“An audience that pays to support a persecuted truth-teller has a vested interest in the persecution continuing.”
That was some fascinating read, I need to save it and see if I can read it again. I just came here now to tell you that I don’t support you because you were persecuted, I supported you from the very beginning because you are a Truth Teller. And when Covid began, I needed that more than anything else and I haven’t changed my mind, it’s Like a Lion….
Our good doctor seems to have been able to avoid the temptation of becoming a click whore, unlike the two biggest examples in my mind, both Tucker and Candace. I followed both of these fairly religiously up until about two years ago when they both seemed to come to the conclusion that the money was more important than the truth.
Thanks Doc for being strong enough to resist that temptation.
Use of the term and related references thereto still figure into daily life, media, and political discussion. 81 years after the Nazi leader took himself out. Isn't that remarkable?
Is there any other war in history that still insinuates itself into our daily lives and conversations?
Might we pause for a moment to consider all the civilizational destruction that has been inflicted unopposed because its defenders were too cowed to endure the insult?
Might we note that advocates for tradition, national pride, the nation-state, etc., are largely losing to globalists who are ever raising the specter?
Is it Nazis roaming the streets who are committing all the heinous street crimes and purported antisemitism in the West? Or is it rather the imports pumped in under the anti-Nazi, anti-fascist banner?
The SPLC is only a more visible recent example of the phenomenon of the weaponization of grievance. And we're being marched toward the UN/WEF/WHO/BIS... vision of the digital gulag, with dissident leadership still too timid to respond with equal ruthlessness.
The spurious racist charge has done more damage to the West than any bomb ever did.
Monetizing vanity via the invitation to condescend. Sympathy is a condescension too often confused with empathy. A monetization effort that can be converted to cash is the heart and soul of merchandising. It's productization. To have a product, something either must be grown or manufactured or stolen. For-hire media tends to involve all three, even when the only thing stolen is the attentions of another who are uncompensated for their contribution to the product monetized. Add malice and mendacity and the specter of moralism begins its masquerade.
But maybe under it all is the narcissist trolling to condescend. Sympathy as a masking behavior for NPD and other malignancies of narcissism? It think it may be a thing.
It might actually be THE thing that's most merchantable.
I certainly do appreciate the personal irony of this.
Exactly! Given the alarming rise in passive/aggressive narcissistic personalities I venture to guess very few of us have not had some kind of altercation with this sort of person. I see this as root of the problem. Self-centeredness, determination that something is owed and the only moral rightness is theirs. They lie and defame because it's justitfied to them as a means to an end. In the bigger picture I see this as a demon.
This is brilliant. It has given me a very useful tool for navigating my reality - internally as well as externally.
I have largely retreated from most of what I considered my reliable news sources for quite some time now for reasons I hadn't quite identified until I read this. I had felt the need to keep abreast of the very rapid pace of change in society during the Covid years just to keep some sort of balance in order to stay centered and sane. Winnowing out actual, useful facts from several places (one of which is this Substack) during the truly staggering psyop was critical, so I stuck in there. And, of course, I now fully realize that I participated in the moral/emotional loop you have described.
However, outrage really wore thin and I have slowly backed out of as much of it as I can and still feel like I'm not living in a cave somewhere. We do need information from the outside world to make good choices for next steps, big and small. Since I am dedicated to impeccable discernment (a goal, not any sort of realized accomplishment, of course) a finger on the pulse of things is a necessity. It has been quite a shock to realize how little "news" is actually useful for me in how I live my life. And how much happier and relaxed and grateful in general I am as well.
I have found gratitude is the key to keeping an open heart without which I am simply marking time rather than living and thriving regardless of outer circumstances. That moral/emotional loop you describe can become all-encompassing and is very expensive in terms of energy and life-force, stealing the things that I need to give that energy and life-force in order to grow and live fully on all levels.
The other place I intend to put this tool to use is internally, hopefully with the same impeccable discernment. I've already identified places of participation with personal victimhood with out-loud exclamations of "ouch!". All to the good!
Thank you so much for your absolutely beautiful integrity and the ability and willingness to share your insights.
