#facts
Small minority of people who know the truth makes no difference whatsoever in public opinion, and they will continue to know anyway because this is what normal people do.
Slightly altered from another challenging statement below:
Russia must repatriate remains of Red Army soldiers buried anywhere in Europe, especially Germany, and remove the monument in Treptower Park and bring it back to Russia. The generation of Western Allies who fought heroically in WW II is pretty much gone now and there is no need in trying to convince the West about who and how defeated Nazism.
Small minority of Europeans who know the truth makes no difference whatsoever in public opinion and they will continue to know anyway because this is what normal people do. The rest, who cares–it is over for the West anyway and the trajectory to oblivion is well defined.
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#facts, vs the #believe in the #truth of my #opinion
Anyway, how can we say it is a fact?
Carl L. Becker, 1931: Everyman His Own Historian.
Truth is a stranger to the fiction Dept. A photo that set in motion a lot of problems for the couple. Johnny Cash was married to an African American woman in the 1950s.
They would say she was Italian ( which in itself could mean she has African blood, but suspected it was more than just that ) but the Klan down south gave them the side eye protesting him and his shows.
"That was a perilous time to be an interracial couple, so give props to them both."
Turns out the ” man in black “ was a true rebel and lived life on his terms, with respect! She ended up bowing out of the marriage ( after ten years and children, Roseanne Cash being one ), as the stress of it got to be too much for her. Even now in the movies, they don’t portray her as she was… #facts #truestory
#AI - based #disinformation is probably not a major #threat to #democracy
source: https://www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/ai-based-disinformation-is-probably
Second, to succeed in such markets, content producers must achieve a good reputation (in the eyes of their target audience). One of many things that makes this really hard is that it is strongly in the interests of your competitors to destroy your reputation. In addition to legal accountability for lies and fabrications, this is one thing that keeps lots of media honest, at least when it comes to reporting on narrow matters of fact.
#media #news #politics #fake #facts #conspiracy #future #technology #press #journalism #problem #fakeNews
The problem, however, is that the proponents of #Russophobia operate in a fact-free environment, where ideological hatred has replaced informed judgment, where actual knowledge about #Russia has been supplanted with fantasy-laced #fiction. They fear Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir #Putin because, through this interview, ideas, #narratives, and #facts that have been ignored or suppressed by the political and media elites will be set forth in unfiltered fashion for the American public to consider free of the influence of those who seek to manipulate the population through narrative manipulation.
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.
Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) British fabulist
Sandman, Book 3. Dream Country, # 19 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” [Dream] (1990)
#quote #quotes #quotation #dreams #facts #myths #stories #tales #truths
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/gaiman-neil/9313/
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https://terikanefield.com/can-democracy-work-in-america-part-1-there-are-no-yankees-here/
The #Misinformation-Outrage Cycle, Part 1: “There are no Yankees here!”
..."Democracy requires an educated population able to analyze the implications of government policies. It requires voters to look beyond their own interests and consider the interests of society as a whole. It requires people who are aware of the appeal of a demagogue and can withstand that appeal.
This cannot happen if people do not have accurate information.
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#Democracy draws its authority from rule of #law. Rule of law requires an adherence to #facts, or what sociologists call a shared factuality. A court of law cannot function if jurors say, “I don’t believe any evidence you are showing me. I only believe whatever the Leader tells me is true.”
#Authoritarianism, in contrast, is based on lies. The underlying lies are these: “I am the great and powerful leader who can solve all of our problems. I alone have the answers. I am strong and bold enough to protect you from our enemies and the dangers that threaten us.”
Because authoritarianism is based on lies and democracy is based on truth, the way to destroy democracy is to obliterate truth.
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Political psychologists define the authoritarian personality as one that rejects nuance and complexity (including diversity) and tends to engage in all-or-nothing thinking. Those with an authoritarian personality prefer sameness and uniformity and have “cognitive limitations.” Karen Stenner calls them “simple-minded avoiders of complexity.” For more, see this article.
Conspiracy theories appeal to those with an authoritarian disposition.
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There are people who are pro-democracy and people who are disposed toward authoritarianism—and there are degrees. Some people are extreme, but there is lots of gray. Many (if not all) people can exhibit authoritarian traits, particularly in times of high anxiety.
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The current information disruption and proliferation of conspiracy theories is making it less likely that enough citizens will be able to make the kinds of informed decisions that a working democracy requires."...
You want PROOF? Look! ⬇️ There's your #proof .
You may have seen a story about Israel airstriking that Al-Jazeera reporter's family. It turns out that these people were in a Hamas Terrorist structure. If you know anything about how the I.D.F. works, you know that before they bomb a building, they call the locals and tell them to leave abd how they will hit the structure, and which nearby buildings will be safe. They then do "roof knocking," which is a first missile that makes a loud bang on the roof of a building. Then they do the actual airstrike. His family likely died out of being stubborn, or were executed by Hamas, as Hamas often forces innocents to such locations.
The MSM knowingly lies to people because they know the average American can get mad quickly, but actually has no interest in the region and so does not check to see if the data is correct.
