Ukraine and reality... and 'the elite'

[alisonfletch]

https://off-guardian.org/2022/06/02/we- ... n-reality/

'What is relatively unique in the propaganda about the Ukraine war is the degree to which social media has advanced its repressive apparatus in line with state directives'.

'REALITY REPEATS ITSELF: AMOR FATI?
It is no surprise when we see such little resistance in the population to the supplying of $40 billion in lethal aid to Ukraine, or to aggressive authoritarian mandates of the government regarding the pandemic. For all of the aforementioned reasons, the dominant response is unquestioning compliance and even gratitude.

After all, having never been taught the past, or having deliberately compartmentalized those troubling histories, we digest the official narrative like a child accepts the spoonfuls of baby food from a doting mother. Tens of millions of doses of soma shoveled down the hatch at daybreak or dusk, or both, do their numbing best to aid and abet digestion of those sometimes thorny narratives, so thick with intrigue and, not occasionally, senselessness. The reward of the incurious is consensus.

Within the official narratives themselves, there is at least one constant: the demonization of the other. We can easily see parallels in the gross caricature of unvaccinated individuals as pathogenic threats in need of the needle and the demonization of Russians as barbaric hordes in need of European refinements.

These depictions are not far from the efforts of German National Socialists to segregate non-Aryans, mostly of Jewish origin, from the righteous population of pure-blood Volk. Yet one needn’t leave one’s own history to see this blatant segregationist behavior. The dark era of Jim Crow, and the modern version of the carceral state, evince the deep hostility of society for the other, those that differ in skin color, sex, gender, sexual preference, religion, ideology, economic model, or worldview.

Edward Said notes in Orientalism how the western Orientalist needed to whittle down Islam to the caricature of “tent and tribe” in order to fit it into his orderly cosmology, in which the rationalism of the European Enlightenment prevailed. Today the West performs the same reductionist act on Eurasia.

Reclining in his sumptuous country estate, the elitist Marquis tells Charles Darnay in A Tale of Two Cities, “Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery…will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.”

Like Sinclair, Charles Dickens historicized his novels, and it might be noted that the Marquis’ venerable roof would soon fall with the collapsing scenery of the French Revolution. Whenever we are sold those confident, end-of-history tales from the corridors of elite power—be it a French chateau or a chalet in the Swiss Alps—we’d do well to recall the timeless warning of every marketplace and bazaar: caveat emptor'.

Julien Charles is a concerned citizen hoping to call attention to the authoritarian drift of states across the Western world, and the disingenuous narratives promoted to gain consensus for such measures.

[alisonfletch]

Bilderberg Meeting 2022
68th Bilderberg Meeting to take place 2 – 5 June 2022 in Washington, D.C., USA
https://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/pres ... ss-release

WASHINGTON, D.C. 2 JUNE 2022 – The 68th Bilderberg Meeting will take place from 2 – 5 June 2022 in Washington, D.C., USA. About 120 participants from 21 countries have confirmed their attendance. As ever, a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia, labour and the media has been invited. The list of participants is available on bilderbergmeetings.org.

The key topics for discussion this year are:

1. Geopolitical Realignments
2. NATO Challenges
3. China
4. Indo-Pacific Realignment
5. Sino-US Tech Competition
6. Russia
7. Continuity of Government and the Economy
8. Disruption of the Global Financial System
9. Disinformation
10. Energy Security and Sustainability
11. Post Pandemic Health
12. Fragmentation of Democratic Societies
13. Trade and Deglobalisation
14. Ukraine

Founded in 1954, the Bilderberg Meeting is an annual conference designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Every year, between 120-140 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, labour, academia and the media are invited to take part in the Meeting. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; approximately a quarter from politics and government and the rest from other fields.

The Bilderberg Meeting is a forum for informal discussions about major issues. The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor any other participant may be revealed.

Thanks to the private nature of the Meeting, the participants take part as individuals rather than in any official capacity, and hence are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights. There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken and no policy statements are issued.

[alisonfletch]

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"SECRET UKRAINIAN ENRICHED URANIUM

Revealed at WEF Davos meeting May 25, 2022: Ukraine had stored 30 tons of plutonium and 40 tons of enriched uranium at its Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Russia took the plant on February 26th. You may remember that on March 4 there was a fire at the plant which was blamed on Russian irresponsibility. Actually Russia had begun to transfer the fuel for transport to Russia & Ukrainian forces had attempted to stop them.

Plutonium is $5,000 to $11,000 per gram. 30 tons is $150 billion. Uranium depends on degree of enrichment. At less than 5%, it can only be used for civilian purposes and must reach at least 80% for military use. Seizure by Russia of this undeclared stockpile probably repays all the sanctions imposed on them.

Puts a different slant on Zelensky’s stated intention to obtain nuclear weapons. I remember there were rumors of enriched material being transported to Ukraine thru one of the small NATO countries, but I can’t remember which.

Russian press asks: How reliable is the International Atomic Energy Agency, which kept this information secret until last week @ Davos?

https://www.voltairenet.org/article217092.html

Jun 2, 2022 11:42 PM
Reply to Penelope
I have not heard how much did the fire interfere with Russias ability to off load that $150 billion to benefit russia?


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Penelope
Jun 3, 2022 5:09 AM
Reply to eman
eman, the fire was stopped at a lab next door I believe. At any rate the Russians never lost control of the site. I imagine their intell was good enough that they knew all about what was stored there & that was the reason for their attention to the storage site/power plant so early in the military action".