Fascism or Freedom? (part 1)

Man is merely a cog in the vast machine of distribution
            
             Erich Fromm
             Fear of Freedom (1)


Preface

     Humanity has reached a critical point in history in which the choice between a blind submission to the status quo or a turn towards a utopian future will be made. At question is the concept of self-regulation and how it could best be put to praxis. The issue is whether society can work together as one with each citizen acting as a subject rather than as an object. If self-growth continues to be subverted by the interests of the machine, then hatred will fester and love will die.

     Some would like us to believe that fascism was a fluke that has run dry, that Hitler, Stalin, and the like were evil monsters who individually almost derailed the great progress of reason and civilisation. That fascism cannot be reduced to the antics of single men alludes to the fact that it is the psychology of the masses that forms the bedrock of totalitarian governments.

     It is also in these masses that the solution must lie. For until there is a radical transformation in the educational process, that is according to Paulo Freire, until the potential intellectual in each of us is allowed to develop, the majority will continue to live as automatons. They will continue to accept things as they are, and since such an attitude allows others to manipulate the decision process in an easier way, feelings of insignificance and alienation will continue to breed. Consequently, those in power will tighten the ideological chains of unrestrained, economic competition until all the poets and bohemians have perished. The alternative is to create the world anew, without tension and filled with loving, working, spontaneous, and organic human beings. The choice is ours.

Pedagogy as a Means to Oppression

     The point of departure for this essay will be the effect that educational pedagogy has on an individual's self-growth. One of the main tools utilised by the state to manipulate a passive mass culture is education. Students are programmed from early on to think that knowledge comes from outside sources rather than from within. Instead of emphasizing the individual's own contingent background and culture, many educators decide to focus on their own substantial accumulation of various and at times trivial information. This serves the status quo since critical awareness is replaced with a pedantic, authoritarian leaning. In reference to dialogue in Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire says,

          ... since dialogue is the encounter in which the united reflection and action
          of the dialoguers are addressed to the world which is to be transformed and
          humanized, this dialogue cannot be reduced to the act of one person's
          "depositing" ideas in another. Nor can it become a simple exchange of ideas
          to be "consumed" by the discussants. (2)

     Whenever education is reduced to a transaction between what the teachers know and what the students don't know, the probability of attaining real knowledge is low. This banking concept creates a mythology of knowledge, that there are only a few who can be members of the intellectual elite. An individual teacher's greatest ability is her/his ability to inspire the children to being creative. With banking education that ability is distorted into a commodity which fuses the educational process to the status quo.

     While the students learn to be passive in front of lecturers pumping information petrol into them, the world around them continues to become even more limiting and centralised. Conglomerates who buy up land and people send a clear message to the schools that their function is right and essential to the growth of the nation. While elsewhere in the corridors of the school, the pledge of allegiance can be heard. As the television rings out the last drip of creativity in the fragile eggshell mind of the child, Guinness and John Player Blue cigarettes pacify the older, presumably wiser grown-ups.

     Everything around us becomes simplified, as the amount of money in your pocket each morning directly reflects your bargaining power and the quality of the day ahead. And while educators could become catalysts for the multiplication of critical thinkers, instead most contribute to the deadening of young minds. Consequently, naive thinkers who wish only to behave in so-called normal ways exist in such great numbers, that a mob mentality allowing for no one creative nor different has fully germinated. The only apparent option for those perceiving this situation - those who feel powerless to speak out against it or transform its anti-dialogical nature - is disillusionment.

     The difference between humans and animals is that the former modify the world to humanise it and to become more. Animals, on the other hand, adapt to the world in order to survive. Beavers do produce dams and ants do have a complex work system. However, humans first construct their structure through cognition before putting it into practice. Animals, unlike people, do not separate themselves from their work. People do and they also reflect upon their work. Since humans have a history, they consequently have the responsibility to understand it and learn how to transform it.

     Paulo Freire is not just interested in literacy, but most importantly in how to combine the understanding of words with an equal quality of awareness as to how words shape our behaviour. If words are believed to be property of only a few, then praxis will only derive from the minds of those few. If theory without praxis can be said to be meaningless, then it follows that praxis not flowing from the individual's contingent being will also be unsatisfactory.

     Self-regulation means that each person working with an eye on their own self-growth and awareness contributes in their own uniqueness to the whole. Children told how to think and what to think obviously won't be able to transform the Earth into a peaceful one. As they grow older, their faith in the status quo will strengthen, since to deny this order after years of being told that 'this is how things are' - well, simply put, this would devastate that person.

     In teaching literacy, Paulo Freire suggests that students not only learn words but also place them in the context of their own lives. Primers cannot aid this process because they are too simple and place words in meaningless situations. Simplistic phrases like 'the bird's wing' will not help anyone to perceive their own life system. On the other hand, when words such as slum, family, and state are critically investigated, the semantic relationship between the word and its significance is established.