Have you ever noticed just how many times Anderson Duper or any of a handful of other media personalities just happen to be in just the right location so that the building directly behind them is bombed? How does this happen all the time? Easy. I.D.F. has intel that a particular spot is a Hamas location, so they call the Arabs, warning them to leave, then they send in a roof knocking missile. Very very loud. It is the final warning. Then they blow up the building.
Think about it! Arabs make missiles that randomly kill or damage. Israel has rockets with pinpoint accuracy. Do you REALLY think they would spend all that money for fancy shmancy rockets to kill random civilians?!?! That would be like me using gold bullets to kill ducks. Makes zero sense.
So what happens is, Hamas will put elderly, women, and infants in a location about to be bombed, then the Palestinians can wail in the streets and the world blame Israel.
The land, by law, belongs to Israel. My desire is for Israel to go in on foot and tank and free the hostages, publickly execute any Hamas soldiers/ leadership, and then level and burn the land, to cleanse it. The Arabs there, most of them, are not generations long settlers. Most of those left years ago. The ones there now are violent and hate freedom and came there in the 1940's to 60's on construction jobs, and then just stayed. It would be like illegals coming to NYC, and then the media saying Manhattan was traditionally Mexican. Wait...WHAT?!?!!!?
Go online and find video after video of the "peaceful" palestinians beating innocent, captured Jews. It will probably have to be found on Bitchute.com or Rumble.com, because YouTube appears to hide or delete them. You can find videos that appear to show Jews picking on Palestinians, but are those videos heavily edited?
Here is an American explaining how America got the idea of roof knocking from Israel, and how civilians can die when not targetted.
https://youtu.be/ogknnmPCqk0?feature=shared
Islam is a devlish system of death. They love death. The MsM usually edits things so you cannot see the heart of the true muslim. You have to go to Bitchute.com, Rumble.com, etc., to see accurate news.
If you follow me, or watch my YouTube or Rumble channel, you can see proof that I post, if YT doesn't censor it...again. They have deleted my comments endless times, shadowbanned me, and deleted a video where I simply asked a question about facemasks.
Many times they find HAMas is going in and out of a building, or the building conceals a bunker underneath that leads to tunnels.
https://youtu.be/sumq8ktYOTI?feature=shared
If memory serves, they give them 15 minutes after the roof knock.
https://youtu.be/hcae-XdfsLA?feature=shared
See how they already have a camera going, focused on the building BEFORE it is hit. They know when the rockets are coming, and where. Also notice the jumpcut to delete the 15 minutes.
https://youtu.be/o4QujlKoyYE?feature=shared
If you understand how Islam works, you understand why/how "civilians" are killed. They are not innocent.
Many fundamentally do not understand islam. I would not suggest reading their trash, as it is of the devil, but their evil system teaches to befriend "infidels." They can go to their homes, have meals together, etc. This is the peace time. But then they grow in number in a country and the Imams begin to teach Defensive Jihad. Basically, they are taught to be at peace with their host country, unless Islam or their false prophet is insulted. Then they can be violent. Once they grow larger, the Imams then teach Offensive Jihad. This is the crazy terrorism and Sharia Law junk.
I once believed that there were peaceful and violent Muslims. But my friend, a former militant muslim from Pakistan taught me that the peaceful part is all part of the plan. Refuse to believe me? It is in their teachings.
Want to have some fun? Go on YouTube or anywhere muslims are, and ask them if they condemn their fake prophet for having sex with a 9 year old. He "married" Aisha when she was 6 years old. He says he first only fondled her when they bathed together, but once she turned the ripe old age of 9, he fully raped her. But he sure was a nice guy. He let only her continue to play with her dolls in his tent, wheras he did not with the others. So go ask muslims if they condemn the Profligate Muhammed's raping of Aisha. He also raped his sex slaves. Muslims refuse to condemn it, and in fact condone it, specifically saying it was acceptable.
Many sources call Aisha 9 years old when "married" to the false prophet. At least one says she was 7 years old. Sahil al-Bakari 51:58, 61:30, 51:33, 65:4, Sahil Muslim 33:11.
#Palestine #FreePalestine 🙄 #Hamas #Israel #Israeli #Jew #Jews #Jewish #Zion #Zionist #Zionists #Zionism #Judah #Juden #Palestinians #facts #media #OperationMockingbird #lies #lie #fact #IDF #IsraelDefenseForces #flattenPalestine #burnPalestine #war #Netanyahu #massacre ? #genocide 🙄 #Islam #muslims #AishaWas6 #Muhammed
Happy Birthday, Arundhati Roy
November 24, 1961
https://www.writerswrite.co.za/literary-birthday-24-november-arandhati-roy/
https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/happy-birthday-arundhati-roy-7-lesser-known-facts-about-the-award-winning-author/834689
From being an award-winning author to fighting for social-justice, Arundhati Roy, is a woman who has donned several hats in her lifetime.
#arundhatiroy #24november1961 #author #activist #quotes #facts
National Mean IQ Percentage Deviation from Mean Global IQ of 85 for 241 Countries and Dependencies with Continent Region Designation, 2023.