Kita, it was amazing to read someone else express my exact position! It seems more and more obvious there is so much misinformation and lies that I believe my time is better spent reading a silly fiction novel than read most of the propaganda being sold as news. I have come to the conclusion that for me the world is so upside down that I will take the most basic stand: Rather than spending time on the “outside world” dominated by materialism and immorality, I will focus and spend my time on caring and protecting my family- my children and grandchildren. My husband and I are moving to their state in order to provide our help with their families if they need it. We will stand in front of them and defend them in any and every way we can. Mama and Papa bears with gray hairs and some limp in our step, but hearts full of love.
Kita... See my comment above (more recent). My hunch is you would see yourself among the "persuadable public" at the periphery. The post Dr. Malone discusses seems to me to be aiming at creating exactly the kind of withdrawal you describe. If they can't deplatform someone like Dr. Malone they then go to social false flags to create confusion and draw you into that moral/emotional loop.
I'm counting on your continued success on Substack or elsewhere for a long time to come. If you need to write more dramatically to please the Algorithm, we will smile and nod knowingly. Please continue with the funnies; the homestead depictions and teachings; the alerts, even if gossip; more gossip if possible; background info on various meds, vaccines, healthcare procedures; politics and all that is involved in that subject. It has become so that I usually never know if it is Robert or Jill posting and that is just wonderful to me. Thanks for all you do.
Not only is the wound the product, but so is the division which is created. The division further entrenches bias, which acts as a barrier to truth. Human unity is the path forward to shed light in our current world of darkness. Christianity is a great cure for wounds. Christ said to love your enemy (human) because it heals wounds and creates unity, thereby fostering truth.
As I was re-reading , I noticed the statement "The internet does not distribute attention evenly".The internet doesn't do anything but exist; the people using it show who they are and it seems the majority using it for money and fame can be unscrupulous, and don't have a clue how the out -of- control ego works. The bane of our existence.
So to generate a following - "show an audience that someone has done you harm and that you are bearing it with dignity." I would add one also needs to then provide well presented trustworthy coverages of topics of interest.
Personally have again received Instagram's 3rd try to help me gain interest and followers. I must follow Bill Gates. People will note that and follow me. Heaven forbid.
I must admit my being a follower of yourselves is based on your covering topics I'm interested in with a depth of facts and with perspectives I couldn't access otherwise. Perhaps i could write about these topics independently, but I'd be reflecting what I've learned here. I much prefer readers access your firsthand in depth.
Anyway, bottom line, your Rogan appearance convinced me you'd be presenting topics of interest professionally, truthfully and in depth. To hell with the detractors! And here I am, glad to be here. Expectations well satisfied.
Grievance is an important part of the narrative template: every story needs a victim, a villain, and a savior. Nearly every modern news story uses this template. That the template is used in social media is also true.
Kruse somehow reminds me of the MacAfee dood. Perhaps its the disposition.
It also reminds me of the welcoming invocation scene in the movie Conclave. It caught me by surprise as rather profound: "In my life, I have come to know many sins, and I have come to believe, the very worst among them, is certainty."
Hard to say what the full story on Kruse really is, but hubris spares no one.
What was that old saw? How did it go? Something like: "Those whom the Gods would destroy they first make insane?"
Thought provoking essay! Thanks! It reminded me of one of the early self-empowerment gurus who observed that people often connect and form relationships over their wounds, forming deep alliances. The caution was that doing so often keeps people stuck to the pathology that evolved from the wounded mindset. It was eye opening to have you point out how “woundology “ has morphed into “victimology” and then morphed again to a potentially successful business model. The trouble is that the old caution still applies… to engage that mindset is to become stuck in pathological patterns that stifle growth, shut down communication and amplify polarization.
“An audience that pays to support a persecuted truth-teller has a vested interest in the persecution continuing.”
That was some fascinating read, I need to save it and see if I can read it again. I just came here now to tell you that I don’t support you because you were persecuted, I supported you from the very beginning because you are a Truth Teller. And when Covid began, I needed that more than anything else and I haven’t changed my mind, it’s Like a Lion….
thank you.
Yep.
Our good doctor seems to have been able to avoid the temptation of becoming a click whore, unlike the two biggest examples in my mind, both Tucker and Candace. I followed both of these fairly religiously up until about two years ago when they both seemed to come to the conclusion that the money was more important than the truth.
