{"id":128860,"date":"2019-09-30T08:22:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=128860"},"modified":"2019-09-30T10:09:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:09:51","slug":"cia-control-matrix-the-companys-influence-is-more-pervasive-and-profound-than-anyone-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=128860","title":{"rendered":"<b>CIA CONTROL MATRIX<\/b>: <i>The Company&#8217;s<\/i> influence is more pervasive and profound than anyone knows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-30-at-9.52.26-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-30-at-9.52.26-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"334\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-30-at-9.52.26-AM.png 513w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-30-at-9.52.26-AM-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>CIA, Climate, And Conspiracy: More Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix<\/h1>\n<p>by Caitlin Johnstone<br \/>\nMedium.com via ZH<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Take off the revolutionary\u2019s mask, and it\u2019s the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>Take off the terrorist\u2019s mask, and it\u2019s the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>Take off the news man\u2019s mask, and it\u2019s the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>Take off the filmmaker\u2019s mask, and it\u2019s the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>Take off the professor\u2019s mask, and it\u2019s the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>Take off the billionaire\u2019s mask, and it\u2019s the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>Take off the whistleblower\u2019s mask, and it\u2019s the motherfucking CIA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>These monsters are raping our sense-making faculties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png?itok=3A_lZSKc\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png?itok=3A_lZSKc\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png?itok=uWon-RxE 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png?itok=uWon-RxE 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png?itok=uWon-RxE 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png?itok=uWon-RxE 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png?itok=uWon-RxE 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png?itok=3A_lZSKc 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/1_La9585wcxyKkd1moWLEfCw.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"4b82065e-33bc-489d-9c9f-313acd035c96\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside id=\"my_spring1\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>Never call anyone from the CIA a \u201cwhistleblower\u201d unless they are actually whistleblowing on the CIA, without the CIA\u2019s permission, in a way that inconveniences the CIA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The deployment of a bomb or missile doesn\u2019t begin when a pilot pushes a button, it begins when propaganda narratives used to promote those operations start circulating in public attention. If you help circulate war propaganda, you\u2019re as complicit as the one who pushes the button.<\/p>\n<p>Many believe that the mass media just tell whole-cloth, outright lies all the time, but that\u2019s not usually how it works.\u00a0<strong>What they do is selectively omit inconvenient facts, disproportionately amplify convenient facts, and uncritically report on dubious government assertions.<\/strong>\u00a0Basically they only tell the truth when it\u2019s convenient for them, and when it\u2019s inconvenient they are silent. Only telling the truth when it\u2019s convenient for you is effectively the same as lying all the time, only you can get away with it a lot easier.<\/p>\n<p>How to solve the climate crisis:<\/p>\n<aside id=\"in-content-dianomi\" class=\"placement placement-embedded placement-dianomi\"><\/aside>\n<blockquote><p>\u2014 End the economic system which requires infinite growth on a finite planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Let people get more relaxed and less busy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End corporate influence in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End militarism.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End patents.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kill the capitalist propaganda engine known as the mainstream media.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Any environmentalism which adamantly ignores the need for a complete overhaul of the economic system which created this mess is just feel-good PR for capitalism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trying to solve the climate crisis with plutocrat-driven tech consumption is like trying to put out a house fire with a flamethrower.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Perhaps the greatest advantage the ruling class has over us is that they\u2019ve got a crystal clear idea of exactly what they want and exactly what they\u2019re pushing for, and we, on average, do not.\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s easy for us to be manipulated in unwholesome directions when we don\u2019t know where we\u2019re going.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg?itok=Cdlf6Evc\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg?itok=Cdlf6Evc\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg?itok=GizEFgOF 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg?itok=GizEFgOF 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg?itok=GizEFgOF 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg?itok=GizEFgOF 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg?itok=GizEFgOF 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg?itok=Cdlf6Evc 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/medium-2-930x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3ad5a4d6-2144-4899-85a6-9d86a21604f0\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>When it comes to our future, the ruling elites have compelling narratives worked up by teams of talented creatives to sell us the products they want us to buy.<\/strong>\u00a0They know exactly where they want to herd us. We just have a notion of \u201cNo, not that!\u201d and some very vague, amorphous ideas about what we do want. Without a clear, positive vision of what we want, we cannot succeed. With a clear, positive vision of what we want, we can\u2019t be stopped.