by A Lily Bit
December 06, 2024
from ALilyBit Website

Spanish version
 

A public that has ceased

to think independently

is one that is easily

herded, molded, and controlled...
 

America is grappling with an epidemic of historic proportions.

It's a deliberately engineered crisis meant to sow discord and maintain control over the populace.

The contagion isn't a biological pathogen, it's a concoction of media frenzy, political manipulation, and societal decay.

Communities are turning into battlegrounds because that's exactly what those in power want - a divided America (and world) where we're too busy fighting each other to notice the real culprits.

Now, those typically mild-mannered folks?

They're becoming belligerent zealots, while the peace lovers are stockpiling arms, preparing not for external threats, but for internal strife.

 

It's devolution by design...!

We're told this plague of paranoia and intolerance stems from post-9/11 America, but let's be clear:

It's a strategy.

 

The "powers that be" have learned that 'fear is profitable'...!

 

It's not just about keeping us on edge.

 

It's about ensuring we're so consumed with fear that we can't see the strings being pulled by those "above".

The left and right wings aren't just spreading distrust; they're masterminds of division.

They profit off our mistrust of each other, ensuring that we're too distracted by our differences to unite against the real enemies:

systemic corruption and economic inequality.

This strategy of control via fear and division is insidiously perfect.

It keeps us stupid, yes, but more crucially, it keeps us compliant.

While we're busy being afraid of our neighbors, the true architects of our downfall are laughing all the way to the bank, ensuring their grip on power remains unchallenged:

confound them, distract them with the endless noise of 24/7 news cycles and reality TV, turn every small disagreement into a full-blown war, and entangle them in debates about topics that ultimately do not matter...

The key strategy is division.

Slice the population into opposing factions, convince each that the other is the real threat, and let them shout themselves hoarse until they're deaf to anything else.

In this chaos, consensus becomes impossible, and they remain oblivious to the creeping tendrils of a police state until it's too late.

This is the blueprint for how free societies willingly walk into chains, enabling tyrants to ascend. It's not accidental; it's orchestrated with precision, yet few in America (and in the world) recognize this manipulation.

People are tricked into viewing each other as adversaries, funneling their energy and resources into elections, arming the police, surveillance tech, and wars, all under the illusion of buying safety, which, ironically, never materializes.

Meanwhile, the real power brokers, those in the pockets of lobbyists and corporations, advance their agendas at a premium cost to the public.

"We the suckers" end up footing the bills, enduring the invasive security measures, and living under the constant watch of a surveillance State.

Every day, alternative media outlets bombard us with stories of government corruption, corporate misconduct, police militarization, and SWAT team overreach.

Yet, these are not just incidental reports:

they're signs of a systematic erosion of liberty.

America has indeed transitioned into a phase where even schoolchildren face arrests, veterans are penalized for their supposed dissent, and the average citizen's life is scrutinized at every turn.

These are not mere threats:

they are the undeniable consequences of a society that has lost its vigilance, allowing fear and division to pave the way for its own subjugation.

Yet, even more insidious than these blatant violations of our rights is the language of fear in which they're wrapped.

It's a dialect mastered by politicians across the spectrum, amplified by media personalities on their high-definition soapboxes, exploited by corporations for profit, and embedded into the very fabric of our legal system under the guise of safety and security.

This pervasive language of fear has birthed a politics of intimidation whose sole purpose is to scatter our focus and cleave us apart.

It discourages critical thought, making us passive bystanders in our own governance, convincing us that our role is merely to blame others, or to cast our vote for the next messiah-like figure who promises change but delivers more of the same.

Fear, however, is the tried-and-true tool in the politician's arsenal to expand governmental control.

The government's expansive, never-ending wars - on terror, drugs, crime, pandemics, immigrants, and now 'domestic extremists' - serve as pretexts for fear-mongering, coercing us into trading our liberties for the illusion of protection.

