by Dee McLachlan
On 6 August 2018, nearly three weeks ago, the Infowars YouTube channel, with nearly 2.5 million subscribers, and 1.6 billion views, was “disappeared”. And, as far as I can see, there’s been very little fallout.
On the 20th March, 1969, at a lecture to the Pittsburgh Pediatric Society, Dr Richard Day, said that in the future “People will just disappear”. That message has just taken on a new meaning. And I have a sick feeling in my gut right now — the same feeling I had growing up in South Africa during the Apartheid Era.
And this last week I learned that the Defence Minister was flying mixed-race boys in his military chopper to Bird Island. So much for “apartheid”.
I grew up in Pretoria and Cape Town, and was partly awake, thanks to my father voicing his opposition to the Apartheid government. I remember at ten or eleven years old, we had accompanied my grandfather (he’d been in two world wars) to a ‘grand’ military parade at the bottom of Voortrekker Monument (similar to the Shrine in Melbourne). It was an outing — as there was no television then to distract South Africans.
At this military parade, we watched tanks and troops pass, but when the national anthem was played, my father — as a silent protest — was the only one in 10,000 that didn’t stand up. You had to be cautious how you voiced your criticism.
Censorship in South Africa
During the Apartheid Era, the government used censorship freely to control the media — as any “dictatorship” does. I remember there always being censorship, but the Publications Act of 1974 gave legal authority to censor movies, plays, and books.
The government could decide what South Africans could or could not view, and local and foreign journalists had to juggle complex legislative law that prevented any reporting of criticism of the government. To quote sites.psu.edu:
“In spite of the world looking down negatively at their media regulation practices, the white minority only strengthened their grip on what content was leaked out. This was known as the ‘State of Emergency’ restrictions… by banning reports on events… If the journalist saw bodies of slain soldiers or police officers [from protests], he or she could not report that information until it came from official sources.”
It sounds so familiar. This is what happens in present day Australia — with the mainstream media refusing to publish damning evidence of 9-11, Port Arthur, or major pedo-crimes. Such revelations would obviously have to come down from ‘official sources’.
This brings me to the point of self-censorship.
Global Self-Censorship
It does not take much to persuade journalists, police persons, or politicians to self-censor their voices. We have been taught from an early age that going against the flow can be harmful, and can only make things difficult. I think much of the mainstream media is under the spell of self-censorship.
Journos from all backgrounds in South Africa got stories out, and this forced the government to give itself the power to suspend any and all newspapers. To continue with sites.psu.edu:
“This led to National Party electing Home Affairs Minister, Stoffel Botha, to have the power of requiring all reporters to register with the government. This refocused their attention from the slowly changing newspaper companies to the individual reporter, giving jail sentences to any person who does not conform with the beliefs of journalism under apartheid.”
Does this sound familiar? In 2014, Brandis brought in legislation that could jail journalists or whistle-blowers for up to 10 years for “recklessly” disclosing information relating to “a special intelligence operation.”
The Consequences of Ghosting of Alex Jones
I’ve had a few weeks to consider the “removal” of Alex Jones from YouTube, Facebook and other platforms. I think this is one of the most important turning points in free speech, and revealing in so many ways.
Firstly, that governments are no longer in control, and that the people no longer have a say in ‘democracy’.
Secondly, the giant corporations like Google (Remember Google bought YouTube in 2006) are not accountable to anyone, or any government.
Let me give you a South African hypothetical: If YouTube and Facebook had banned former Apartheid minister Stoffel Botha for hate speech against the black population, the Apartheid government would have blocked those corporations. (Like China does with certain platforms.) But US senators were praising the tech companies, with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., calling on for other tech companies to ban more sites like InfoWars, claiming that “the survival of American democracy depends on it.”
I despair. Do these politicians have any idea what this means.
Now to my main point. We have turned a corner, and it will be difficult to return. A precedent has been set, making it so much easier the second time. And ‘they’ will have the analytics from the disgruntled to learn from. It seems that Google, YouTube, Facebook, Apple and others can now “remove” you with impunitiy. A one-way ticket to oblivion.
