Authoritarian Government and the Creation of “Reality”
Last night, I was thinking back to the early 80’s when I read and listened to the work of Christian author Francis Schaeffer. His book and film series “How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture” was released in 1976. I think I was 19 or 20 years old when I was first exposed to his ideas. At the time, I noted that Schaeffer’s tone was melancholy. A summary is provided here:
“Schaeffer’s central premise is: when we base society on the Bible, on the infinite-personal God who is there and has spoken, this provides an absolute by which we can conduct our lives and by which we can judge society. This leads to what Schaeffer calls “Freedom without chaos.” When we base society on humanism, which he defines as “a value system rooted in the belief that man is his own measure, that man is autonomous, totally independent”, all values are relative and we have no way to distinguish right from wrong except for “synthesis, pragmatism, and utilitarianism.” … Another premise is that modern relative values are based on Personal Peace (the desire to be personally unaffected by the world’s problems) and Affluence (an increasing personal income.) He warns that when we live by these values we will be tempted to sacrifice our freedoms in exchange for an authoritarian government who will provide the relative values. He further warns that this government will not be obvious like the fascist regimes of the 20th century but will be based on manipulation and subtle forms of information control, psychology, and genetics.”
Reflecting on Schaeffer’s insights led me to recall a comment made in 2004 by Karl Rove, George W. Bush’s Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, when chided Pulitzer-winning journalist Ron Suskin. Rove said “Guys like [Suskind] were “in what we call the reality-based community,” which he defined as people who “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.” … “That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” he continued. “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”
This morning, I read Edward Curtin’s recent post “Raskolnikov’s Dream Come True”. The essay begins with: “Life today seems like a dream, doesn’t it? Surreal to the point where everything seems haunted and betwixt and between, or this against that, or that and this against us. Something.”
edwardcurtin.com/raskolnikovs-dream-come-true/
Nowadays, reality is difficult decipher, at least for me. Schaeffer saw what was coming and offered us a warning. We now live in a authoritarian governmental system that maintains control through manipulation and subtle forms of information control, psychology, and genetics. Curtin is right as well–we are living in a manufactured dream.
More COVID Lockdown Impositions and News
Los Angeles is Adopting a new digital vaccine verification app, the next step in the new digital surveillance regime.
Despite overwhelming evidence of vaccine injury and a COVID survival rate of 99.75 percent, Los Angeles school are requiring students to receive the experimental mRNA vaccine in order to go to school.
Going against national authorities in India, state leaders are administering HCQ and Ivermectin to treat COVID patients and are having great success. The orphanage we partner with in Uganda also administers HCQ to the children as a preventive measure…very safe….low risk and high benefit. Why don’t we use HCQ and Ivermectin to save lives and instead coerce people into taking a risky experimental mRNA vaccine?
Professor Cahill Offers a Clear Explanation about Why We Will See Deaths among Those Who Receive the COVID mRNA Vaccination
In this video, Prof. Dolores Cahill offers an understandable scientific explanation for why the mRNA vaccines will cause a cytokine storm with fatal consequences in many people weeks or months after they receive the COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. Very convincing and easy to research and to confirm. This video is banned from social media, but it can be found here: https://www.brighteon.com/5599aab9-5c4e-4682-9a24-ebc40c66b70e. I will not take this vaccine.
Great Source on the Future of Vaccines
Dr. Mercola offers a well-sources summary of how society is changing as a result of COVID-19 lockdown and vaccination policies. It seems few recognize the threat to everyday people who wish to live there lives free of government overreach/intrusion.
Quebec Implements COVID-19 Curfew
Residence of Quebec are now required to stay in their homes from 8 pm to 5 am. Is COVID-19 somehow more dangerous in the evening hours? Is such a restriction consistent with the principles of a free society?
Lockdowns 10 Times More Harmful than COVID-19
Paul Craig Roberts Asks whether a Civil War Is in Our Immediate Future. Good Question to Ponder
Will COVID-19 Accelerate the Adoption of a National Digital ID?
If the Federal Reserve is going to develop digital wallets and digital money, then ubiquitous digital IDs would solve a lot of problems, including transferring funds to those without banking accounts.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3571/text
California COVID Travel Advisory: Stay within 120 Miles of Home
One hundred and twenty miles is just the right distance…119 miles is ok, but as soon as you surpass 120 you somehow become a threat to the well-being of others?
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/new-travel-advisory-tells-californians-stay-within-120-miles-home