In a mind-blowing marketing video first published on March 25, but which had escaped widespread notice until recent days, the CIA enthusiastically endorsed several key tenets of what has now indisputably become a hegemonic left/liberal ideological and rhetorical construct:
The shift in cultural dynamics is fascinating and to that end, I am not an exception. I was a full fledged supporter of the Patriot Act even though I didn't have any details on how the law would be implemented or put into practice. As recently as the Snowden revelations, I distinctly remember telling my family that I would be concerned if the NSA didn't have people smart enough to come up with something like that.
I wouldn't have admitted to it at the time but I was willing to sacrifice the freedom of Americans for a vague sense of security. Over time, it has become increasingly clear that we have collectively weakened our civil liberties and due process by empowering these agencies. I'm not even confident that we are more secure because of them.
At one time, I would have been a part of a target demographic for these agencies. Now, my attitude toward these agencies has changed significantly. I wouldn't even consider speaking to the FBI without an attorney. There is no chance that I would ever want to work for them. The same goes for all the other alphabet agencies.
It makes perfect sense for them to recruit among a pool of woketarians. They are primed to adopt and disseminate propaganda. Even better, they can easily adopt this secular religion without fundamentally changing anything. Virtue signaling is the easy part. They could care less about equality of opportunity or the equity of outcomes as long as they have the power to move the goalposts where required.
Thanks, CIA for showing us that gay, bi-, trans, people of color, ex-communists and the like can all work together to keep our glorious unipolar empire on top. The Chinese, Russians, Syrians, Iranians, et al don’t stand a chance against our empty woke posturing. I can sleep well tonight.
Thank you Michael. DNC/CIA propaganda is very intensive - for a reason. Obama-Biden administration has concocted the scam of the century -- the Russia-gate dangerous hoax that still continues with a major and now double Cold Wars.
Examples of misinformation and brazen propaganda are indeed numerous and truly alarming - see:
World's Most Tyrannical Regime Can't Stop Babbling About "Human Rights"
Note that Russia ceased being Communist more than thirty years ago but the US war machine needs "enemies" -- huge profits for all involved.. "Human rights" concern is nothing other than a propaganda weapon to be used for building antagonistic international coalitions, manufacturing consent for invasions and regime change ops, and spinning the dominant narrative in support of starvation sanctions and world-threatening cold war escalations. It's just mass-scale "concern" trolling of the most destructive and malignant sort imaginable.
Repeatedly misinformed US citizens then parrot State Department lines about how horrible and tyrannical US-targeted governments are, helping to circulate the narratives our rulers are spending billions of dollars circulating, and they are doing it for free. They are making the jobs of the imperialists that much easier, because they are unwittingly operating as a pro bono Pentagon propagandist.
In summary: Don't be a War party propagandist, pro bono or otherwise. Don't be an imperial "concern" troll. Don't let the US government, the worst human rights abuser on the face of our planet get away with pretending to support human rights".
The CIA, DOJ, and FBI were actively working against President Trump since 2016. Do you really think that they included him in on these plans of wokeness when it's one of the things that he rails against? Of course they didn't and putting Gina in charge of the CIA was one of his MANY hiring mistakes.
Defund and dismantle the CIA, FBI, and DOJ. They are broken beyond repair or reform.
The powerful have always understood "divide and conquer" the powerless; woke ideology is just the latest chapter. It just happens that in this particular iteration, they're finding it useful to be a little more explicitly in incorporating non-white educated elites, which means they're inherently a little more explicit in excluding the white working class.
Liberals & Leftists: "Having thoroughly benefited from it (but not always to the extent we feel we deserve) we want to overthrow western civilization!"
Authoritarian Shadow Governments: "We, too, want to overthrow western civilization! We accept your Intersectionality theory, where all grievances are One; and Identity Theory, where one chooses how to identify themselves irregardless of how others might define you. We authorities thus choose to identify as an oppressed class, and now intersect with all other oppressed classes to rise up and throw off the chains of our shared enemy - western civilization!"
Liberals & Leftists, actively engaged in doing the Shadow Governments dirty work: "You are not affiliated with me!"
Authoritarian Shadow Governments: "For now, as long as you keep doing our dirty work, this matters not. But we reserve the right to believe you again, once our shared purpose has been accomplished."