Promises of security are dangled like carrots before a horse, always just out of reach.

The obsession with control, this governmental paranoia, paints every citizen as a potential enemy.

Why else would they need to eavesdrop on our conversations, follow our every move, criminalize our behavior, treat us as suspects, and disarm us while arming their forces to the teeth...?

These fear-based strategies are indeed working, reshaping our collective identity, making us view ourselves not as citizens with rights, but as subjects to be monitored and controlled.

Fear and paranoia are now ingrained in the American psyche, altering our perception of the world, our neighbors, and fundamentally, how our government perceives us.

We've been turned into what Henry Louis Mencken might call "bleating sheep",

begging to be shorn of our liberties for the illusion of safety...!

History teaches us that governments, not lone wolves, are the true masters of mass murder and oppression.

The real industrial terrorists are the ones in suits or uniforms, but without the passive compliance of the terror-stricken populace, they would be powerless.

Cease consuming the exaggerated fear tactics of the state and its mass and "alternative" media mouthpieces.

 

Don't let them herd you with hysteria over petty threats into the waiting arms of tyranny, which is the real peril.

As history vividly illustrates,

fear and governmental paranoia are the precursors to fascist, totalitarian states.

Here's how it works:

Crises, terror attacks, and random shootings keep us in a perpetual state of alarm.

 

This fear disables our ability to think.

 

Emotionally, panic caused by fear literally shuts down the part of our brain responsible for logic and reason.

 

Essentially, when fear takes over, our critical thinking grinds to a halt.

 

A public that has ceased to think independently is one that is easily herded, molded, and controlled.

The following are essential components for establishing a fascist state, as outlined in John T. Flynn's 1944 work "As We Go Marching":

• The Fascistic Leadership Principle: A government led by a dominant figure, even one who ascends through democratic means, acting as the paternalistic guardian of the nation.
   

• Unrestrained Government Power: An authoritarian regime that morphs into totalitarianism, recognizing no bounds to its authority.
   

• Capitalism with Bureaucratic Control: While ostensibly capitalist, the economy is suffocated by extensive government oversight.
   

• Security Obsession: An unyielding fixation on national security with fabricated or exaggerated threats.
   

• Surveillance State: Establishment of invasive domestic monitoring and the creation of unaccountable paramilitary units.
   

• Overcriminalization: A culture where crime and punishment become the focus, leading to an overzealous legal system.
   

• Centralization and Corporate Integration: Government aligns with corporations to control all facets of life, from social to military.
   

• Militaristic Economy: The economy and tax system pivot around military might.

The resemblance to contemporary America (and worldwide too...) is not just striking:

It's undeniably alarming...!

 

Every sector of industry is under government thumb.

 

Every occupation is meticulously cataloged and systematized.

 

Every product or service is levied with taxes.

 

The cycle of endless debt is not just maintained; it's perpetuated.

The word 'immense' barely scratches the surface when describing the bureaucratic behemoth.

The drumbeat of military readiness never ceases, and the specter of conflict with some nefarious external adversary perpetually looms.

It's a fallacy to label fascism as solely right or left-wing.

 

It transcends these labels, embodying elements of both while belonging to neither.

 

Fascism doesn't aim to dismantle the foundational structures of commerce, family, religion, or tradition; instead, it aims to dominate them.

It keeps in place what the populace cherishes but under the guise of enhancing our economic, societal, and cultural fabric, it ensnares them within a web of state control.

For fascism to truly cement its grip, the populace must consent, believing that such measures are not just convenient but essential.

During times of "crisis," expediency becomes the guiding light - empowering the government to militarize law enforcement, erode constitutional protections, and criminalize dissent.

We stand at a pivotal moment in American (and worldwide) history, where the choice is clear:

• either awaken to the encroaching shadow of fascism

• or continue to sleepwalk into its embrace...

The time to resist is now, before the final hammer falls, and the last vestiges of freedom are hammered into the chains of total control...