A New Set of Rules For The World
Let me quote Polygon as an example:
“The InfoWars host’s case isn’t a First Amendment issue, nor is it censorship… YouTube isn’t infringing on Alex Jones’ freedom of speech, it’s enforcing the rules.”
What does this mean? There are a new set of rules. A line has been drawn in the sand.
I have listened quite a lot to Alex Jones. My ear is acutely tuned to racist, phobic-type speech. Jones is vocal, he rants, and he has a very strong opinions. Every now and then I might feel offended, and that he needs some ‘re-education’. But I would say I did not hear anything that I could claim ‘hateful’. Hurtful maybe, but not hateful. Actually I correct myself. He did speak ‘hatefully’… towards evil pedophiles, and those people killing innocent children in illegal wars.
One of the constant conspiracies that is used (by the MSM) to disparage Jones and partly justify his ‘removal’ is that he actually believes 9-11 was an inside job. I expect that the big tech companies might in the near future want anyone with a news site or blog to REGISTER — and to qualify that they will not report their version of Fake News.
We are now sliding down that slippery slope. Ask any person that was brought up in a country that had an open dictatorship or police state — as opposed to those living in covert dictatorships or covert police states, like the US and Australia.
Dr Day and “Disappearing”
I re-read Dr Day’s 1969 speech. On the section “The arrival of the totalitarian global system,” Dr. Lawrence Dunegan (who recalled the speech) wrote:
“Somewhere in this vein he said there would not be any martyrs. When I first heard this I thought it meant the people would not be killed, but as the presentation developed what he meant was they would not be killed in such a way or disposed of in such a way that they could serve as inspiration to other people the way martyrs do. Rather he said something like this. “People will just disappear.”
[Dunegan goes on] …The bringing in of the new system he said probably would occur on a weekend in the winter. Everything would shut down on Friday evening and Monday morning when everybody wakened there would be an announcement that the New System was in place.”
Back in 1969, when Dr Day was speaking, they would not have guessed how easy it would be to make one’s presence disappear. In a few minutes you can wipe out 2.5 million supporters… and make you a nobody. The new high-tech version of making you irrelevant — maybe Dr Day’s new ‘disappear’.
But I ask: why take Alex Jones ‘out’ now?
Is the “Texan Trumpeter” being taken out before the mid-term elections? Was this coordinated and timed with Majorie Pritchard’s call on MSM media editors to write that “the media is not the enemy of the people”? And what’s with the many articles claiming “Trump will have blood on his hands?” What might ‘they’ be planning? A new false terrorist or right-wing disaster on the population? A financial collapse?
But there is some good news: the US President has taken notice.
This big tech censorship will have repercussions, but what they will be is anyone’s guess.
These evil people involved in all these “new” decision are really showing themselves for what they are. “Inhuman”, robots, doing what they are instructed by the Cabal.
The ironical situation, is that ordinary people think that these elite are intelligent, and smart business people, otherwise how did their companies become so successful.
To answer that query, refer to Greg Buck, where he explains that some of these companies are not really successful except in creative accountancy. They borrow huge amounts of debt at low interest rates, appear to be flush with money, but by law they do not have to declare on their balance sheets the debt owing. Presto, plenty of cash to pay big dividends and then wrought the figures to pay interest only off the debt.
I forgot to add these companies also buy their own company shares back to make them more scarce which forces the price up. They then sell off at the higher price. Its called manipulating the stock market. This is illegal. However nothing is done by the regulators as that would show the public what is going on with these and other companies. This is part of the reason for the stock market’s ever rising “value” even though the economy is in a downward spiral.
“Everything would shut down on Friday evening and Monday morning when everybody wakened there would be an announcement that the New System was in place.”
I think that weekend will happen soon–when Obama passed a bill to be able to declare Martial Law across the US-mobilising military/Fema/ops not long before Trump “came” to power–so did Dutton pass a similar law –very recently–this has not been referred to by pathetic tv coverage. The story is there will be several global events–“terrorist events” and a “monetary crisis” -that will be announced on a Friday evening –it is all scripted–
Diane, this maybe why Turnbull was outed. Maybe, just maybe, he refused to go along with the monetary plan, because all banks will become bankrupt immediately and he is a “bankers’ boy”. From bank to politics, bank to politics etc. through the revolving door.