Thanks Doc for being strong enough to resist that temptation.
I've been trying to say the same thing, so thank you for this,
AMEN!
Nazi.
Use of the term and related references thereto still figure into daily life, media, and political discussion. 81 years after the Nazi leader took himself out. Isn't that remarkable?
Is there any other war in history that still insinuates itself into our daily lives and conversations?
Might we pause for a moment to consider all the civilizational destruction that has been inflicted unopposed because its defenders were too cowed to endure the insult?
Might we note that advocates for tradition, national pride, the nation-state, etc., are largely losing to globalists who are ever raising the specter?
Is it Nazis roaming the streets who are committing all the heinous street crimes and purported antisemitism in the West? Or is it rather the imports pumped in under the anti-Nazi, anti-fascist banner?
The SPLC is only a more visible recent example of the phenomenon of the weaponization of grievance. And we're being marched toward the UN/WEF/WHO/BIS... vision of the digital gulag, with dissident leadership still too timid to respond with equal ruthlessness.
The spurious racist charge has done more damage to the West than any bomb ever did.
Excellent. Last sentence especially.
The model was there for decades. What were the soaps, radio and then t.v., but commercialized victimhood?
Monetizing vanity via the invitation to condescend. Sympathy is a condescension too often confused with empathy. A monetization effort that can be converted to cash is the heart and soul of merchandising. It's productization. To have a product, something either must be grown or manufactured or stolen. For-hire media tends to involve all three, even when the only thing stolen is the attentions of another who are uncompensated for their contribution to the product monetized. Add malice and mendacity and the specter of moralism begins its masquerade.
But maybe under it all is the narcissist trolling to condescend. Sympathy as a masking behavior for NPD and other malignancies of narcissism? It think it may be a thing.
It might actually be THE thing that's most merchantable.
I certainly do appreciate the personal irony of this.
Exactly! Given the alarming rise in passive/aggressive narcissistic personalities I venture to guess very few of us have not had some kind of altercation with this sort of person. I see this as root of the problem. Self-centeredness, determination that something is owed and the only moral rightness is theirs. They lie and defame because it's justitfied to them as a means to an end. In the bigger picture I see this as a demon.
Gawd, I miss Rush Limbaugh.
This is brilliant. It has given me a very useful tool for navigating my reality - internally as well as externally.
I have largely retreated from most of what I considered my reliable news sources for quite some time now for reasons I hadn't quite identified until I read this. I had felt the need to keep abreast of the very rapid pace of change in society during the Covid years just to keep some sort of balance in order to stay centered and sane. Winnowing out actual, useful facts from several places (one of which is this Substack) during the truly staggering psyop was critical, so I stuck in there. And, of course, I now fully realize that I participated in the moral/emotional loop you have described.
However, outrage really wore thin and I have slowly backed out of as much of it as I can and still feel like I'm not living in a cave somewhere. We do need information from the outside world to make good choices for next steps, big and small. Since I am dedicated to impeccable discernment (a goal, not any sort of realized accomplishment, of course) a finger on the pulse of things is a necessity. It has been quite a shock to realize how little "news" is actually useful for me in how I live my life. And how much happier and relaxed and grateful in general I am as well.
I have found gratitude is the key to keeping an open heart without which I am simply marking time rather than living and thriving regardless of outer circumstances. That moral/emotional loop you describe can become all-encompassing and is very expensive in terms of energy and life-force, stealing the things that I need to give that energy and life-force in order to grow and live fully on all levels.
The other place I intend to put this tool to use is internally, hopefully with the same impeccable discernment. I've already identified places of participation with personal victimhood with out-loud exclamations of "ouch!". All to the good!
Thank you so much for your absolutely beautiful integrity and the ability and willingness to share your insights.
Thank you.
Kita, it was amazing to read someone else express my exact position! It seems more and more obvious there is so much misinformation and lies that I believe my time is better spent reading a silly fiction novel than read most of the propaganda being sold as news. I have come to the conclusion that for me the world is so upside down that I will take the most basic stand: Rather than spending time on the “outside world” dominated by materialism and immorality, I will focus and spend my time on caring and protecting my family- my children and grandchildren. My husband and I are moving to their state in order to provide our help with their families if they need it. We will stand in front of them and defend them in any and every way we can. Mama and Papa bears with gray hairs and some limp in our step, but hearts full of love.
