destroying effect.
I am reminded of the Lord of the Rings, and Denethor. Sauron used this very technique when Denethor looked into the Palantir, and what we found in the end was that Denethor was driven mad, became heartless and callous, even to his own son. He was once a good man, who was destroyed from the inside out by being shown only what Sauron wanted him to see, being fed a steady diet of lies.
The same thing with King of Rohan. He had his Grima Wormtongue, it turned him into a powerless repeater of the lies, and an evil actor over his peoples decline.
Last edited 9 months ago by Steve White
AC Harper
9 months ago
If I lived in Uxbridge I might vote for Howling Hope, Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Unless there was an Unofficial Monster Raving Loony Party.
AC Harper
9 months ago
If I lived in Uxbridge I might vote for Howling Hope, Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Unless there was an Unofficial Monster Raving Loony Party.
Richard Abbot
9 months ago
The by-election will be used – not interpreted, but used – to push the pre-agreed media line. It’s all so tiresome. Maybe Curtis Yarvin was right after all.
Remember the need for the by elections was a strategy of Bojo supporters to undermine Sunak. The media didn’t decide there should be by-elections.
Richard Abbot
9 months ago
The by-election will be used – not interpreted, but used – to push the pre-agreed media line. It’s all so tiresome. Maybe Curtis Yarvin was right after all.
Andrew Buckley
9 months ago
I predict the Liberal Democrats will start preparing for Government.
The LibDems are very much like millennials. The original lot not those born in the 2,000s. The ones who believed in the second coming. They’re still waiting.
The LibDems are very much like millennials. The original lot not those born in the 2,000s. The ones who believed in the second coming. They’re still waiting.
Andrew Buckley
9 months ago
I predict the Liberal Democrats will start preparing for Government.
N Satori
9 months ago
It is a pity that Freddie Sayers does not give us the benefit of his inside knowledge of how opinion polls are produced. They have become so ubiquitous and influential that we need to know more about the mechanism behind the latest “revealing new poll” so eagerly accepted by columnists and broadcasters hungry for content and activists in need of approval for their cause.
N Satori
9 months ago
It is a pity that Freddie Sayers does not give us the benefit of his inside knowledge of how opinion polls are produced. They have become so ubiquitous and influential that we need to know more about the mechanism behind the latest “revealing new poll” so eagerly accepted by columnists and broadcasters hungry for content and activists in need of approval for their cause.
We are swimming in lies today about most everything significant…
Managing all the information someone gets, giving them the illusion of freedom, encouraging them to think and say and do one thing, or not think or say or do another and then calling that democracy and freedom is in some ways worse than an open dictatorship. At least with the open dictatorship, you don’t get the mind and will destroying effect.
I am reminded of the Lord of the Rings, and Denethor. Sauron used this very technique when Denethor looked into the Palantir, and what we found in the end was that Denethor was driven mad, became heartless and callous, even to his own son. He was once a good man, who was destroyed from the inside out by being shown only what Sauron wanted him to see, being fed a steady diet of lies.
The same thing with King of Rohan. He had his Grima Wormtongue, it turned him into a powerless repeater of the lies, and an evil actor over his peoples decline.
Always love a Tolkien reference so thank you for that!
I quite agree, the continual mind games and manipulation of narratives past and present is exhausting. Although it may still be arguably better than a public beheading or to disappear in to the arms of the secret police.
Always love a Tolkien reference so thank you for that!
I quite agree, the continual mind games and manipulation of narratives past and present is exhausting. Although it may still be arguably better than a public beheading or to disappear in to the arms of the secret police.
We are swimming in lies today about most everything significant…
Managing all the information someone gets, giving them the illusion of freedom, encouraging them to think and say and do one thing, or not think or say or do another and then calling that democracy and freedom is in some ways worse than an open dictatorship. At least with the open dictatorship, you don’t get the mind and will destroying effect.
I am reminded of the Lord of the Rings, and Denethor. Sauron used this very technique when Denethor looked into the Palantir, and what we found in the end was that Denethor was driven mad, became heartless and callous, even to his own son. He was once a good man, who was destroyed from the inside out by being shown only what Sauron wanted him to see, being fed a steady diet of lies.
The same thing with King of Rohan. He had his Grima Wormtongue, it turned him into a powerless repeater of the lies, and an evil actor over his peoples decline.
If I lived in Uxbridge I might vote for Howling Hope, Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Unless there was an Unofficial Monster Raving Loony Party.
If I lived in Uxbridge I might vote for Howling Hope, Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Unless there was an Unofficial Monster Raving Loony Party.
The by-election will be used – not interpreted, but used – to push the pre-agreed media line. It’s all so tiresome. Maybe Curtis Yarvin was right after all.
Remember the need for the by elections was a strategy of Bojo supporters to undermine Sunak. The media didn’t decide there should be by-elections.
Remember the need for the by elections was a strategy of Bojo supporters to undermine Sunak. The media didn’t decide there should be by-elections.
The by-election will be used – not interpreted, but used – to push the pre-agreed media line. It’s all so tiresome. Maybe Curtis Yarvin was right after all.
I predict the Liberal Democrats will start preparing for Government.
How funny was it that Jo ‘i’m the next PM’ Swinson lost her seat in 2019?
The LibDems are very much like millennials. The original lot not those born in the 2,000s. The ones who believed in the second coming. They’re still waiting.
How funny was it that Jo ‘i’m the next PM’ Swinson lost her seat in 2019?
The LibDems are very much like millennials. The original lot not those born in the 2,000s. The ones who believed in the second coming. They’re still waiting.
I predict the Liberal Democrats will start preparing for Government.
It is a pity that Freddie Sayers does not give us the benefit of his inside knowledge of how opinion polls are produced. They have become so ubiquitous and influential that we need to know more about the mechanism behind the latest “revealing new poll” so eagerly accepted by columnists and broadcasters hungry for content and activists in need of approval for their cause.
It is a pity that Freddie Sayers does not give us the benefit of his inside knowledge of how opinion polls are produced. They have become so ubiquitous and influential that we need to know more about the mechanism behind the latest “revealing new poll” so eagerly accepted by columnists and broadcasters hungry for content and activists in need of approval for their cause.