{"id":196976,"date":"2021-10-11T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=196976"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:08:29","slug":"the-richer-you-are-the-creepier-you-get-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/10\/the-richer-you-are-the-creepier-you-get-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"The Richer You Are the Creepier You Get: Notes from the Edge of the Narrative Matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>6 Oct 2021 &#8211; <\/em>So the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/money.yahoo.com\/facebooks-whistleblower-testifying-congress-most-140750060.html\" >Facebook \u201cwhistleblower\u201d<\/a> all the mass media are loudly amplifying today is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/05\/facebook-whistleblower-hearing-key-takeaways-france-haugen\" >pushing for regulations<\/a> that Facebook just happens to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1445495575021953024\" >fully support<\/a>, likely because the trillion-dollar corporation <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greenwald.substack.com\/p\/democrats-and-media-do-not-want-to\" >knows it will impose costs<\/a> that make the emergence of future competitors impossible?<\/p>\n<p>Cool. That\u2019s not suspicious at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>They said we need internet censorship because Russia.<\/p>\n<p>They said we need internet censorship because Covid.<\/p>\n<p>They said we need internet censorship because election security.<\/p>\n<p>They said we need internet censorship because Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>They said we need internet censorship because domestic extremists.<\/p>\n<p>Now they say we need internet censorship because Facebook whistleblower.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty sure they just want internet censorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so lucky how the political\/media class and US intelligence agencies have been so very solemnly concerned that we have too much free speech on the internet and they just keep happening to get these viral news stories which show that internet censorship is a dire necessity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Chevron <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mariannewilliamson.substack.com\/p\/travesty-of-justice\" >literally sentenced a guy to prison<\/a> and a new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2021-10-03\/give-amazon-and-facebook-a-seat-at-the-united-nations\" >Bloomberg article<\/a> argues that Amazon and Facebook should be made UN members and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/science-tech\/big-tech\/2021\/09\/the-spirit-of-the-age-why-the-tech-billionaires-want-to-leave-humanity-behind\" >New Statesman argues<\/a> that \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewStatesman\/status\/1443236088978477062\" >tech billionaires are the new revolutionaries<\/a>\u201d and the mainstreaming of psychedelics is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2021\/10\/04\/psychedelic-renaissance-entirely-about-corporate-greed\/\" >driven by corporate investors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alternate proposal: don&#39;t allow the existence of &quot;commercial superpowers&quot;. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gacFw3Offr\" >pic.twitter.com\/gacFw3Offr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitoz\/status\/1444780754420985862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Corporations, politicians, media, military and intelligence agencies are all the same class, and they have far better class solidarity than the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Crazy how we learned the CIA planned to assassinate Assange and spied on him and his lawyers and the US prosecution relied heavily on false testimony from a diagnosed sociopath and convicted child molester and we\u2019re <em>still<\/em> like \u201cMan I <strong><em>hope<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0the extradition case gets dropped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how bad things are.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Really rich people are creepy and they do creepy things. Billionaires spend a lot on media influence to manufacture consent for their existence and for the status quo their kingdoms are built on, but also because they need lots of PR assistance since they\u2019re so fucking creepy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FA0VnB2VIAAbujf?format=png&amp;name=900x900\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The richer you are the more divorced from normality you become. You don\u2019t even know how a normal person acts. It never even occurs to you that people will think you look creepy devouring a baked lizard or buying up vast swathes of America\u2019s farmland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farmland owned by Bill Gates. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WOlBijE863\" >pic.twitter.com\/WOlBijE863<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abolitionist #StopCopCity \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@womenbaseball1) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womenbaseball1\/status\/1444306244504850436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You lose the part of yourself that goes \u201cHmm, better not do that publicly, people will think I\u2019m creepy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Bill Gates Venture Aims To Spray Dust Into The Atmosphere To Block The Sun. What Could Go Wrong? <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/soIBZeqSQH\" >https:\/\/t.co\/soIBZeqSQH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; conspiracybot (@conspiracyb0t) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conspiracyb0t\/status\/1437865190226370565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Before you know it you\u2019re blasting off on a $5 billion carnival ride to space in a rocket that looks like a penis going \u201cYeah, this is fine. This is just normal stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FA0ZiNlUYAMriUL?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I mean, come on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk says his brain technology company, Neuralink, has implanted a device in a monkey&#39;s brain, and hopes to make it play games in its own mind. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ig3zkSL1cl\" >https:\/\/t.co\/Ig3zkSL1cl<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D1ULVwEwns\" >pic.twitter.com\/D1ULVwEwns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IGN (@IGN) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IGN\/status\/1356309104239767560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Just <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caityjohnstone.medium.com\/bezos-reveals-his-ugly-vision-for-the-world-hes-trying-to-rule-5bb9d117b819\" >coming right out and saying<\/a> you want <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">to<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> ship all <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">the<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> normal people into space <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">to<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> breed in giant rotating cylinders? That\u2019s creepy. That\u2019s really, really creepy.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bezos Reveals His Ugly Vision For The World He\u2019s Trying To Rule<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Bezos then went on to discuss his plan to ship humans off of the best planet in the solar system and send them to live in floating cylinders in space.&quot;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ps7iMvwfwA\" >https:\/\/t.co\/Ps7iMvwfwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitoz\/status\/1127400172416163840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >May 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And what\u2019s even creepier is the ways they\u2019re <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcfinance.co.uk\/blog\/how-billionaires-plan-to-live-forever\/\" >trying to cheat death<\/a> so we\u2019ll be stuck with these freaks forever.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ApprovedAmerica\/status\/1287752084645765120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1287752084645765120&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2021%2F10%2F06%2Fthe-richer-you-are-the-creepier-you-get-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix%2F<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the subject turns to Israel AOC always <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/queeralamode\/status\/1445508646956269582?s=20\" >loses all linguistic faculties<\/a> and transforms into this weird babbling space alien.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/queeralamode\/status\/1445508646956269582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1445508646956269582&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2021%2F10%2F06%2Fthe-richer-you-are-the-creepier-you-get-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix%2F<\/p>\n<p>This is the same kind of indecipherable word salad as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aidachavez\/status\/1441491584747515906\" >her initial statement<\/a> on her \u201cpresent\u201d vote on Iron Dome funding, and it\u2019s the same as her word salading <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/queeralamode\/status\/1379879392642408448\" >when she was questioned about Palestinian rights<\/a> a few months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Word salading is sometimes called \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/narcwise.com\/2018\/11\/21\/narc-speak-words-weapons\/\" >narc speak<\/a>\u201c, because it\u2019s a technique often used by narcissists to confuse, overwhelm, and exert control over their target.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The farthest-left politicians in the most powerful government on earth just believe capitalism should be a little less abusive and the empire should be a tiny bit less murderous.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>If your country\u2019s political moderates support war, militarism, ecocide and authoritarianism, it means you are governed by violent extremists.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t defend officials from your government. Just don\u2019t do it. Do whatever you need to do to drive that power-worshipping, propaganda-instilled impulse from your mind and flush it down the toilet where it belongs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Calls for civility toward government officials are always power-serving and anti-populist in nature. They\u2019re born of an elitist fear that the common riff raff may realize their true power.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LMFAO <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G0lNEQEc8D\" >pic.twitter.com\/G0lNEQEc8D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitoz\/status\/1444810234728304642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is very revealing that western media never expose the malfeasance of the most powerful and destructive power structure on earth, and this most certainly distorts people\u2019s worldview, and this is most certainly not an accident, and it is most certainly worth talking about.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Futurists who predict an imminent explosion of innovation enabling a human biotechnology fusion which exponentially enhances people\u2019s brains, senses and lifespans fail to appreciate that those technologies will inevitably be under the control of sociopathic intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Make birthdays about everybody telling the person why they\u2019re glad they had another year with them. Make funerals about everyone telling the person why they\u2019re sad they don\u2019t get any more years with them. We\u2019ll feel appreciated in life and have a better relationship with death.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>This believing we\u2019re our bodies thing is driving everyone crazier and crazier in all sorts of ways and eventually we\u2019re just gonna have to snap out of it and wake up to our true nature.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper who publishes regularly\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\" >at <\/a><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\" >Medium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2021\/10\/06\/the-richer-you-are-the-creepier-you-get-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\/?subscribe=success#blog_subscription-3\" >Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Oct 2021 &#8211; So the Facebook \u201cwhistleblower\u201d all the mass media are loudly amplifying today is pushing for regulations that Facebook just happens to fully support, likely because the trillion-dollar corporation knows it will impose costs that make the emergence of future competitors impossible? Cool. That\u2019s not suspicious at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":180156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[232,550,555,562,626,610,2198,2060],"class_list":["post-196976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capitalism","tag-capitalism","tag-corruption","tag-elites","tag-finance","tag-greed","tag-inequality","tag-post-capitalism","tag-profits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284689,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196976\/revisions\/284689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}