     If humanity is to transcend its 'culture of silence,' it must change education so that it serves students who are also knowing subjects. According to Freire, 'conscientization'

          ... refers to learning to perceive social, political, and economic
          contradictions, and to take action against the oppressive elements
          of reality. (3)

    Primers cannot help anyone reach a higher consciousness because they emphasise too much the actual memorisation of words over how they can convey what life truly means and could become.

    In part two of this introspection into the roots of fascism, we'll look into the work of Alice Miller and her concept of poisonous pedagogy.

I'm Gonna Start Blogging Again Soon

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The above is from the recent Snowden disclosures. I think this has been the most important release so far. We now have proof that disinfo agents are indeed all over the internet as the equivalent of modern day cointelpro.

The people at Pando are attacking Greenwald. They are turning it into a cottage industry. I am not a big fan of Greenie and indeed I credit (possible disinfo agent) donkeytale for opening my eyes about his schtick. The problem with Pando, however, is two-fold. For one, they don't seem too interested in the conspiracy fact that the internet is rigged. Secondly, their current beef with Greenwald is based on who funds The Intercept. Yet, if you take a closer look at Pando and who they are funded by and affiliated with, they are just as bad!

This basically boils down to two sets of elitist "progressives" competing for the same pool of "Security" commerce. This is in contrast to the Kimberlin Vs. Breitbart Cult nonsense. Those two sides are not in competition. The more the opposite side mentions the other, the more that fake story continues to grow. Since they are not competing for the same revenue, it's all good.

I think I've done fairly well with my Twitter incarnation. However, the structure of that social media is not user-friendly for either writers or readers. Blogs are.

This entry serves as an announcement that I am returning to regular blogging. This is not a love siren to donkeytale. It's been wonderful since we've parted ways. Nonetheless, he said something once which I believe nailed my schtick. He said, to paraphrase, I fight conspiracies with conspiracy theory. Well, to him it was more like I fight conspiracy theories with conspiracy theories. He never did give me much credit for being a social theorist. His implication seemed to be I am a kook.

That's easy for anonymous cowards to do. Since it has now been confirmed by NBC News and The Intercept that indeed the internet is rigged Hal Turner-style, I have been vindicated for my many years trying to get across that basic message.

But it's not about me. It's not about Paul Carr, Mark Ames, Glenn Greenwald, or the elitist pigs funding both sides of irrelevant, internet drama. I am not saying there's nothing to learn from looking into that specific, inane battle. Yet, while all that stink up continues to fester, the main personalities on both sides continue to solidify their self-serving power and influence.

The internet zeitgeist should be focused on the actual Snowden documents but isn't. What's that line, the revolution will not be televised? Fine. Ok. Whatever. Something status quo shaking has still just been released. There is no going back. There is no way for the Military Industrial Complex to spin their way out of it. Obfuscating the significance of Snowden releases will only work short term. There is something called the big picture. There is something called slow and steady wins the race.

Under "Group" in the above screenshot is the phrase Conspiracy Stories. Hmmm. The Western governments are in a legitimation crisis. They spout of freedom, democracy, and ending terrorism. Unfortunately for them, it is also conspiracy fact that all their fascist maneuverings cannot change the truth that not one terrorist attack has been thwarted through internet cointelpro.

They continue to deny our constitutional right to freedom of speech and association. When busted, they simply push the convolution to even higher levels. They spin their state-sponsored terrorism into being nothing more than tinfoil voiced by nutters. The disinfo fucks forgot the projection alert.

Cybersmearer Ron Brynaert Scrubs Embarrassing Disinformation

UPDATE:



That's not cool.

Also, for those looking for further proof Vince in the Bay is disingenuous, check out his testimony at the recent Jeremy Hammond penalty hearing.

CityofFIintPR's Pastebin

OneToughCarrot has been blocked. He thinks acting like a neo-nazi is funny. I don't have time for that or his other racist and immature attitudes.
END OF UPDATE

Carrot has threatened to quit the internet, if I publish a vile and menacing entry on Ron Brynaert. But it isn't defamation when it's the truth. I will simply try to keep my temper in check. Ron is a cybersmearing, disinfo writer and below proves it. Now whether he is insane or is paid to write disinfo, I have opinions. But those aren't facts, only suspicions. I can hear my audience of twelve grumbling, "Ugh, now we will get the broken record of the need for pay stubs." #HalTurner


recent photo of disheveled, internet predator
(photo credit Vincent Tocce)

Ron is either insane or a paid disinfo writer. Period.



