Gleaning reliable information from so much of what we see and hear from our chosen sources is frequently difficult, and therefore, counting on these media narratives for a path forward is shaky at best. It’s often not easy to see through the façade to uncover the truth behind the headlined stories — most media outlets lead with sensationalism, then fill in the remainder to support their intended conclusion. Those fill-in details are dependably biased, so it is difficult to understand how the story fits into the more significant, and even controlling narratives of deep-state politics and internationalism.
Isn’t it amazing how we talk past each other in private conversations? At times, it’s almost like we are speaking different languages. For example, a progressive friend asked me for my definition of “woke” since it seems to mean different things to different people — there’s a lack of clarity in how we communicate with each other these days. Yet, our inability to draw common conclusions about people, institutions, government, and geopolitics is not an accident; it’s an intentional political strategy.
Eliminate politics momentarily, and focus instead on accurate, convincing communication. Assume that two people of good character and sufficient intellect can’t agree. The questions, the problems, and the solutions are elusive and frustratingly out of reach. Many characterize these differences in political terms. What we hear and think, and often how we believe is frequently due to deliberate miscommunication by and from authoritative sources on which we rely. These sources make grandiose statements, like charging that the horrendous withdrawal from Afghanistan should now be a source of pride.
But without context, and a failure to present the history and facts that enable you to analyze a story, what you believe comes down to what you are inclined to think at the outset. Here are four examples that have set people of goodwill against each other, inviting unnecessary confrontation through deliberately misleading facts, and encouraging us to reach faulty conclusions — I call this the government’s invisible ink: plainly written, but unseen by the unobservant eye. See below:
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Reading these four examples reminds us of how we constantly lose sight of practical realities. Sometimes we enforce stupid and nonsensical rules, laws, policies, and decisions that do little more than hurt people, disadvantaging us in a world more prone to focus on practicality.
We’ve created hundreds of thousands of lobbyists, lawyers, advisory companies, and accountants whose sole purpose is to navigate frequently unmarked channels visible only to some Washington or other political insider reading the invisible ink you can’t. I believe this is how corruption is born and fostered. It’s just too easy to give up and accept a bribe (legal, as in a campaign contribution, or illegal, as in a payoff) of one kind or another to clear the way through a bureaucracy purposely designed to burden the average American.
We created a cottage industry of legal and illegal shakedowns by writing nonsensical rules of the road that have engorged nonproducers while hamstringing an entire country, thus conflicting its people. I liken this to the drag on a fishing reel intended to tire out a fish. However, fish, in this case, is our national economy. We’ve incapacitated ourselves to such a degree that simple logic is almost universally rejected by the political class in favor of what they can do to disadvantage some while advantaging others and of course, themselves.
Your standard of living, safety, and future are negatively affected by those insider scoundrels that work our system in their favor, not yours.
God Bless America!
Allan J. Feifer—Patriot, Author, Businessman, and Thinker. Read more about Allan, his background, and his ideas to create a better tomorrow at www.1plus1equals2.com.
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