In general conversation, sure. I agree with that. But the way I used them here as monolithic entities, I kinda feel like they are acting as proper nouns.
Michael, wokism is NOT left in that it erases class and divides the powerless. Leftists see class everywhere. Wokism is exactly the stuff of liberalism: do-nothing, change-nothing elitism.
"The CIA can easily adopt something approximating an “intersectional” attitude toward racial, gender, gender identity-related oppressions and continue on with its ordinary mission. In fact, the adoption of this rhetoric could enhance its mission by strengthening its domestic cultural cachet."
This is exactly the problem with these new mental health crisis of all types. Rather than foster an environment where people can challenge its tenants and combat its spread, most leading influencers (as in media, companies etc...., not social media personalities, although they too would fall into this category) simply co-opt it for their own selfish ends and validate the messaging. Now we have (the first?) a massive mental health crisis in the country that, instead of being viewed as such, is being sheltered and grown; spreading.
The woman in the recruiting video is unnamed because she is unreal: She is a computer-generated deep fake created by an elite CIA unit known as SPECTRE: Special Executive for Cultural Transformaton, Realignment, and Equity. Her language, an advanced form of wokespeak, is devoid of content because it is intended not as communication, but as a class signifier. The Agency is trolling for the same upper-crust, lacrosse-playing Ivy League insiders it always has, but now with cutting-edge tools masterminded by the unit’s leader, Chatsworth Osborne Blofeld III.
The halls of power have realized, especially during the last 15 months, that people will believe anything, and do what they're told if an Authority tells it to them. So why not? The CIA will destroy black and brown bodies overseas, but at least they're respecting the space of trans BIPOC while humbly learning about their own privilege and exploring the Intersectionality Space and hashtag believe all women.
🤢🤮 Ok, now I feel better. Thank you for continuing to cover this nonsense which has taken our country by storm. Although I have always found my politics more aligned with the Democrats, I will now support those who perpetuate this harmful ideology. Well done Michael Tracey.
The shift in cultural dynamics is fascinating and to that end, I am not an exception. I was a full fledged supporter of the Patriot Act even though I didn't have any details on how the law would be implemented or put into practice. As recently as the Snowden revelations, I distinctly remember telling my family that I would be concerned if the NSA didn't have people smart enough to come up with something like that.
I wouldn't have admitted to it at the time but I was willing to sacrifice the freedom of Americans for a vague sense of security. Over time, it has become increasingly clear that we have collectively weakened our civil liberties and due process by empowering these agencies. I'm not even confident that we are more secure because of them.
At one time, I would have been a part of a target demographic for these agencies. Now, my attitude toward these agencies has changed significantly. I wouldn't even consider speaking to the FBI without an attorney. There is no chance that I would ever want to work for them. The same goes for all the other alphabet agencies.
It makes perfect sense for them to recruit among a pool of woketarians. They are primed to adopt and disseminate propaganda. Even better, they can easily adopt this secular religion without fundamentally changing anything. Virtue signaling is the easy part. They could care less about equality of opportunity or the equity of outcomes as long as they have the power to move the goalposts where required.
Thanks, CIA for showing us that gay, bi-, trans, people of color, ex-communists and the like can all work together to keep our glorious unipolar empire on top. The Chinese, Russians, Syrians, Iranians, et al don’t stand a chance against our empty woke posturing. I can sleep well tonight.
Thank you Michael. DNC/CIA propaganda is very intensive - for a reason. Obama-Biden administration has concocted the scam of the century -- the Russia-gate dangerous hoax that still continues with a major and now double Cold Wars.
Examples of misinformation and brazen propaganda are indeed numerous and truly alarming - see:
World's Most Tyrannical Regime Can't Stop Babbling About "Human Rights"
https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/worlds-most-tyrannical-regime-cant
Note that Russia ceased being Communist more than thirty years ago but the US war machine needs "enemies" -- huge profits for all involved.. "Human rights" concern is nothing other than a propaganda weapon to be used for building antagonistic international coalitions, manufacturing consent for invasions and regime change ops, and spinning the dominant narrative in support of starvation sanctions and world-threatening cold war escalations. It's just mass-scale "concern" trolling of the most destructive and malignant sort imaginable.