My Sociology enables me to have insights others might miss. Internet cointelpro is obviously targeting the right. You can see it through Twitter. They want Obama hate to surge into criminal activity. This is not tinfoil. The FBI creates terrorism. There's plenty of proof. But disinfo says that no one is listening and no one cares, that we are kooks who haven't proven anything. I believe they are very mistaken. I believe long term we the anonymous will rule the internet. It only appears otherwise because most people are lurkers. They don't want to get the Brynaert/Rauhauser treatment.

I never asked for it. I never did anything to deserve it. Internet cointelpro's objectives are two-fold. Primarily, it is interested in zeitgeist management and provocation. Nonetheless, due to organic processes, the cosmic collective consciousness is always pulling towards fact-inspired social awareness. #NewAge #MumboJumbo

Moving on. Why did Ron write the following? How did he come to his conclusions? Why did he scrub this mere hours after I tweeted its existence? Is Ron simply a madman? Why did he vehemently plug cybersmears using Rauhauser and Kimberlin as his apparent sources? Why did he attack this person named Stuart Sims?

I think there is a good chance Ron is part and parcel of internet cointelpro. Or is he so insane, one cannot possibly piece together wtf is going on with him? I don't know. He is a train wreck either way, whether paid or doing it for free.



Ron went on to post that person's linkedIn page.
(http://www.linkedin.com/in/portaltoindia)

It's pretty sick what was done to me. I am glad that's now far back in the rear view mirror. Meanwhile, I was able to get the truth out to the best of my ability. Phew.

The strangest part of that Brynaert screen shot, imho, is that the entry was actually a cross-post of an original previously scrubbed from his main blog. Ron started a second blogspot called kidkenomacode. (Oh, and a third called BrettKimberlinLies or something after it became obvious he was doing BK/NR dirty work.) He wanted to know if blogs could block blogs. He also had phases where he was ranting about SWATterico being hacked. Blah, blah, blah disinfo or insanity.

I will not regurgitate anything about Kenoma. This was some of the craziest shite imaginable I was forced to endure. Anyone who has looked into this or followed it or whatever knows what I'm talking about. I didn't even know this stuff was going on until well after the fact. Daily Kos doesn't seem to delete entries. One can still see what Rauhauser wrote as Stranded Wind.

I am not an arrogant fuck. I am a real person who thinks, sleeps, eats, etc.. I am a regular guy. Now I am burnt out from this. I mean the blogging part. I feel no urge to write or research anything. Over several years I tried to make it as a blogger. I came up with some good stuff, well beyond this Brynaert-Kimberlin-Rauhauser-Breitbart associated mess.

I put up that screenshot to show without a doubt that Ron Brynaert cybersmeared me and is indeed an internet predator. Just look at the above picture. He's a creepy, nasty person who writes internet disinformation. That is fact, not opinion.


Special Agent Dan Borsuk

This guy's name has shown up a lot. Google "daniel borsuk barrett brown" for more info. Please bear in mind that people who f'ed with Brown are the same ones who did it to me. I found a snippet in a google book excerpt concerning the anthrax hoax.

From The Mirage Man: Bruce Ivins, the Anthrax Attacks, and America's Rush to War by David Willman



Ye are gonna have to research this one for yourselves, if interested. Ivins was railroaded. The woman mentioned above reeks like an informant. I do not know if Rauhauser works for Borsuk. It wouldn't surprise me. It would make a whole lot of sense, indeed.



That'll about do it. I'm kind of done with blogging, at least for now. I wrote what I wrote and it's time to move on. Though never say never. I am proud of my blogging. Someone at Twitter asked for a link to my claim Hal Turner was sent to Brazil to represent himself as a bigwig neo-nazi. I had tracked down a blog entry at the leading Brazil paper. I google translated then edited it the best I could.

I tweeted this article I penned back to the dude (scroll down). Sorry to toot my own horn. Just saying. That's good stuff proving my value as a blogger.

Anyhoo, if you'd like one more reason to say fuck you to the system, watch this:



Bonus Convolution Coverage



I like @C1TYofFL1NT. He comes across as being a regular guy activist. He has been very effective in blogging on a secret bomb testing site in Flint, Michigan.

Lately he has been harassed by Neal Rauhauser. I've requested a copy of his screenshot of threats made. Neal told him he has become a person of interest with a bull's eye on his forehead.

I don't know why Neal has gone after him. There was something about Neal chatting him up in a blog talk radio chat room. Word is there's no privacy there, even for direct messages. Vince Tocce is a very shady individual more widely known as Vince in the Bay. He has been a promoter of Neal. I have seen him praising FBI asset Jen Emick and also being friendly with another named Brandon Darby.



He was convicted of computer crime. His target was #PETA. I don't know why I am using Twitter hashtags. Anyway, I'd like to thank Vince for the above confession.



the people united will never be defeated