| | Are the Smurfs Fascists? ...or a Brief History of 2016+
Fascism is a form of leadership and society where the individual will of the majority is suppressed for the benefit of a small number of people. The public is manipulated to feel primal emotions, such as anger, rage, and fear, in a methodically orgazined effort to divide and conquer. Once divided and localized, systematic abuse of power keeps the population under control. Papa Smurf is not such a leader, his duty is to protect and care for everyone in Smurf Village. |
Divisions simply don't exist in the land of Smurfs. Everyone wears the same clothes. The houses are all similar. Everysmurf's voice is heard by Papa Smurf, and he considers all opinions as worthy of discussion. This contrasts sharply with the human world, where 99% of the globe are ruled by a small one percent.
King Brainy, who took control of Smurf Village when Papa Smurf was away, is the closest example we can get to fascism existing in the Smurf universe. Here, Brainy Smurf used the tried and true techniques of fascism to control the populace. Here are the tools he used:
- Dissonance, Division and Localization: Brainy Smurf immediately started separating Smurfs to do specific tasks in groups, which diluted and distorted the collective will of the many.
Division is evident in the human world as well. Identity politics is the modern tool for divide-and-conquer. Everyone is split into different colors and creeds and expected to fight among themselves. An example: although the Vatican has some of the world's best scientists working for it (for free) - you never hear about this fact. Instead, like King Brainy, the media crafts a poisoned alternative narrative where "faith" and "science" are at odds. People are divided - and turn against each other, instead of helping each other.
This gives the ruling class advantage and leverage. For example, the Catholic church was instrumental in helping free communist Poland in 1989 - because people, and the Church, worked together. Although the Church's role was well known and accepted at the time, now, history is being re-written on this topic (a la George Orwell's 1984). The powers that be greatly fear people of reason and faith working together, so the facts are scrubbed from history. Identity politics creates divisions where none should exist.
Dissonance is used to disrupt message board conversations. Here, messages stay on point but have weak evidence. This occurs when you mix two supposedly contradictory things together and let it appear they are unified. To see it in action, go to a science-oriented message board and agree with the topic you're trying to suppress - and then add a message of faith like "God Bless!" Because the public has been conditioned to accept that science and faith are at odds, the group is split, the will is shattered, and consensus is destroyed. (Other topics used in this technique include: lizards or "reptile people", aliens, conspiracy theories, Area 51 or generalized schizophrenic writing styles.)
So what are Papa Smurf's tips for detecting fascism on a message board? First, if the poisoned message agrees with your position on the main idea, but the surrounding arguments are weak, crazy or contradictory - it could be fascism. If the message leaves you feeling weak, unempowered and confused (your will to action has been drained), then you're probably falling into a fascist trap. Unlike Gargamel's traps for the Smurfs which used bars and windows, cages and bindings - all visible to the naked eye, in the human world, the prison of fascism is invisible.
Division also has another face, called Localization. Ever tried viewing Hulu or Sling from outside the United States? Ever tried the BBC iPlayer outside of England? If you have, you've noticed they just plain don't work. Despite the fact that the internet was designed as a world-wide tool for the benefit of everyone everywhere, suddenly media is restricted to geographic regions, aka "localization". Products are now designed to be limited in what they can do, and where they can do it. Your TV or tablet is not "yours" - globlalists decide what you can watch or read, and where.
The reason is not piracy or money - it's all about "control". Those in control do not want viewers to receive alternative competing narratives from other cultures...which might suddenly cause the viewer to start thinking and asking questions.
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The Global Riot: On the opposite side of localization we have Globalism. Globalism is the antithesis of nationalism, and there ain't enough room in this town for the both of them...
Globalism is fundamentally a threat to national sovereignty. The idea is to essentially destroy national identity. Globlalists hate the idea of strong nations for the same reason they hate united peoples - it is easier to control people in chaos and disunity.
While nationalism can only exist with patriotism, globalism hates the 'idea' of America. They hate patriotism, and they hate Old Glory, because they know it stands for something. America has conviction in its soul that globalists do not possess. And they hate America because of their shortcomings. Everyone knows what America stands for. The flag means something. The symbols mean things. It's the only place in the world where things count. And globalists literally seethe with anger at the idea of a patriotic America.
Globalists want what they want when they want it - they take and do not ask. Fascism. More importantly, globalists do not like facing up to their own hipocracy and shortcomings. Their 'public face' is their most prescious treasure, which they protect at all costs.
Riots on the internet are called trolling, and invoke name calling, harassment, shouting and general off-topic rowdiness and incivility. Whether it is physical violence in the real world, or violent thoughts on the internet, the right to free speech is squelched by riots and trolls.
- Defunding, demonitizing, unpersoning: These three words sound like they're straight out of George Orwell's 1984 (well, "unperson" really is a word from the novel). Globalist corporations, with their unchecked power are unleashing the cruelest of fascist tools: demonitization.
Demonitization means removing the entire means of financial support from an individual that online companies don't like. How does it work? Well, demonitzed people have their online activities stripped of advertising or means of income. Companies send out a nebulous letter claiming a "terms of service violation" and poof - you can't earn money on the internet. You basically can't do a single thing online involving money.
When demonitization makes it to the "real world" it's called defunding. Your physical bank sends you a letter in the mail, telling you they are sending you a check for the money you have on deposit. They are closing your account, and you are no longer welcome to bank there.
No big deal right? You can bank elsewhere. Except when you apply, the next bank (and the next) deny you a savings / checking account.
This is the fascist world we live in. But you can vote them all out right? You can change things with a vote, correct?
Two choices in an election? How about three? Wowee that's choice isn't it. No... What matters is who is doing the choosing. If you have to choose between three bad choices, they are all bad choices. Plain and simple. There is more than one way to skin a cat (sorry Azrael), and you've been told your entire life that there are only two (or three!!!!) options. Your options are limitless. You are limited only by what is possible...and the people standing in your way.
- Mis-information, dis-information, censorship: In the fascist world, the ruling elite control the flow of information, as did King Brainy. The media is the trick used for this trade, whether it be King Brainy's 'proclamations' or panicked wide-eyed talking heads on your widescreen tv.
Internet censorship on social media is now is in full force. Most social media companies have zero qualms in modifying, censoring, deleting, obfuscating, shadow-banning, or blocking information. The idea of George Orwell's 'unperson' is real - they just call it "#canceled". If they don't like what you're saying, they'll delete you, or put little warning flags around you, or remove your subscribers accidently or or or... Wow. The Smurfs dealt with this sort of thing by tossing Brainy on his head, but in the human world, the best way to deal with an angry television or computer is to unplug it... and to find more reliable sources of information and discourse.
Another ruse the dominant corrupt media uses is to label all dissenting opinions as false, or fake. They want you to accept their narrative, and only their narrative. Anything that deviates from that, is of course fake, right? In reality, what they label as fake is called "actual news" and "actual reporting". There are plenty of real, solid news outlets on the internet, run by honest people, and they are telling the truth...and the mainstream media is desperate for you not to pay attention to it.
Luckily, King Brainy and his fascist tendencies didn't stay around for long in Smurf Village. In the real world, let's work to do the same.
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