Repeatedly misinformed US citizens then parrot State Department lines about how horrible and tyrannical US-targeted governments are, helping to circulate the narratives our rulers are spending billions of dollars circulating, and they are doing it for free. They are making the jobs of the imperialists that much easier, because they are unwittingly operating as a pro bono Pentagon propagandist.
In summary: Don't be a War party propagandist, pro bono or otherwise. Don't be an imperial "concern" troll. Don't let the US government, the worst human rights abuser on the face of our planet get away with pretending to support human rights".
Bingo. AND FREE FUCKING JULIAN ASSANGE!!!
The CIA, DOJ, and FBI were actively working against President Trump since 2016. Do you really think that they included him in on these plans of wokeness when it's one of the things that he rails against? Of course they didn't and putting Gina in charge of the CIA was one of his MANY hiring mistakes.
Defund and dismantle the CIA, FBI, and DOJ. They are broken beyond repair or reform.
Broken or functioning exactly like the ruling class wants? Features, not bugs.
The powerful have always understood "divide and conquer" the powerless; woke ideology is just the latest chapter. It just happens that in this particular iteration, they're finding it useful to be a little more explicitly in incorporating non-white educated elites, which means they're inherently a little more explicit in excluding the white working class.
Liberals & Leftists: "Having thoroughly benefited from it (but not always to the extent we feel we deserve) we want to overthrow western civilization!"
Authoritarian Shadow Governments: "We, too, want to overthrow western civilization! We accept your Intersectionality theory, where all grievances are One; and Identity Theory, where one chooses how to identify themselves irregardless of how others might define you. We authorities thus choose to identify as an oppressed class, and now intersect with all other oppressed classes to rise up and throw off the chains of our shared enemy - western civilization!"
Liberals & Leftists, actively engaged in doing the Shadow Governments dirty work: "You are not affiliated with me!"
Authoritarian Shadow Governments: "For now, as long as you keep doing our dirty work, this matters not. But we reserve the right to believe you again, once our shared purpose has been accomplished."
PLEEEASE stop capitalizing liberal and leftist. They AREN'T proper nouns.
In general conversation, sure. I agree with that. But the way I used them here as monolithic entities, I kinda feel like they are acting as proper nouns.
But -- fair enough. :)
Michael, wokism is NOT left in that it erases class and divides the powerless. Leftists see class everywhere. Wokism is exactly the stuff of liberalism: do-nothing, change-nothing elitism.
Um, this IS the CIA. "We lied, we cheated, we stole." - Mike Pimpeous
"The CIA can easily adopt something approximating an “intersectional” attitude toward racial, gender, gender identity-related oppressions and continue on with its ordinary mission. In fact, the adoption of this rhetoric could enhance its mission by strengthening its domestic cultural cachet."
This is exactly the problem with these new mental health crisis of all types. Rather than foster an environment where people can challenge its tenants and combat its spread, most leading influencers (as in media, companies etc...., not social media personalities, although they too would fall into this category) simply co-opt it for their own selfish ends and validate the messaging. Now we have (the first?) a massive mental health crisis in the country that, instead of being viewed as such, is being sheltered and grown; spreading.
Officers, not agents. 👍
The woman in the recruiting video is unnamed because she is unreal: She is a computer-generated deep fake created by an elite CIA unit known as SPECTRE: Special Executive for Cultural Transformaton, Realignment, and Equity. Her language, an advanced form of wokespeak, is devoid of content because it is intended not as communication, but as a class signifier. The Agency is trolling for the same upper-crust, lacrosse-playing Ivy League insiders it always has, but now with cutting-edge tools masterminded by the unit’s leader, Chatsworth Osborne Blofeld III.
I'm thinking about that weekly CIA marketing department meeting. What does the agenda look like?
The halls of power have realized, especially during the last 15 months, that people will believe anything, and do what they're told if an Authority tells it to them. So why not? The CIA will destroy black and brown bodies overseas, but at least they're respecting the space of trans BIPOC while humbly learning about their own privilege and exploring the Intersectionality Space and hashtag believe all women.
I'm only here to soak in Michael's and the readers' collective cringe, because I can't stomach watching these videos myself.
🤢🤮 Ok, now I feel better. Thank you for continuing to cover this nonsense which has taken our country by storm. Although I have always found my politics more aligned with the Democrats, I will now support those who perpetuate this harmful ideology. Well done Michael Tracey.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!