Hey Mal,
We’ll know whether we’ve been stitched up by the banksters again when we see Morrison’s cabinet reshuffle.
1.Put a soldier in charge of Defense. Get rid of the school-marm. No more gender studies or finger nail painting.
2.Now that Joshua Frydenburg is Treasurer, will he support Katter’s Glass Steagall bill.
3.Review the APRA bail-in law passed on 12th Feb.2018 and specifically exclude deposits in banks.
Don’t hold your breath.No, I suspect these scheming bastards will ride this one into the ground then come out publicly saying “No one could have foreseen this”
Bullshit.
Adding to my above thought, am not trying to frighten our readers, but 9/11 2001 was a Tuesday, 9/11 2018 is a Tuesday. Could the Cabal pull off an even bigger 9/11 this time, the World’s biggest financial crash?
The banks could still close on Friday and a long weekend bank holiday be held over until Tuesday, opening to the disaster of no money in personal and business bank accounts. Remember these “nut cases” design disasters around certain dates or days.
Two reasons why this is possible. They need to crash the financial world before many or any more
countries enact “the Glass Steagall” legislation. They also need to act before the BRICS countries and the China “land bridge movement” gets too much traction. When these two movements are underway, there is no need for the City of London Cabal, all countries can move finance themselves on a co-mutual basis.
I hope this is only food for thought!
Don’t think Malcolm was outed–more playing his part in the grand design perhaps he has known of “A thirty year old Economist prediction –coming true in 2018” where there is an “All world currency”
https://youtu.be/mf6RLRhYZvc. All world currency
a new “Global crypto non national currency—run by bureaucrats providing a universal basic income”
This is youtube that I meant to attach in previous comment
Globalisation has delivered the world a single central bank thus a monopolised monetary system. With so much money to be made in currency pricing including interest rates, derivatives and volatility etc a single world currency now makes little business sense. In 1988 derivative use was pretty much restricted to pricing but now as trading instruments they are rivers of gold. Especially as counter party limits are as old school as debt ceilings. With degreed up masters of their universe with super computing power in their hands churning out more elaborate money making instruments there is no reason for the music to stop. As for fascism and spying: they have been with us for millenia too.
Thank you, Michael. I don’t have the competence to see these things about globalization of money but I can see that the Bozos can’t afford to alienate the Nouveau Riche, as they are an indispensable support for them.
It seems to me that the fattening up of the professional classes was done carefully to give them a vested interest in protecting the Bozos.
I’m only speaking for Australia. Do you live in Australia? The benefits to this class are blatant, via legislation, and are relatively new. The first time we saw a news photo of Hawkie, in tuxedo, having a champagne with the skipper of the America’s Cup race, we all went “Huh?”
“Secondly, the giant corporations like Google (Remember Google bought YouTube in 2006) are not accountable to anyone, or any government.”
Dee, I must correct you slightly. It’s not that they are “not accountable”‘ It is that we don’t hold them accountable.
Diane, I must correct you slightly:
“so did Dutton pass a similar law –very recently–this has not been referred to by pathetic tv coverage”
One MP, even a front bencher, does not “pass a law.” Only the full legislature does that. Your MP had a say in it, therefore you did also.
As all the issues touted by Jones have been thrashed out in countless other forums ad infinitum it would appear that the ban was based on some sort of corporate vendetta; as opposed to a clear-headed political agenda.
And given the fact that life in S. A. has got even worse since the collapse of apartheid it’s reasonable to conclude that the core problem hasn’t budged.
Correct
I found it interesting that (((Frydenberg))) suddenly went to ground after the Leadership rumblings exploded into the open. No media commentary, no opinions asked for, it was like one day he was joined at the hip to Malcolm, putting together the NEG to ensure the final Enron-ing of Australia, then suddenly, gone, then re-appeared as the Deputy PM/Treasurer??
Yet another Cohencidence in the game of life I’m sure.
Paul,
What’s with the (((Frydenburg))) reference? Are you saying he’s part of (((them)))??
I think it’s a given. Look at his bio. Bankster thru and thru…