Kita... See my comment above (more recent). My hunch is you would see yourself among the "persuadable public" at the periphery. The post Dr. Malone discusses seems to me to be aiming at creating exactly the kind of withdrawal you describe. If they can't deplatform someone like Dr. Malone they then go to social false flags to create confusion and draw you into that moral/emotional loop.
There is a way out sign off and never even play the game again !
Some times the one way to win is "NOT" to play the Game !
True story...
I'm counting on your continued success on Substack or elsewhere for a long time to come. If you need to write more dramatically to please the Algorithm, we will smile and nod knowingly. Please continue with the funnies; the homestead depictions and teachings; the alerts, even if gossip; more gossip if possible; background info on various meds, vaccines, healthcare procedures; politics and all that is involved in that subject. It has become so that I usually never know if it is Robert or Jill posting and that is just wonderful to me. Thanks for all you do.
Not only is the wound the product, but so is the division which is created. The division further entrenches bias, which acts as a barrier to truth. Human unity is the path forward to shed light in our current world of darkness. Christianity is a great cure for wounds. Christ said to love your enemy (human) because it heals wounds and creates unity, thereby fostering truth.
well said
Beautiful!!🥰🙏
Ahh...such a great set of observations!
I know. and the power of DELETE is everything :) SO TRUE: YOU and JILL really get it. thx.
Doom scrolling makes more cents (sic) now.
very nice punning
As I was re-reading , I noticed the statement "The internet does not distribute attention evenly".The internet doesn't do anything but exist; the people using it show who they are and it seems the majority using it for money and fame can be unscrupulous, and don't have a clue how the out -of- control ego works. The bane of our existence.
Interesting!
So to generate a following - "show an audience that someone has done you harm and that you are bearing it with dignity." I would add one also needs to then provide well presented trustworthy coverages of topics of interest.
Personally have again received Instagram's 3rd try to help me gain interest and followers. I must follow Bill Gates. People will note that and follow me. Heaven forbid.
I must admit my being a follower of yourselves is based on your covering topics I'm interested in with a depth of facts and with perspectives I couldn't access otherwise. Perhaps i could write about these topics independently, but I'd be reflecting what I've learned here. I much prefer readers access your firsthand in depth.
Anyway, bottom line, your Rogan appearance convinced me you'd be presenting topics of interest professionally, truthfully and in depth. To hell with the detractors! And here I am, glad to be here. Expectations well satisfied.
More than one way to skin a cat?
Linked in. Sorry. Not a fan.
Grievance is an important part of the narrative template: every story needs a victim, a villain, and a savior. Nearly every modern news story uses this template. That the template is used in social media is also true.
I had no thought of online content this way but this theory totally explains what I have felt most attracted to for the last 5 years. Amazing.
Kruse somehow reminds me of the MacAfee dood. Perhaps its the disposition.
It also reminds me of the welcoming invocation scene in the movie Conclave. It caught me by surprise as rather profound: "In my life, I have come to know many sins, and I have come to believe, the very worst among them, is certainty."
Hard to say what the full story on Kruse really is, but hubris spares no one.
What was that old saw? How did it go? Something like: "Those whom the Gods would destroy they first make insane?"
Something like that. Maybe.
Dr. Alexa Corwin is a fun disciple of the necessary Dr. Kruse without the distracting personality.
I cut him slack as it takes a monumental ego-energy to break-through and overturn institutions: Joe McCarthy, Rush Limbaugh, Donald Trump.
Nebuchadnezzar was caused to become insane and eat grass for seven years before he humbled himself before God our Creator!
Thought provoking essay! Thanks! It reminded me of one of the early self-empowerment gurus who observed that people often connect and form relationships over their wounds, forming deep alliances. The caution was that doing so often keeps people stuck to the pathology that evolved from the wounded mindset. It was eye opening to have you point out how “woundology “ has morphed into “victimology” and then morphed again to a potentially successful business model. The trouble is that the old caution still applies… to engage that mindset is to become stuck in pathological patterns that stifle growth, shut down communication and amplify polarization.
the key insight here is that the algorithms select for it