When it comes to war (and by this I mean all-out war that alters our daily lives), the people on all sides always boast that it will end quickly. The big wars—the American Civil War, WWI, WWII, for example—are never a surprise except to the woefully ignorant. Hostilities are stoked for some time before shots are ever fired. As part of the propaganda, the intelligence and capabilities of the enemy are completely dismissed. The powers that be suggest that the war will end quickly, and the gullible always fall for it.
Governments utilize wars to divert the people’s attention from the problems at hand and to deflect the blame that they would otherwise place on the government. Politicians feel a whole lot safer when their constituents blame a foreign country for domestic problems such as economic collapse rather than the failed policies of government. And wars can very quickly solve a nasty unemployment issue.
The media endlessly promote the importance of making personal sacrifices to support the soldiers, and complaining about shortages becomes unpatriotic. Imports and anything the military says is needed for the war effort simply become unavailable.
Knowing this, and knowing that our nation needs a war (the politicians have to deflect blame for our collapsing economy), we plan for a long war with no trips to the grocery store, no trips to Walmart, and no UPS lady bringing any of the nice stuff she normally does. We must have all the food, clothing, medicine, and basic vehicle maintenance items on hand before hostilities break out.
And then there’s the media. There’s a reason why viewership among so-called news programs has been declining for the past several years—it’s all in direct collusion with a corrupt government. Most of what should be reported, isn’t. Much of what is reported only diverts attention from the real issues. And, believe it or not, this started well over a century ago.
If you take a close look at the 1918 influenza epidemic (The Great Influenza, by John M. Barry, was a real eye-opener), local and federal governments hid the truth about the spread and the severity of the disease. Newspaper reports were whitewashed or completely scrubbed, all for the sake of not panicking the citizenry (and promoting the sale of Liberty bonds so necessary to fleece the people and finance the war). Phone operators were ordered to eavesdrop on private conversations and break the connection if the parties began discussing the epidemic. Forty years previous, journalists were also complicit in hiding the extent and severity of the yellow fever epidemic (see The American Plague, by Molly Caldwell Crosby).
Bottom line? If the media and the government are trying to panic you with reports of the latest outbreak of whatever, and especially if they’re hyping a vaccine to go along with it, there’s probably nothing to worry about (from the disease itself). But if they’re trying to downplay the severity of an outbreak, it’s time to wake up and pay attention to what’s happening around you. Hopefully you have everything you already need to shelter in place for the duration.
In conclusion, history repeats. It always has, it always will. Each generation will experience all-out war and financial collapse. It’s been 75 years since WWII and 90 years since the Great Depression. Our time is up and our turn is coming. Be prepared.
Enjoy the day with your family and friends. May God grant that we'll be able to spend Christmas 2024 with our loved ones again. Merry Christmas!
25 november 2021
