The Propaganda Machine

I have to wrap presents today, as well as go to Church this evening to play bells for our Advent Prayer service, so this will be a short post. Paul E. Scates has an article at the American Thinker today entitled The Totalitarian Three-Step in which he systematizes something I have observed for years. That the Left (1) manufactures a "crisis" that doesn't really exist, (2) proposes a "emergency solution" that no one would otherwise accept and (3) with the solution in place, reveal the hidden agenda to transfer your liberty, freedom and wealth to them. I once had a boss who used the technique to become the boss. She was a nice enough person, but she did this constantly to not only gain, but to hold onto power in the organization.

For at least half a century the Left has been luring this nation into a deadly dance. Like the sirens of Greek myth, their music hits all the right notes: true equality, fairness, justice for all, health, and peace, etc. Because the music is so beautiful, and the steps to the dance so familiar, again and again we’ve accepted their invitation and blindly followed their lead.

This simple political dance can be done to many types of “music,” for it has only three steps. We have seen its familiar choreography in efforts against racism and crime, in steps to preserve our national security, in efforts to support agriculture and education, et al; whatever the tune, the steps are the same:

1. Manufacture a “crisis”

2. Offer “emergency solutions” people would never accept except for the “crisis”

3. Results achieve the hidden goal, unrelated to the supposed problem

We see this in the gun-control debates. The Left takes advantage of every shooting incident they can to first publicize the incident as much as possible, usually trying to pin it on law-abiding gun owners if possible. That is what is often referred to as "dancing in the blood of victims." Then they trot out the latest "solutions" to "gun violence" which are characterized as "common-sense gun reforms."  I use scare quotes for these terms because these are all made up terms of the Left.  There is nothing common sense about these proposed solutions.  Fortunately, we have been debating this issue for nigh on one hundred years, so there is a great deal of scholarship built up on the side of the Second Amendment. But even with the Supreme Court ruling in Bruen the Left keeps trying to take away our right to arms and self-defense. They must do it if they are ever to complete the totalitarian takeover of the United States.

Global Cooling...er...Global Warming...er...Climate Change is another example of the use of the Totalitarian Three-Step. In the 1970s the globalists were sure we were going into another ice age and we would all freeze. The solution? Cut out fossil fuels. Then they decided the earth was going to burn up. Solution? Again, cut out fossil fuels. Now it's Climate Change because they want to be ready whichever way the world goes. Solution? Cut out the fossil fuels. Once you realize that the solution is always the same, no matter the manufactured "crisis" du jour the hoax becomes obvious.

The above are but two examples of the Totalitarian Three-Step in action. There are many others including the Open Borders, the COVID-19, and I could go on. But gentle readers will get the idea. The problem for those living in reality is that these things tend to spring up suddenly out of nowhere. It takes time to investigate each of these. Meanwhile, the Left is conducting a propaganda blitzkrieg in which they hope to have their so-called "solution" implemented before we can respond. It seems to work more often than it fails, which is why they keep doing it.

I urge gentle readers to read the entire article, and perhaps get their hands on a copy of the book Behind the Green Mask by Rosa Koire. But get the Kindle edition-it's cheaper.