#data #statistics #stats #anthropology #uk #genetics #genotypes #neurology #graphs #charts #morphology #haplogroups #usa #environmentalpressures #adaptation #eu #europe #asia #africa #middleeast #facts #oceania #theamericas #northamerica #un #southamerica #intelligencequotient #iq #nationalmeaniq #globalmeaniq #nato #peoplegroups #haplogroupclustering
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Auschwitz Memorial
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9 November 1906 | A Czech Jew, Otto Baum, was born in Nová Cerekev.
He was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 December 1943. He did not survive.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
The 9 Nations that Collectively Possess 51% of the World's Land Area, plus population and population density data, 2023.
There are currently 241 Countries and Dependencies on Earth, 3.7% of them are currently in possession of 51% of the land area, with the remaining 49% shared among the remaining 96.3% of polities.
#data #statistics #information #facts #usa #uk #un #nato #globalism #neoliberalism #russia #china #unitedstates #canada #eu #brazil #australia #india #argentina #earth #kazakhstan #land #landarea #nations #graph #chart #wealthofnations #world #context #proportion #share #landshare
#Graph depicting the correlative #trend between number of homicides per 100k of population & mean national #IQ, with Pearson correlation coefficient, for 241 countries & dependencies, 2023.
The #graph shows that as the mean national IQ goes up, the number of homicides per 100k of #population goes down, with a strong correlation of 0.57. This suggests to me that the more #intelligent a population is, the less inclined to commit #homicide it is.
#homiciderate #murder #usa #uk #nato #murderrate #immigration #migrants #eu #globalism #neoliberalism #anthropology #mathematics #data #empiricism #stats #statistics #pearsoncorrelation #elitism #elites #crime #academia #intelligentsia #neoliberalglobalism #massmigration #un #wef #unitednations #agenda2030 #facts
Auschwitz Memorial
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10 October 1939 | A Polish Jew, Shlomo Arie Hordiner, was born in Rzeszów.
He was deported to Auschwitz from ghetto in Sosnowiec in July 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber.
Learn about fate of children in Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #OnThisDay #birthday #Sosnowiec #Rzeszow
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https://www.bitchute.com/video/1JH4WDhcrb3I/
Shocking #Facts About #EVs - You Couldn’t Pay Me Enough to Drive one of these...
#EV #cars
#Trends between total crime rate per 100,000 of population in 287 localities in #England and #Wales and percentage of locality population that is not '#White #British' in those 287 localities, 2023.
This is an #analysis of official #UK #government #ONS #data that shows quite clearly that as the #percentage of population that is not 'White British' goes down, so does the total rate of #crime per 100k of #population.
In other words, as the percentage of 'non-White-British' within the population of a locality goes up, the total crime rate per 100k of population also goes up.
#ethnography #correlation #statistics #un #globalism #immigration #massmigration #criminality #truth #facts #empiricism #usa #anthropology #sociology #ukgovernment #demographics #law #tories
Meanwhile, continuing to feel hopeful about some unthawing from #TrumpVirus trauma & massive #cult #disinformation.
Trump biographer says 'easy mark' Jared Kushner is a Saudi pawn
Ya think? Seeing many signs of people getting #woke to reality, to having been misled and grifted/conned, and blinded to actual #facts about all the #Jan6 #sedition and myriad crimes by #GQP luminaries, some of whom have appointments with #justice. Ah, #hope.
#justice #accountability #emoluments #Jan6 #Kushner #JaredKushner
When Are We All Finally Going to Stop Living in Fear?
Back in the 1950s, this psychology professor at Swarthmore had an idea. He wondered just how powerful peer pressure was.
So he rounded up 123 students.
They were male.
He put them in groups of five or seven. He told one dude in every group he was conducting vision tests. He told the rest of the group he was really studying peer pressure. He told them all to give the right answer the first two times. After that, they were supposed to give the same wrong answer for almost every question. The wrong answer wasn't just a little wrong.
It was obviously wrong.
Epically wrong.
The professor expected the one dude to hold his ground most of the time, that he wouldn't conform. The professor was wrong. Only about 25 percent of his test subjects resisted the urge to conform. About a third of them conformed almost all of the time, and 5 percent conformed completely.
https://www.okdoomer.io/its-time-to-stop-living-in-fear
#fear #PeerPressure #academic #CriticalThinking #society #social #pressure #facts #lies #OKdoomer #independence #freedom #psychology
Concerns about Wikipedia
I have been concerned about political articles on #Wikipedia and how they effect people reading them
From what i've seen the #bias in them is so obvious and common that i don't put any value in what they say at this point and i've stopped reading them. (In areas that are not connected with politics or economic interests i sometimes use Wikipedia though)
In my view wikipedia
* reflects #corporate/mainstream #western #narratives and #propaganda (which comes with problems described by #Chomsky and #Herman in their work on the #PropagandaModel)
* uses language that mixes #facts and #evaluations (ex using the term "conspiracy theory"), and in that way communicates to the user what they "should" believe
(The first issue is something that you would see in a normal encyclopedia, but the second issue is unique to Wikipedia in my experience. A normal #encyclopedia would be more objective in their descriptions)