By Caitlin Johnstone
June 13, 2021 "Information
Clearing House" - In totalitarian
regimes they have massacres and wars. In free
democracies they have humanitarian interventions.
In totalitarian regimes they use torture. In free
democracies they use enhanced interrogation
techniques.
In totalitarian regimes they fund terrorist
groups to create instability. In free democracies
they fund terrorist groups to create stability.
In totalitarian regimes evil dictators bomb their
own people. In free democracies we do it for them.
In totalitarian regimes a single party upholds
and enforces the status quo. In free democracies,
two parties uphold and enforce the status quo.
In totalitarian regimes the government controls
the press and determines what information the public
is allowed to have access to. In free democracies it
is billionaires who do this.
In totalitarian regimes they wage brutally
violent crackdowns on protesters to quash dissent.
In free democracies they do this also, but then they
kneel while wearing kente cloth.
In totalitarian regimes you know exactly who
rules over you. In free democracies the true rulers
hide behind fake puppet governments.
In totalitarian regimes any elections they have
are rigged, and challengers are hand picked by the
authoritarian rulers. In free democracies the rulers
rig the elections and hand pick the candidates, and
they do this to other countries as well.
In totalitarian regimes they imprison journalists
for revealing inconvenient truths about the
powerful. In free democracies they imprison
journalists for revealing inconvenient truths about
the powerful, and all the other journalists jump on
social media to say he deserved it.
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In totalitarian regimes they don’t let political
dissidents speak. In free democracies they just
refuse dissidents any influential platforms and use
algorithms to keep revolutionary ideas from being
heard by a significant number of people.
In totalitarian regimes they circle the planet
with military bases, wage endless wars which kill
millions, and work to destroy any nation which
disobeys their government. Whoops, sorry, that’s
actually free democracies.
In totalitarian regimes political speech is
heavily regulated by the government. In free
democracies political speech is heavily regulated by
the government via Silicon Valley.
In totalitarian regimes the citizenry are kept
impoverished while the rulers live lavishly with
more than they could ever spend. In free
democracies the citizenry are kept impoverished
while the rulers live lavishly with more than they
could ever spend.
In totalitarian regimes there is lack. In free
democracies there is artificial lack.
In totalitarian regimes the government spy agency
tells the news media what stories to run, and the
news media unquestioningly publish it. In free
democracies the government spy agency says “Buddy,
have I got a scoop for you!” and the news media
unquestioningly publish it.
In totalitarian regimes bands of armed thugs
patrol the streets to enforce obedience to
authority. In free democracies bands of armed thugs
patrol the streets to enforce obedience to authority
and Hollywood makes movies about how heroic they
are.
In totalitarian regimes students are taught to
mindlessly worship a picture of the evil dictator.
In free democracies students are taught to
mindlessly worship the flag.
In totalitarian regimes students are taught never
to question authority. In free democracies students
are taught never to question the news reporters.
In totalitarian regimes they commit evil deeds
which free democracies could never get away with
doing. In free democracies they have totalitarian
regimes commit those evil deeds for them.
In totalitarian regimes the people are kept too
brutalized and cowed to rise up against their
rulers. In free democracies the people are kept too
propagandized and brainwashed to rise up against
their rulers.
In totalitarian regimes the powerful determine
what happens regardless of the desire of the people.
In free democracies the powerful determine what the
people will desire to happen.
In totalitarian regimes everyone is a slave to
the powerful. In free democracies everyone is a
Slave™ to the Powerful™.
In totalitarian regimes you are forced to obey.
In free democracies you are trained to think your
obedience was your own idea.
In totalitarian regimes you are not free, and you
know it. In free democracies you are not free, and
you don’t know it.
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