<\/p>\n<p>The fun thing about revolution in the US-centralized empire is that\u00a0<strong>everything everyone has tried has failed<\/strong>, so your guess as to what we should be doing is literally as good as anyone else\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whenever anyone tells you that a vastly better, saner world is impossible, they\u2019re fulla shit.<\/strong>\u00a0This is the only world any of us have ever lived in; nobody\u2019s going around observing a bunch of other worlds and seeing that they\u2019re all insane like this one. They have no authority to make such a proclamation. As far as any of us know, anything is possible.<\/p>\n<p>One mark of an adept conspiracy analyst is comfort with the unknown in a world where information is greatly obscured by secrecy. By this I don\u2019t mean they\u2019re okay with government opacity, I just mean that they\u2019re comfortable acknowledging what is unknown and unknowable instead of pretending to know. I point this out because it seems like a lot of people self-censor and remain silent on their ideas about what\u2019s going on in the world due to some embarrassment that they don\u2019t understand it all. It\u2019s okay: no one does. Many pretend to, but no one actually does.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamics of this world are extremely complex, too complex for any individual to fully make sense of.\u00a0<strong>One way to ease the burden on your sensemaking tools is to reduce your own inner complications by getting very clear on how your own perception and cognition are happening.<\/strong>\u00a0Dedicated inner work will reveal that your conscious experience is actually happening in a much simpler way than the mind imagines: a field of consciousness appearing before an imperceptible witness. This eliminates needless cognitive twists and roadblocks in your sensemaking. Our mental narratives add mountains of needless layers of complexity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once you see that none of those narratives apply to your true identity, you\u2019re able to bypass all those distortions in the way you process information and simply use thought as a tool; otherwise you\u2019re just ingesting highly manipulated narratives<\/strong>\u00a0about an already complex world through your own distorted perceptual filters which are based on unconscious believed assumptions about what you are, what the world is, etc. Inner clarity eliminates those distortions. There are many approaches to the inner work one can do to find this inner clarity, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/how-to-awaken-from-the-matrix-using-self-enquiry-58df1cb4f680\">here\u2019s one way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who claims to oppose Trump and support the free press, yet doesn\u2019t aggressively fight the Trump administration\u2019s agenda to imprison a journalist for exposing US war crimes, is a lying hypocrite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The US government and its lackey allies are torturing a journalist for telling the truth. This amounts to a full confession on their part that you are living in a totalitarian empire.\u00a0<\/strong>They are telling you exactly what kind of world you live in, and exactly what role they play in it. A society is only as free as its most inconvenient political dissident.\u00a0<strong>Free Assange to free yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really weird how getting money out of politics isn\u2019t a bigger agenda than it is. It should be bigger than healthcare or any other issue, and everyone across the political spectrum agrees it\u2019s important except the rich and their puppets. That\u2019s something tangible to push for.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>If a tree falls in the woods, and no one\u2019s around to hear it, is it still Susan Sarandon\u2019s fault?<br \/>\n~ Old liberal koan<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I will not be authoring any essays about impeachment because it\u2019s an impotent political side show and much too boring to write about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Democrats know these impeachment shenanigans will never result in his removal from office, regardless of what they pretend. Trump\u2019s \u201copposition\u201d only ever attacks him in ways they know won\u2019t actually hurt him. It\u2019s like pro wrestling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 2019: Progressives get to choose between Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard and Marianne Williamson.<\/li>\n<li>September 2019: Progressives get to choose between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.<\/li>\n<li>May 2020: Progressives get to choose between Elizabeth Warren and fuck you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Democratic presidential primary will be rigged by the DNC and the mass media; in fact this is happening already.<\/strong>\u00a0I talk about the candidates and the race a lot not because I believe the DNC has real primaries, but because the dance the narrative managers need to do to ensure an establishment nominee keeps exposing them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ninety-nine percent of political arguments and activism are happening inside lines that have been set by the narrative-dominating, Overton window-shrinking plutocratic class and their underlings.<\/strong>\u00a0If you want to fight a real fight, you need to color outside those lines.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of State was originally intended to be a peace\/diplomacy-focused counterpart to the Department of War (later falsely renamed the \u201cDepartment of Defense\u201d), but what actually ended up happening was the creation of two war departments.<\/p>\n<p>Putting someone on a pedestal is just guaranteeing that you\u2019ll have to knock them off it one day. It\u2019s actually a rather violent thing to do to somebody, if you think about it. Best to skip it entirely.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong><em>Don\u2019t take life advice from people who are miserable. Don\u2019t take career advice from people whose careers aren\u2019t where you want to be. Don\u2019t take creative advice from people who don\u2019t create things. Don\u2019t take foreign policy advice from people who supported the Iraq invasion.<\/em><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/cia-climate-and-conspiracy-more-notes-edge-narrative-matrix\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/cia-climate-and-conspiracy-more-notes-edge-narrative-matrix<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}